HR & Payroll Coordinator

The Talent World; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company pension

Private medical & dental insurance

Life assurance

Employee assistance programme

Cycle to work scheme

Job summary

GXO is seeking a Payroll & HR Coordinator to join our River Island site in Milton Keynes. You will support end-to-end payroll and employee lifecycle processes, maintain HR records, and collaborate with leaders and central teams to deliver accurate, compliant services.

The role is full-time, Monday to Friday, 09:00–17:00, with a salary up to £30,000 plus benefits including pension, private medical and dental insurance, life assurance and an employee assistance programme.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in HR, payroll administration or a similar coordination role.
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to handle confidential information.
• Strong organisational skills with ability to prioritise workloads and meet deadlines.
• Confident user of Microsoft Office, especially Excel, and HR/payroll systems.

Responsibilities

• Support the end-to-end payroll process, ensuring accuracy and compliance with key deadlines
• Coordinate employee lifecycle activities including onboarding, contractual changes and offboarding
• Maintain HR and payroll records across multiple systems and databases
• Provide administrative support for employee relations, absence management and HR processes
• Produce reports, analyse data and support continuous improvement across HR and payroll activities

Skills

HR administration

Payroll coordination

Data accuracy

MS Excel

Education

Experience in HR/payroll

Tools

HR/payroll software

Job description

Do you thrive in a role where no two days are the same? Are you passionate about delivering a first-class experience for colleagues and managers? Would you like to build your HR and Payroll career in a fast-paced environment where you can make a real impact? If yes, we would love to hear from you.

Here at GXO, we're looking for a Payroll & HR Coordinator to join our team at River Island in Milton Keynes where you will play a key role in delivering an accurate, efficient and people-focused HR and payroll service. Working closely with operational leaders, colleagues and central support teams, you'll help manage payroll activities, support the employee lifecycle, maintain HR systems and records, and contribute to engagement initiatives that make our site a great place to work. This is an excellent opportunity for a highly organised individual who enjoys building relationships, solving problems and working with data to support business success.

This is a full time, permanent position working Monday to Friday 09:00 – 17:00

Pay, Benefits And More

We're looking to offer a salary of up to £30,000.00 per annum, and 28 days annual leave (including bank holidays). Your benefits package includes a company sponsored pension scheme, private medical & dental insurance, a 24/7 online GP service, life assurance and a fully comprehensive employee assistance programme. You'll also have access to our MyBenefits platform offering a variety of high street discounts, a cycle to work scheme, cashback cards, a saving scheme and much more!

What You'll Do On a Typical Day

• Support the end-to-end payroll process, ensuring accuracy and compliance with key deadlines
• Coordinate employee lifecycle activities including onboarding, contractual changes and offboarding
• Maintain accurate HR and payroll records across a variety of systems and databases
• Provide administrative support for employee relations, absence management and HR processes
• Produce reports, analyse data and support continuous improvement initiatives across HR and payroll activities

What You Need To Succeed At GXO

• Previous experience within HR, payroll administration or a similar coordination role
• Excellent attention to detail and the ability to manage confidential information with integrity
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise workloads and meet deadlines
• Confidence using Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, along with HR and payroll systems
• A collaborative and customer-focused approach, with excellent communication and relationship-building skills

We engineer faster, smarter, leaner supply chains.

GXO is a leading provider of cutting-edge supply chain solutions to the most successful companies in the world. We help our customers manage their goods most efficiently using our technology and services. Our greatest strength is our global team – energetic, innovative people of all experience levels and talents who make GXO a great place to work. GXO is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate, support and thrive on diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that diversity and inclusion in our business is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. We are an Armed Forces friendly organisation and Disability Confident Leader as part of the Disability Confident Scheme (GIS) and actively welcome applications from people with disabilities.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All employees may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed. Review GXO's candidate privacy statement