Finance and Payroll Assistant

CPI helps make great ideas and inventions a reality. We’re a team of intelligent people using advances in science and technology to solve the biggest global challenges in healthcare and sustainability.

Through our incredible people and innovation infrastructure, we collaborate with our partners in industry, academia, government, and the investment community to accelerate the development and commercialisation of innovative products.

From health technologies and pharmaceuticals to sustainable food and materials innovations, we turn the entrepreneurial spirit and radical thinking of our people and partners into incredible impact that makes our world a better place.

CPI has an exciting opportunity for a Finance & Payroll Assistant to join its established and growing Finance team to play a key role in delivering transactional, financial, and management accounting services, as well as supporting payroll operations across the CPI group of companies.

The Person

Key tasks in the role will include (but are not limited to the below), please download the job description for full details available on the CPI careers page:

• Managing payroll using the Sage payroll package and ensuring HMRC connectivity
• Administering Bupa deductions and issuing payslips
• Processing payroll payments via Barclays internet banking
• Preparing and posting month-end payroll journals
• Administering pension schemes and salary sacrifice programmes
• Reconciling payroll figures and producing year-end returns
• Processing expense claims and analysing timesheets
• Supporting month-end financial reporting and VAT submissions
• Maintaining fixed asset registers and intercompany balances

The successful candidate will be educated to GCSE level 4 – 6 (or equivalent) in Maths and English and have;

• Sage (or equivalent payroll software) experience
• Experience working in finance and payroll functions
• Extensive experience in Excel 
• Experience in month-end procedures and processes

It would also be advantageous if the successful candidate was educated to HND level (or equivalent) in a finance discipline (e.g., AAT) and had;

• Experience in both private and public sector finance environments
• Experience with the D365 system

At CPI, we offer a wide range of benefits to our employees, this includes:

• Up to 36 days holiday, including bank holidays – Plus a holiday purchasing scheme
• Generous pension scheme
• Life assurance and accident insurance schemes
• Flexible working
• Learning and Development Opportunities
• Free parking

Find out more about our culture and benefits.

CPI is an organisation based in the UK. Commencement of employment is conditional to demonstrating right to work in the UK, sponsorship may be available.