Payroll and Benefits Administrator

Confidential; Warrington; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Staff discounts

Employee assistance program

Free on-site parking

Study support toward AAT CIPD CIPP

23 days holidays + BH

Job summary

Confidential in Warrington is seeking a Payroll & Benefits Coordinator to manage end-to-end payroll for the group and administer employee benefits.

You will work with Sage and Excel, handle onboarding/offboarding, pensions, and reporting to finance and operations teams, with a 5-day week and 23 days holidays.

The role suits someone with around 1 year payroll experience, strong attention to detail, and the flexibility to process payroll on a 4-weekly or monthly cycle.

Qualifications

• Accuracy and attention to detail is critical to this role.
• Organisational skills and ability to work to tight timescales.
• Flexibility to working hours when processing payroll (4-weekly or monthly).
• Excel skills including Vlookups and Pivot tables.

Responsibilities

• Full start to finish process for the Groups payroll.
• Analysis of key trends and variance reports of actual staffing numbers and costs v's the budget.
• Structured reporting and development of a suite of reports for Key Finance and Operational Managers to report on the employment cost base.
• Collation of payroll data from depots and checks on time and attendance data received.
• Build rapport with staff and managers responsible for payroll data.
• Complete relevant manual calculations.
• Reconcile payroll using Excel and Sage.
• Administration of liability orders and pension submissions.
• Administration of employee benefit packages.
• Onboarding staff from offer to payroll/benefits capture.
• Offboarding staff efficiently.

Skills

Payroll processing

Attention to detail

Time management

Communication

Tools

Sage

Excel

Job description

Working as part of the wider Finance team, you will play an important role in supporting the accurate and timely administration of payroll and employee benefits. You will gain exposure to a broad range of payroll and benefits processes, working closely with colleagues across Finance.

Client Details

This is an excellent opportunity for someone with around 1 year of payroll experience who is looking to broaden their skill set, take on more responsibility and progress within a growing Finance function.

Description

• - Full start to finish process for the Groups payroll.
• - Analysis of key trends and variance reports of actual staffing numbers and costs v's the budget.
• - Structured reporting and development of a suite of reports for Key Finance and Operational Managers to report on the employment cost base.
• - Collation of payroll data from depots, conducting relevant checks on time and attendance data received
• - Building a rapport with staff throughout the business, particularly managers responsible for payroll data
• - Completing relevant manual calculations
• - Reconciliation of payroll using excel and Sage
• - Administration of liability orders
• - Pension submissions
• - Administration of employee benefit packages
• - Onboarding staff from the point of offer to ensure all information is captured correctly for payroll and benefits purposes.
• - Offboarding staff efficiently.

Profile

• - Accuracy and attention to detail is critical to this role
• - Organisational skills and ability to work to tight timescales
• - Flexibility to working hours when processing payroll (our payroll is processed on either a 4-weekly basis or monthly basis)
• - Excel IT skills including Vlookups and Pivot tables.
• - Ability to maintain professionalism and respect towards others
• - Ideally 1-year experience in either an accounts or HR support role

Job Offer

• - £30k basic starting salary - this will be increased to £33k upon successful development into Payroll & Benefits Coordinator from month 9
• - 5-day working week
• - Staff discounts
• - Employee assistance program
• - Free on-site parking
• - 23 days holidays plus BH
• - Study support towards AAT CIPD CIPP