Payroll, Finance & Compliance Coordinator

Payroll Finance & Compliance Coordinator
South Africa

Every placement we make runs through this role.

At Synergi Recruitment we supply engineers to manufacturing and FMCG businesses across the UK. Contractors get paid because someone runs payroll properly. Clients get invoiced because someone stays on top of the ledger. Placements stand up to scrutiny because someone got the compliance right.

That someone is you and youll own it not sit in a queue behind three other people who also touch it.

What youll run

Contractor payroll. Weekly payroll end to end timesheets in checked invoiced loaded into Xero. Client invoicing chasing POs where you need to reconciliations and quarterly reporting.

Accounts receivable. The AR ledger is yours. Credit control chasing overdues keeping clients inside terms and feeding into cashflow forecasting.

Compliance. Right to Work checks for contractors and candidates keeping compliance documentation complete and correctly stored managing rep forms and client order forms digitally and making sure were on the right side of IR35.

Systems and support. Keeping Bullhorn and our internal systems accurate plus finance and operational projects and some direct support for the Director.

Its varied. Some weeks are payroll-heavy some are compliance-heavy and youll be trusted to manage that yourself.

What youll need

Strong Excel and hands-on experience with Xero or similar. Genuinely organised the kind of person who notices the timesheet that doesnt add up before it becomes a problem. Clear communicator because youll be chasing clients for POs and payment and it needs doing well.

Helpful not essential: Bullhorn a working understanding of IR35 and a couple of years in recruitment finance contractor payroll or compliance admin. If youve done contractor payroll in an agency before youll recognise everything here on day one.

Who fits

Someone who likes structure and gets a bit of satisfaction from a clean reconciliation. Proactive enough to sort things out rather than escalate them. Comfortable in a fast-moving business where the week doesnt always go to plan.

Why Synergi

Were a specialist engineering and manufacturing recruiter with a growing contractor book which is exactly why this role exists. Youll be close to the Director visible in a small team and your work will obviously matter. No being buried in a shared services function.

Interested Apply with your CV and well have a proper conversation about it.