Looking for Payroll Work Experience?

Starting in our “Lite” Department, you’ll gain an understanding of the basics of payroll, employment law and receive practical guidance on processing payroll on software applications.

Together with your dedicated mentor, you will be able to apply your learning in a practical way working alongside our qualified and experienced payroll technicians in the Lite Team.

The practical training on our in-house software will include learning how to setup an employer and employees and enter basic payroll details to arrive at gross pay.  You will have the opportunity to import employee tax certificates, upload revenue returns and submit details of starters and leavers.

Within weeks you will be producing and distributing payslips as you learn the fundamental calculations of the various additions and deductions that produce a net pay figure.

You will also gain experience of client relationships management, work flow processes, data protection including the new GDPR requirements and actively participate in the day to day running of a busy office environment.

Following the successful completion of an exam, we will sponsor your student registration, college and exam fees to attend the Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP) classes. Delivered through blended learning, this university-accredited payroll qualification comprises modules delivered face to face at specified locations in Manchester and tutorials which will be provided either face to face or online.

Over the course of the year, you will begin to combine on-the-job experience with an academic understanding of payroll and pensions, pay and benefits, effective team management principles (including conflict resolution and communication methods) deductions and absence processing.

Upon successful completion of the exams you will be awarded the CIPP’s Practitioner Certificate in Payroll.

At the same time, you will gain confidence in applying the academic learning from your course to the practical payroll processing environment as you progress to working with our Payroll Specialist Team who look after our Managed Payroll Service.  You will have training and experience on the workings of other payroll software solutions for different company and sector types. You will also gain experience in some project management, financial reporting, analytics and other business management skills.

As you enter your second year with your Practitioner Certificate in Payroll qualification successfully completed, you will receive sponsorship for the Advanced Practitioner Certificate in Payroll course which includes registration, course fees and exam fees.

In stage three you will progress onto more advanced payroll principles such as termination payments, employment status and over-payment recovery. As part of the training for your Advanced Practitioner Certificate in Payroll you will explore employment law, audit controls, contractual obligations and the theoretical aspects of effective first-line management.

This part of the program will be of particular interest to anyone considering a future leadership role within the payroll industry. Completion of the academic curriculum will endow you with the knowledge, skills and attributes required of a payroll supervisor as you study topics such as: leadership and management theory, effective and efficient administration techniques, employment law (including the contractual aspects of payroll administration), compliance, data security, risk management and advanced payroll processing.

The final year of the Work Experience Programme focuses on building your knowledge and skills to a payroll operational management level. Here you will continue your professional development with first-hand experience working with more complex payrolls combined with an academic syllabus which covers: benefits-in-kind, project management, marketing of payroll services, personal development planning and budgeting.

In your college work, you will be requested to complete a Work-Based Project which will involve solving live work-based problems and recommend improvements, as well as formulating personal development plans in conjunction with business needs. You will learn the role and responsibilities of operational management, develop an understanding of customers and clients and improve your understanding of taxable and non-taxable benefits in kind.

Stage Four will culminate in the awarding of a Foundation Degree in Payroll Management and will open up the possibility of possibilities of further study or joining our highly valued team of Payroll Consultants.