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Senior Payroll Auditor

Kings Hill Office, ME19 4AE
33,000.00 GBP Annual
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About the role

Overview

Kings Hill Office, ME19 4AE
Full Time
33,000.00 GBP Annual
12 March 2026

Helping others improve and turn their lives around – there’s no better feeling. It’s what we do for thousands of people at more than 150 sites across the UK. Be a part of it.

Responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

  • Completing audits on the below areas (this list is not exhaustive):
  • Payrates and hours paid.
  • Starters and Leavers.
  • Right to work of all Cygnet employees.
  • Enhanced maternity pay – ensuring all payments and return to work are in line with the Cygnet policy.
  • Referral bonus – keeping a track of all Cygnet staffs referral bonus, ensuring the amounts and payments are in line with the Cygnet benefits guide.
  • Salary sacrifice schemes – ensuring all payments/deductions are made and the correct paperwork is in place.
  • Staff existence – checking all salaried staff for the Cygnet group are active employees and have valid contracts and DBS’s in place.
  • Payroll approvals for the Cygnet Group.
  • Annual leave buy and sell scheme – ensuring all employees meet the minimum requirements to qualify and any leave sold or purchased is reflected in both the payroll and HR systems.
  • Minimum wage audit.
  • Ad hoc investigations that may arise from the monthly/yearly testing or the Senior Management team.

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