Payroll Officer

PRINCES; Liverpool; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave + birthday off

Hybrid & flexible working - 4 days in

Pension scheme 14.5%

Learning & development opportunities

Job summary

Princes in Liverpool is seeking an experienced Payroll Officer to join the payroll team on a permanent basis. The role covers weekly and monthly payrolls across the UK, ensuring accuracy, HMRC compliance, and timely processing.

You will support continuous improvement within the function and assist the payroll manager with key projects, while maintaining pension administration and responding to payroll queries from sites and colleagues.

Qualifications

• Experience of working a payroll role processing both weekly and monthly payrolls.
• CIPP membership is desirable but not essential.
• Knowledge of Flexipay is an advantage but not essential as full training can be given.
• Up to date knowledge of payroll legislation.
• Strong IT skills including the use of Excel to an intermediate or expert level.

Responsibilities

• Process weekly and monthly payrolls for colleagues across the UK.
• Ensure new starters, leavers and salary changes are accurately recorded.
• Process payroll adjustments such as CSA, Court Orders and Attachment of Earnings.
• Submit RTI and Auto Enrolment on a weekly and monthly basis.
• Provide reports for Finance and maintain payroll journals.

Skills

Payroll processing

Fast-paced environment

Excel

Attention to detail

Team collaboration

Education

CIPP (desirable)

Tools

Flexipay

Job description

About Princes The Princes Group has over 7,000 employees with offices and production sites in the UK, Netherlands, Italy, Poland, France and Mauritius. Princes manufactures 350 different food and drink products responsibly sourced and enjoyed by consumers every day. None of this would be possible without striving to be an employer of choice, where our colleagues are proud to represent our business.

Role Description

Payroll Officer
Liverpool

We are currently looking for an experienced Payroll Officer to join us on a permanent basis. The main purpose of the role is to work as part of the payroll team to ensure all payrolls are processed accurately and on time. As well as this, other key duties will include processing payroll for weekly and monthly colleagues based at various locations across the UK in line with HMRC compliance and company processes. You will support continuous improvement initiatives within the function as well as key projects impacting payroll processes and supporting the payroll manager as required.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure all new starter and leaver details together with permanent element changes, such as salary increases, are entered onto the payroll system for both weekly and monthly payrolls taking account of any timing differences that affect accuracy.
• Calculate pro-rata payments for both weekly and monthly payrolls.
• Process any CSA, Court Orders and Attachment of Earnings.
• Process weekly and monthly time sheets from our TMS software ensuring accuracy of payments.
• Process expenses claims for colleagues across the UK.
• Calculate and enter temporary changes including CSP, SSP, SPP and SAP.
• Send SSP1/SMP1/SPP1 when applicable.
• Ensure SSP records are kept up to date for long term sickness.
• Provide reports for Finance and weekly/monthly filings. Complete balance and payroll journals.
• Ensure pension administration and payments are processed accurately and on time.
• Process RTI and Auto Enrolment on a weekly and monthly basis ensuring the files are submitted on time to avoid penalties. Perform assessments on eligibility to the scheme and salary sacrifice eligibility.
• Ensure changes in legislation are adhered to and regularly kept up to date.
• Reconcile third party deductions, both statutory and voluntary prior to BACS transfer.
• Process third party deduction letters and email notifications. Assist employees and authorised third parties with queries regarding payroll related matters.
• Assist the payroll manage with ad hoc tasks for SLAs, SOPs creation and management, training of new staff.
• Provide general assistance within the payroll department as needed to aid the smooth running of the total operation, supporting team members where appropriate. Provide cover for the Payroll Manager and other payroll staff when out of office.
• Assist the Payroll Manager with end of tax year procedures, e.g. processing P60 forms.
• Complete administrative tasks such as printing payslips & P45s as required and management of the payroll inbox including support with payroll queries, references and ad hoc requests and queries from sites or colleagues.
• Assist sites with information they require; developing meaningful reports on the new payroll system.
• Process manual calculations to assist with queries
• Any other ad hoc duties

Knowledge, Skills & Experience

• Experience of working a payroll role processing both weekly and monthly payrolls in a fast-paced environment.
• CIPP membership is desirable but not essential
• Knowledge of Flexipay is an advantage but not essential as full training can be given.
• Up to date knowledge of payroll legislation.
• Strong IT skills including the use of Excel to an intermediate or expert level.
• Accuracy - excellent numerical skills and attention to detail.
• Planning and organisation skills with the ability to meet deadlines and prioritise key tasks both proactively and reactively.
• Able to work effectively as part of a team whilst also comfortable working autonomously.
• Able to use your initiative to identify and solve problems with a solution driven approach focusing on continuous improvement.
• Strong communication skills with an adaptive style to liaise with both operational and head office colleagues.

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave plus your birthday off!
• 14.5% pension - 5% employee opt in / 9.5% employer
• Hybrid & flexible working - 4 days in office / 1 day WFH
• Flexible holiday option - buy 5 additional days
• Enhanced family friendly & carers policies
• Critical illness cover
• Learning & development opportunities