Payroll Officer

JD GROUP; Bury; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in sports retail is seeking a Payroll Officer to manage and process payroll for thousands of colleagues. Successful candidates will have experience in payroll processing, strong communication skills, and the ability to navigate complex payroll queries, ensuring accuracy and adherence to legislation. JD GROUP offers extensive training, development opportunities, and a supportive work environment, aiming to put colleagues first.

Benefits

Staff discount at JD

Discounted gym membership

28 days holiday

Pension scheme

Unlimited fruit, tea, and coffee

Onsite subsidised canteen

Apprenticeship study support

Wellbeing initiatives

Qualifications

• Experience in high-volume payroll processing.
• Good understanding of tax and NI rules.
• Ability to resolve payroll queries.

Responsibilities

• Oversee payroll for 30,000 colleagues across 18 monthly payrolls.
• Investigate and resolve complex payroll queries.
• Support and train team members on payroll processes.

Skills

Communication

Attention to detail

Problem solving

Time management

Education

CIPP or similar accredited

Tools

Dayforce payroll software

Excel

Job description

Payroll Officer



Responsible to:

Payroll Manager

Department:

People Services

Location:

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

Hours:

40 Hours Per Week, 5 days in any 7 days per week.



The Role

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

The Payroll Executive role is integral to making this happen. You will be responsible for overseeing payroll for some of our 30,000 colleagues, working with the payroll associates to meet key deadlines, and to make sure payroll is delivered right first time and in the right way.

You will be a key player in supporting the team and the wider business. You will be responsible for processing payrolls and peer reviewing the payroll processing of other team members. You will be able to break down processes and complex queries in a way that is understandable for the team and for our colleagues across the business. Putting the colleague first is at the heart of what we do.

Key Duties/Responsibilities:

• Overseeing the completion of payrolls that are part of a payroll service for 30,000 colleagues over 18 monthly payrolls, including 5 Offshore payrolls and 4 ROI payrolls.
• You will be responsible for investigating and resolving complex queries from our colleagues across the business.
• Supporting and training team members on payroll processes, and colleague queries.
• Ensuring that payroll is processed right first time and in the right way, in line with internal policies and legislative requirements.
• Measure the success of the team, looking for ways to continuously improve our processes and accuracy and, with the support of management, putting these changes into place.
• Supporting key stakeholders and departments across the business and cascading data and reports as required.

Desirable skills:

• Experience of working with Dayforce payroll software
• Experience of training colleagues on new skills and processes
• Expert excel skills.
• Exposure and experience of continuously improving processes.
• CIPP or similar accredited
• Experience in ROI legislation

Essential skills:

• Previous experience of working with complex and high-volume payrolls
• A good to excellent understanding of tax and NI rules and able to calculate advances, arrears and additional payment values.
• Awareness of the administration of HMRC remittances, court orders, and employee benefits like pensions and healthcare
• 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 and your team members.

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 apprenticeship 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 fascia’s, discounted JD gym membership, 28 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays) increasing with each year of service, a day WFH per week, pension scheme, 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.

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