Payroll & Benefits Administrator (12M FTC)

The Football Association; Wembley; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working model

Private medical cover

Contributory pension scheme

25 days annual leave

Event tickets at Wembley Stadium

Job summary

The Football Association is seeking a detail‑oriented Payroll and Benefits Administrator to ensure employees are paid accurately and on time while delivering a seamless benefits experience. This fixed-term role supports the FA Council payrolls and requires collaboration with stakeholders, GDPR compliance, and DBS checks.

You will handle end-to-end payroll for multiple staff groups in a hybrid setup, using Workday, and provide proactive support on pensions, expenses, and benefits while upholding

Qualifications

• Experience running end-to-end payrolls up to 500 employees.
• Understanding of manual tax calculation.
• Knowledge of Auto Enrolment pension.
• Strong stakeholder management and planning skills.
• Demonstrated payroll experience and reliability.
• Proficient Excel skills including pivots and lookups.
• Good written and oral communication abilities.

Responsibilities

• End-to-end processing of two casual payrolls using Workday.
• Accurate input of employee data, pay elements, deductions and benefits.
• Administer employee benefits schemes, including pensions.
• First point of contact for payroll and benefits enquiries.
• Ensure compliance with HMRC, pension legislation, GDPR and policies.
• Assist with staff and credit card expenses.
• Perform additional tasks to meet changing priorities.
• Comply with health, safety and well-being policies.
• Complete DBS checks as required for the role.

Skills

End-to-end payroll

Workday payroll

Excel (Pivot, VLOOKUP)

HMRC regulations knowledge

GDPR compliance

Stakeholder management

Time management

Tools

Workday

Job description

We're looking for a detail-oriented professional who is passionate about delivering an outstanding payroll and benefits experience for our employees.

As our Payroll and Benefits Administrator, you'll play a vital role in ensuring employees are paid accurately and on time while delivering a seamless benefits experience. Acting as a trusted point of contact, you'll provide a high-quality service, support employee wellbeing, and ensure compliance with company policies and statutory requirements.

This role is advertised as a fixed term contract for up to a period of 12 months.

What will you be doing?

• End-to-end processing of two Casual payrolls (50-500 employees) using Workday.
• Accurate process payroll inputs, ensuring employee data, pay elements, deductions and benefits are maintained and updated in line with payroll deadlines.
• Administer employee benefits schemes, including pension arrangements.
• Act as the first point of contact for employee payroll and benefits enquiries for the FA Council/Council Payrolls, providing timely and professional support.
• Ensure compliance with HMRC regulations, pension legislation, GDPR and internal policies and procedures.
• Assist with Staff and Credit Card Expenses.
• Executes additional tasks as required to meet the FA's changing priorities.
• Comply with all company policies and procedures to ensure that the highest standards of health, safety, and well-being can be maintained.
• As part of the FA's commitment to ensuring a safe environment for everyone in football, every employee will be required to complete a DBS check. The level of the check required will be based on the activity of the specific job role and in line with legislation and government guidance.

What are we looking for?

Essential for the role:

• Experience of running end-to-end payrolls of up to 500 employees.
• Manual tax calculation understanding.
• Knowledge of Auto Enrolment pension.
• Good stakeholder, people management, problem-solving and planning skills.
• Demonstrated experience in payroll.
• Strong Microsoft Office Skills, especially Excel (Pivots and VLOOKUPS).
• Good time management and organisational skills.
• Good written and oral communication skills.

Beneficial to have:

• Experience using Workday Payroll.
• Employee benefits knowledge.
• In-house payroll experience.
• Understanding of payroll interfaces, data imports and data validation processes.
• Experience processing expenses.

What's in it for you?

We are committed to ensuring everyone can flourish in their roles. To achieve this, we have unique office spaces under the arch of the iconic Wembley National Stadium, which is the home of English Football. We are also delighted to offer a world-class Elite Performance Centre, St. George's Park in Staffordshire, which is an exceptional setting to develop and inspire high-performing England teams and leaders.

We pride ourselves on offering a competitive salary as well as great opportunities to develop and grow in your role. But that is not all; we also have a range of exciting benefits, some of which can be found below:

• Access to event day tickets at Wembley Stadium, alongside a host of regular internal events throughout the season, encourages you to connect and learn with your colleagues and look after your mental health and well-being.
• Free, nutritious lunches at Wembley Stadium and St. George's Park.
• Private medical cover funded by The FA.
• A contributory pension scheme.
• An additional 'Thank You' day's leave, volunteering days, as well as 25 days of annual leave (based on a full-time, permanent contract)
• A hybrid working model which offers greater flexibility.

Currently, we are working within a hybrid working model whereby the expectation is to work from your contractual location for part of the week, and as and when required by the team. The remaining days can be worked remotely. We will continue to monitor this model, and it may be adjusted in future if deemed necessary. The contractual location of this role can be found on the FA Careers page.

We are a diverse workplace, aspiring to represent football across the country.

The Football Association actively promotes inclusion and diversity, encouraging you to be the best version of yourself at work.

We welcome applications from everyone.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer.

As part of the FA's commitment to ensuring a safe environment for everyone in football, every employee will be required to complete a DBS check. The level of the check required will be based on the activity of the specific job role and in line with legislation and government guidance.