Payroll and Finance Administrator

Location: Priory Hospital Bristol, Heath House Lane, Stapleton, BS16 1EQ

Salary: £26,840

Priory Hospital Bristol is a leading UK centre of private support for individuals, couples and families facing a wide range of mental health challenges. We offer calming and recovery focused inpatient treatment for up to 68 service users as well as day care and outpatient services. Personalised treatment programmes are delivered by our multidisciplinary team, specialising in the management and treatment of acute and complex mental health problems.

Located in a secluded part of Bristol, Priory Hospital Bristol is set within a striking Grade II listed building, less than 5 minutes away from the M32 leading directly onto the M4/M5 motorway. It is one of the UK’s leading centres for the treatment of a wide range of mental health conditions such as addictions, depression and anxiety, and boasts relaxing living areas and beautiful gardens.

We are looking for a Payroll and Finance Administrator to join our team. 

The role:

• Processing weekly and monthly payroll.
• Maintains payroll processing system and records by gathering.
• calculating and inputting data.
• Coordinating with the HR team to ensure employee related data is correctly loaded into the Priory Payroll System, and that all necessary amendments have been completed by the payroll cut-off dates.
• Liaising with Ward Managers to ensure permanent employees are rostered a minimum of 8-12 weeks in advance including appropriate planning for holiday and training.
• Receives and coordinate requests for leave and other absences.
• Ensures the integrity, probity and reasonableness of local financial controls in respect of the payroll, in order to minimise financial risk via the correct implementation of local procedures and policies.
• Answers employees’ queries in respect of payroll, referring any complex issues to the appropriate level / manager.
• Managing internal queries from Divisional Finance.
• Ensures that all documentation is correctly filed, in order that financial auditors can be satisfied in their audit, via the efficient recovery of key documents of initial entry.
• Dealing with matters related to invoice processing and other finance tasks.
• Reviewing and approving invoicing.
• Managing Petty Cash and managing patient finance.
• Managing the financial accounting and reporting of site shop (where present).
• Provide cover for other administration roles on site as required.
• You will be expected to provide cover and support to the wider team and site as and when needed.

For your hard work and dedication to Priory, we will offer you a wide range of benefits:

• 25 days annual leave (increasing to 27 days after 5 years of service and 30 days after 10 years service).
• Birthday Leave.
• Enhanced maternity pay.
• Contributory pension scheme.
• Opportunities to develop and train in a wide variety of care settings.
• Support and training from the beginning of your career.
• Supplemented meals.
• Access to Employee Assistant programme and other wellness programmes.
• Employee benefits scheme (e.g. discounted shopping vouchers, interest free Apple Products loan scheme).

About us

As one of the UK’s leading providers of behavioural care and specialist support services, Priory promise a challenging and fulfilling career with the support of a world class organisation willing to invest in your development. 

Across our network of hospitals, residential care homes and supported living services, we are making a real and lasting difference to the lives of the people we support.

Priory maintains that vaccination remains our very best line of defence against COVID-19 and believes that our colleagues working with vulnerable individuals have a professional duty to be vaccinated. As part of our wider infection control efforts, and to meet our commissioner and customer requirements, we continue to record vaccination status for all colleagues and we therefore request that you disclose this information as part of your application. Your vaccination status will not affect any offer of employment and will be held in line with GDPR requirements. We thank you for your understanding.