Payroll Data & Pensions Specialist

Royal Mail; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus up to £300 per quarter

25 days annual leave

CDC pension scheme

Pension contributions >12%

Benefits account with discounts

Job summary

Royal Mail is seeking a detail-focused Payroll Data Administrator to join a team delivering accurate payroll and pension data for a large UK workforce. You will manage pension data across multiple schemes and support weekly and monthly payroll deadlines.

In this fixed-term, full-time role you will reconcile large datasets, ensure data integrity, analyse trends, and drive process improvements using Excel and payroll systems. A competitive benefits package is provided.

Qualifications

• Experience working in a payroll environment.
• Understanding auto-enrolment requirements.
• High accuracy and numerical proficiency.
• Strong analytical and data verification skills.
• Ability to prioritise workloads to deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Managing payroll pension data across multiple schemes.
• Ensuring compliance with auto-enrolment legislation.
• Processing pension transactions: opt-ins, AVCs, enrollments.
• Preparing and uploading data to pension providers.
• Reconciling large datasets between payroll and pension systems.
• Analysing data to identify trends and opportunities.
• Supporting weekly and monthly payroll deadlines.
• Collaborating with colleagues and supporting development.

Skills

Attention to detail

Payroll data management

Auto-enrolment compliance

Analytical skills

Deadline driven

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Royal Mail is seeking a detail-focused Payroll Data Administrator to join a team delivering accurate payroll and pension data for a large UK workforce. You will manage pension data across multiple schemes and support weekly and monthly payroll deadlines.

In this fixed-term, full-time role you will reconcile large datasets, ensure data integrity, analyse trends, and drive process improvements using Excel and payroll systems. A competitive benefits package is provided.