Payroll Associate

JD GROUP; Bury; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail organization in the UK is seeking a Payroll Administrator to join their dynamic team. In this role, you will process payroll for around 35,000 employees monthly, while resolving queries and ensuring accurate data maintenance. Ideal candidates will have strong attention to detail, customer service skills, and the ability to organize their time effectively. The position offers comprehensive training, competitive benefits, and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Staff discount

Discounted gym membership

28 days holiday

Hybrid working options

Onsite parking

Qualifications

• Desire to learn and continuously improve.
• Able to organize time to meet key deadlines.
• Strong customer service philosophy.

Responsibilities

• Process payroll for circa 35,000 employees monthly.
• Maintain employee data and payroll systems.
• Investigate and resolve pay queries.

Skills

Attention to detail

Customer service skills

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Payroll Administrator

Responsible to: Payroll Team Leader

Department: Reward

Location: JD Sports Fashion PLC, Hollins Brook Way, Bury, BL9 8RR

Hours: 40 hours, Monday to Friday

The Role:

The Payroll team supports our colleagues across the business by ensuring their pay is processed seamlessly and easily. We aim to deliver a first-class service, so our colleagues can keep doing what they do best!

The Payroll Administrator is an integral role, supporting the team to support the business. You will be part of a diverse, dynamic team helping to deliver payroll to over 35,000 colleagues, resolving their queries, and ensuring the upkeep of our data and systems.

To be successful in this role, you should have a desire to put our colleagues at the centre of all you do. You should have a keen eye for detail, love learning, adapt to change, and be able to work with the team to meet key deadlines.

Key Duties/Responsibilities:

· Together with the team, effectively process payroll for circa 35,000 on a monthly basis, with a right-first-time approach

· Supporting the regular upkeep of our employee data and payroll systems

· Support all colleagues by investigating and resolving queries via our ticketing system and on the phone

· Assisting the management team with ongoing projects in the department

Desirable skills:

· Previous experience in payroll processing in any size business

· Competent in the use of Excel and other Microsoft Office applications

· Proven ability of a strong customer service philosophy

Essential skills:

· A desire to learn and continuously improve

· A keen eye for detail and accuracy

· Being able to keep our colleagues at the centre of all you do

· Able to organise your time to meet key deadlines both by yourself and as part of the team

· Excellent communication skills to be able to break down pay queries to make it understandable for our colleagues

What can we offer you?

JD is a large, fast moving, exciting workplace. As part of the team we will offer you full training with our in house expertise on processing a variety of payrolls to deliver a first class service. We take pride in what we do and who we do it with.

JD champions talent and there are opportunities to hone and develop your skills and progress within your role and within the business. We offer study support and opportunities to undertake funded training that leaves you with recognised payroll qualifications. We also offer in house training to support your development of skills in areas like leadership and public speaking.

As a business, JD puts people at the centre. Through the JD foundation colleagues can take part in charity volunteering opportunities. The business supports your wellbeing through our departmental wellbeing champions, and health and wellbeing events and initiatives. Our employee forum also gives you a voice to tell us what’s important to you and how we can support you.

Alongside that, we offer competitive benefits, including; staff discount at JD and all their fascias, discounted JD gym membership, 28 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays) increasing with each year of service, hybrid working, pension scheme, free onsite secure parking, unlimited fruit, tea and coffee and an onsite subsidised canteen.

JD values diversity and inclusion and champions a culture where everyone feels, valued, included and celebrated.