The main role of a Payroll Administrator is to check whether company’s employees are paid correctly and on time. This job profile is posted in the finance department of the company or in the section which provides payroll services of other companies. There are many other duties for a Payroll Administrators like checking the working hours of employees, calculating and issuing pay by cash, cheque or electronic transfer, creating records for the new appointments, deducting tax and national insurance payments, issuing P45s and other tax forms, calculating overtime of the employees, shift payments, and pay increases.

Payroll Administrator also has to process holiday, sick and maternity pay and expenses. They are the people who really need to work closely with personnel departments. In some of the companies Payroll Administrators have to do some general administrative work like filing, photocopying and even typing.