Payroll Officer
About the role
Assisting the payroll team in ensuring payroll is processed accurately across 8 UK sites (head office + 7 manufacturing sites) this includes 4 weekly runs and 7 monthly. Overall providing payroll to over 3,000 employees; using a time in attendance system to support with accuracy, handling shift and general pay variances and liaising with 3rd parties, e.g HMRC, pension providers etc. The successful candidate will join a team of x1 additional permanent Payroll Officer, x1 temporary Payroll Officer, x1 Payroll Manager. The opportunity is available due to upcoming business growth/integration. Reports to: Payroll Manager. Location: The Royal Liver Building, L3 1NX.
Pay
Salary: £30,000 - £33,000 (may flex slightly upwards depending on candidate experience)
Schedule
Hours of Work: Monday to Friday 8.45am – 5pm (37.5hrs per week) Mon – Thurs is in office and Fri is a WFH day if preferred. We have some flexibility on start and finish times under our core hours policies. Core hours are 10 – 4 Mon – Thurs / 10 – 3 Fri – you can flex slightly on start and finish times providing 37.5hrs are worked each week and it’s in line with the team/manager/business needs.
Requirements
- Experience as an established Payroll Officer
- Comfortable using Payroll systems
- Experience handling large payrolls e.g. 1,000’s of employees rather than hundreds
- Experience with handling high volume of varying shift patterns
- Experience with weekly/bi-weekly/monthly payment runs
- Experience with time in attendance systems
Benefits
- 25 days annual leave plus your birthday and bank holidays off
- 14.5% pension – 5% employee opt in / 9.5% employer
- Flexible holiday option – buy 5 additional days
- Enhanced family friendly and carers policies
- Critical illness cover