Payroll Advisor

Allied Bakeries | part of Associated British Foods plc; Liverpool; Hybrid; GBP 27,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous Leave – 25 days holiday +bank

Free Onsite Parking

Employee Assistance Programme

Healthcare Scheme

Pension Scheme

Onsite Shop

Eyecare Vouchers

Employee Referral Scheme

Job summary

Allied Bakeries, part of Associated British Foods, located in Liverpool, is seeking a Payroll Advisor to manage end-to-end payrolls across several schemes. The role requires strong attention to detail, compliance and multi-system experience.

The position is full-time, hybrid, fixed-term for 12 months, with duties to support the Payroll Manager and deliver high-quality payroll services across the ABF group.

Qualifications

• Proven payroll experience across multiple remote and complex payrolls.
• Knowledge of pension administration and auto-enrolment reporting.
• Strong understanding of PAYE, National Insurance, SSP and SMP.

Responsibilities

• Process monthly payrolls accurately and on time across multiple schemes.
• Support pension administration, auto-enrolment, and reporting.
• Ensure correct deductions, reconciliations, and data integrity.
• Provide clear payroll data for internal requests and audits.
• Assist with system upgrades, testing and documentation.
• Support Payroll Manager and team leads as needed.

Skills

Payroll experience

Pensions knowledge

PAYE & NI knowledge

RTI knowledge

Excel skills

Tools

ELF Time and Attendance

SuccessFactors payroll

Job description

Allied Bakeries are owned by Associated British Foods. ABF is a diversified international food, ingredients and retail group with sales of £20.1bn and 138,000 employees in 56 countries. It has significant businesses in Europe, Africa, the Americas, Asia and Australia. Our sister companies in ABF UK Grocery produce products under many market-leading household brands, including Jordans, Ryvita, Pataks, Blue Dragon & Silver Spoon.

We are proud of our brands: we make top 10 UK grocery brand Kingsmill as well as Allinson’s and Sunblest. You’ll know us best through our white, wholemeal and seeded market-leading loaves, as well as Kingsmill 50/50, the nation’s favourite Healthier White, and our delicious pancakes, crumpets, hot cross buns and other bakery products.

The success of our business depends on us having the right people on the team. We are incredibly passionate about our business, but it isn’t for the faint-hearted – it’s pacey and demanding so our people need to have a positive attitude and to want to work inclusively. We take massive pride in what we do, not least in how colleagues based in our bakeries and depots have one of the best safety performance records in the industry.

Our Grocery Service Centre, based near Liverpool, is a hub for transactional activity across multiple ABF companies within the ABF Grocery division. Supporting some of our well-known brands such as Kingsmill, Pataks, Blue Dragon, Jordans, Ryvita and Silver Spoon, amongst others. We deliver Shared Service activities across a wide range of disciplines including Customer Services, Consumer Care, Finance, Payroll, HR and IS.

If you’re looking to join a business that is passionate, encourages you to be the best you can be, and values its people, we’d love to hear from you.

Overview Of Role

Location: Liverpool, Merseyside

Salary: £30,000pa

Full time, Hybrid, working in the 2 days a week office

Fixed Term for 12 Months

As a Payroll Advisor, you'll manage your own portfolio of payrolls from start to finish—delivering precision and compliance every step of the way. With 19 payrolls running across multiple systems, attention to detail and control excellence are essential.

In this vital role, you'll support the Payroll Manager and Team Leads in delivering high-quality payroll services across the ABF Group, maintaining accurate records, following robust controls, and helping to uphold our reputation for payroll excellence.

Why Join Us?

We believe in rewarding our employees and providing a supportive work environment. Here’s what you’ll get:

• Competitive Salary - £
• Generous Leave – 25 days holiday + bank holidays
• Free Onsite Parking
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Healthcare Scheme
• Holiday Purchase Scheme
• Pension Scheme
• Onsite Shop
• Eyecare Vouchers
• Employee Referral Scheme
• Grocery and holiday discounts and more!

Key Accountabilities

As a Payroll Advisor your key responsibilities will include:

• Processing monthly payrolls accurately and on time, meeting business standards.
• Managing pension administration and auto-enrolment reporting across multiple schemes.
• Ensuring accurate payments, reconciliations, and reporting of all deductions.
• Providing clear, accurate payroll data in response to internal requests.
• Assisting with costing and resolving related technical queries.
• Supporting system upgrades through testing and documentation.
• Assisting Payroll Manager, Team Leads, and wider team as needed.
• Maintaining accurate documentation and adhering to control processes.
• Processing Time & Attendance and bulk uploads, ensuring audit compliance.
• Supporting audit preparation by gathering required payroll data.

The Right Person

We're seeking a detail-oriented and proactive individual with:

• Sound payroll experience to include managing multiple remote and complex payrolls, yearend processes, and tax changes.
• Strong Pensions Knowledge.
• Knowledge of PAYE, National Insurance, SSP and SMP and RTI.
• Experience of using computerized time and attendance systems to populate payroll data as well as manual methods.
• Good Excel skills.
• A working knowledge of ELF Time and Attendance system.
• A working knowledge of Success Factors payroll system.
• Be technically sound in all aspects of payroll processing and have a tenacious approach coupled with a strong eye for quality and continuous improvement in all they do.