Payroll Administrator

Nando's UK & IRE; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company bonus

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Free Nando's at work (and 40% off when off)

Annual team trips

Four-week sabbatical every five years

Reward Gateway membership for discounts

Job summary

A leading restaurant chain in the UK seeks an Entry Level Payroll Administrator to manage high-quality payroll services for its employees. This full-time role, located in Greater London, requires 2+ years of experience in payroll, exceptional attention to detail, and a collaborative approach. Key responsibilities include running weekly payrolls, ensuring compliance with regulations, and providing customer service to various teams. Benefits include company bonuses and 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, making it a great opportunity for those passionate about payroll.

Qualifications

• 2+ years experience in a high-volume payroll role, ideally in hospitality or retail.
• Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy in payroll data.
• Customer service style that is natural and empathetic.

Responsibilities

• Run the largest payroll for weekly paid Nandocas.
• Ensure compliance with HMRC requirements, including RTI Reporting.
• Solve discrepancies in payroll data while maintaining discretion.

Skills

High-volume payroll experience

Attention to detail

Customer service skills

Problem-solving

Ability to work under pressure

Knowledge of Workday

Job description

Nando’s is on a journey to Create Lasting Happiness, making a difference to the lives of our People, our customers, and the communities we work in. Originally started in Johannesburg, South Africa, we pride ourselves on creating memorable experiences for everyone involved in Nando’s: from our employees, communities, founders, and suppliers, but most importantly, our customers.

The purpose of the Payroll Administrator is to deliver a high quality, reliable payroll service to all our Nandocas across both the UK and Irish Nando’s businesses. Sat within our finance team, ours is a high-volume, fast-paced payroll function covering five separate payrolls, three pay frequencies and two currencies. The role comes with a lot of responsibility; paying our Nandocas correctly allows them to focus on creating memorable experiences for customers.

This role reports into the Payroll Team Leader and focuses primarily on the largest and fastest paced of our payrolls, for weekly paid Nandocas.

A day in the life...

• End-to-end running of our largest payroll, for weekly paid Nandocas based on T&A data
• Compliance with HMRC requirements, including NMW and RTI Reporting
• Calculation of statutory payments and pay schedules including SSP, SMP and ShPP
• Pension auto-enrolment processing and payments
• Creation of BACS payments to employees and third parties (i.e.: courts or pension provider)
• Guarantee accuracy in payroll data, conduct reconciliations and solve discrepancies whilst maintaining discretion of employee information
• Financial period-end reporting, including posting of journals and balance sheet reconciliation
• Maintaining close working relationships with cross-functional teams (particularly the People Support and Reward teams)
• Providing fantastic customer service to our restaurant and central support teams across all channels for payroll and pensions related queries
• Driving efficiencies by exploring opportunities to improve our current processes and sharing your ideas with the Payroll Team Leader

Hot Skills

• 2+ years experience in a high-volume payroll role, ideally within hospitality or retail.
• Passionate about payroll and getting it right every time; exceptional attention to detail
• Enjoys solving puzzles and can find solutions to problems when they arise.
• Have a natural and empathetic written and verbal customer service style.
• Calm under pressure, able to distinguish priorities and hit deadlines.
• Open-minded & collaborative with sound judgment
• Working knowledge of Workday beneficial.
• Able to manage own time and operate without close supervision.
• Company bonus
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Free Nando's at your place of work (and 40% discount when you're not working)
• Annual team trips, AKA a free holiday
• Four-week sabbatical every five years you've been with us
• Reward Gateway membership and access to great discounts

This is a hybrid role and will be based in our Putney office a minimum of 3 days a week

Seniority level

Entry level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Finance

Industries

Restaurants and Hospitality