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Book-keepers, Payroll Managers and Wages Clerks

Book-keepers, payroll managers and wages clerks maintain and balance records of financial transactions, oversee the operation of payroll functions and calculate hours worked, wages due and other relevant contributions and deductions.

Average Salary

£22,305

New workers start around £8,836. Normal pay is £22,305 per year. Highly experienced workers can earn up to £43,378.

Jobs

519,706

The number of jobs in the career for the current year.

Daily Tasks

  • Calculates costs and overheads and prepares analyses for management.

  • Compiles schedules and distributes or arranges distribution of wages and salaries.

  • Processes holiday, sick and maternity pay and travel and subsistence expenses.

  • Calculates and records hours worked, wages due, deductions and voluntary contributions.

  • Supervises payroll team and develops payroll systems and procedures.

  • Prepares provisional balances and reconciles these with appropriate accounts.

  • Records and checks accuracy of daily financial transactions.

Hard skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

  • Accounting

  • Finance

  • Auditing

  • Reconciliation

  • Bookkeeping

Soft skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

  • Management

  • Communications

  • Detail Oriented

  • Sales

  • Microsoft Excel

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.