Payroll+ Accounts Assistant

Posted 01 October 2025
Salary £30000 - £34000 per annum
LocationBelfast
Job type Permanent
Discipline Accountancy & Finance
ReferenceBBBH13230_1759331848

Job description

Accounts Assistant + Payroll

Lead payroll. Own purchase ledger. Grow your finance career.


Join a Belfast-based business as an Accounts Assistant (Payroll Lead)-you'll take ownership of weekly payroll and support purchase ledger, with scope to broaden your role over time.

What's in it for you?

  • Belfast location (office-based, Castlereagh) with set hours: Mon-Thu 8-5, Fri 8-4 (41.5 hrs)

  • Lead the weekly payroll process end-to-end and build wider finance skills

  • Excellent package

About your next employer

A well-established organisation with on-the-ground operations and a collaborative finance team. You'll work alongside another Accounts Assistant and be the go-to for weekly payroll while contributing to AP and month-end support.

About you

  • Strong end-to-end payroll experience (weekly cycles)

  • Purchase Ledger experience with accounting software; comfortable with journal entries and nominal codes

  • Excellent Excel skills; high attention to detail; organised and deadline-driven; proactive team player

  • Desirable: Sage Payroll, CIS knowledge, experience in a construction environment, and NetSuite

What you'll do

  • Lead weekly payroll: gather inputs, process in Sage Payroll, post journals, and manage employee payments

  • Support Purchase Ledger: invoice entry/coding, payments, and supplier communications

  • Provide cover for month-end: supplier reconciliations and payment runs; general office/admin tasks as required

For further information on this vacancy, or any other Accountancy & Finance job in Belfast or wider Northern Ireland, please apply via the link below or contact Chanel Gillen in the strictest confidence.