Payroll Advisor

Stonewater; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading housing provider in the United Kingdom is seeking a Payroll Advisor to manage payroll data and support HR systems. You will ensure data accuracy, compliance, and assist colleagues with payroll queries. The ideal candidate has experience with payroll systems and strong analytical skills. This role offers the chance to make a difference in service delivery and data management.

Benefits

Working for a Disability Confident Employer

Commitment to employee well-being

Opportunities for continuous improvement and training

Qualifications

• Experience in HR/payroll systems, especially iTrent.
• Strong numeracy and attention to detail.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage payroll data templates and calculations.
• Prepare and analyze payroll reports.
• Support user acceptance testing and troubleshooting.

Skills

HR/payroll systems (ideally iTrent)

Numeracy

Attention to detail

Spreadsheet skills

Excellent interpersonal skills

Organised and proactive mindset

Awareness of data protection and payroll legislation

Collaborative mindset

Job description

Are you passionate about payroll, data accuracy, and delivering exceptional service? We’re looking for a Payroll Advisor to combine technical payroll expertise with system administration responsibilities, supporting our outsourced payroll provision and flexible benefits. You’ll work closely with the Shared Services Manager and Head of People Systems to ensure data integrity, compliance, and continuous improvement across our people systems.

In this role, you’ll be the go‑to expert for payroll and data queries, supporting colleagues and managers with iTrent and flexible benefits. You’ll prepare payroll data templates, manually calculate net pay, and carry out detailed monthly checks, including redundancy calculations. Your analytical skills will be key as you run and interpret reports, spot trends and anomalies, and ensure data accuracy. You’ll also manage car fleet and allowance administration, post‑payroll tasks like pension and benefit reporting, and respond to external earnings enquiries. Additionally, you’ll support benefit windows such as Holiday Trading and Cycle to Work, maintain system integrity through regular data cleansing, and play a vital role in user acceptance testing and troubleshooting, escalating issues to system providers when needed.

Appointment to this role will be subject to satisfactory references and possession of a valid Right to Work document.

What We’re Looking For

• Experience with HR/payroll systems (ideally iTrent).
• Strong numeracy, attention to detail, and spreadsheet skills.
• A confident communicator with excellent interpersonal skills.
• Organised, proactive, and committed to continuous improvement.
• Awareness of data protection and payroll legislation.
• A collaborative mindset and customer-focused approach.

Discover Stonewater

Stonewater is a leading housing provider. We manage around 40,000 homes, serving 93,000 customers across our portfolio of affordable properties for general rent, shared ownership and sale, alongside specialist accommodation, with an ambitious house‑building programme.

Our mission is to provide quality homes and services for people whose needs are not met by the open market.

We’re looking for like‑minded people to join our team of over 900 talented colleagues who embody our values of being ethical, ambitious, passionate, agile and commercial, as well as people who want to make a difference and transform people’s lives.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and working towards accreditation for becoming a Disability Confident Leader, which allows us to record and report on disability, mental health and wellbeing in the workplace to better support our colleagues. We have also achieved accreditation for being an Advanced Employer for Investing in Ethnicity Maturity Matrix. We are committed to being a Menopause Friendly employer and working towards accreditation our Menopause Friendly accreditation.

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Stonewater reserve the right to bring the closing date forward should enough quality applications be received prior to the current closing date.