Payroll Officer - 30 Hours per week - Hybrid

Thomas Franks Ltd.; Banbury; Hybrid; GBP 28,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Payroll Officer to join their dynamic team in Hook Norton. This role involves managing payroll for a diverse workforce across Europe, ensuring accuracy and compliance with payroll legislation. The ideal candidate will thrive in a collaborative environment, demonstrating exceptional attention to detail and communication skills. With a commitment to employee development and a vibrant workplace culture, this opportunity offers a pathway to professional growth and a chance to make a significant impact within the organization.

Benefits

Wider wallet scheme

Free meals on duty

Volunteers leave

Enhanced maternity and paternity leave

Cycle to work scheme

Recommend a friend bonus

Individual training and development

Well established apprenticeship programme

Team & company social events

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of payroll experience handling similar volumes.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and payroll legislation.

Responsibilities

• Complete payroll for the European division and coordinate with bureaus.
• Process new starters, leavers, and amendments to contracts.
• Assist with reporting and payroll queries.

Skills

Attention to detail

Excellent communication skills

Deep understanding of payroll legislation

Strong interpersonal skills

Ability to work under pressure

Education

3 years payroll experience

Experience with overseas payroll bureaus

Proficient in Microsoft Excel

Job description

Payroll Officer - 30 Hours per week - Hybrid Hook Norton Contract: Full Time, Permanent
Salary: £ 27,200 per annum
Hours: 30 per week

Our head offices based in the beautiful village of Hook Norton near Banbury. Here you will find our teams of finance, HR, purchasing, marketing & creative that support all of our locations across the Thomas Franks family. There is ample parking space available when visiting.

We are looking for a Payroll Officer to join our team at our Head Office in Hook Norton.

Based at Head Office in Hook Norton and reporting to the Payroll Manager, this person will join a payroll team of 3 and a wider finance team of 19 based.
The role will suit somebody with strong payroll understanding and granular attention to detail. Someone who enjoys working in a fun environment as part of a small team and wants to provide a high quality, accurate and timely payroll service to the business.

Main responsibilities:

• Completing payroll for our European division as the main responsibility but also involved with the TF UK and Scotland payroll (approx. 2,500 employees)
• Liaising with up to 10 bureaus across Europe on a monthly basis and coordinating these third parties along with the operations teams in each country within our month end timeline
• Entering and importing variable overtime and casual hours
• Processing new starters and leavers onto payroll system or leasing with the payroll Bureau for the European payrolls
• Processing amendments to contracts
• Calculating back pay
• Experience in calculating manually sick pay as multiple policies exist
• Maternity and paternity calculations
• Requirement to calculate Gross to Net manually and not place full reliance on system
• Assist with reporting from payroll in line with HR/Payroll and business requirements, producing Payslips, P45's.including statutory year end returns and P60's
• Assist or Prepare and send monthly payroll reports for payroll sign off
• Assist or Prepare BACS authorisation forms
• Support the Payroll Team with all additional Payroll and Pension Administration requirements
• Running payroll from start to finish including Month end processes
• Monitor generic email accounts daily, log and resolve payroll queries as they arise within the time frame specified
• Supporting payroll manager in continuous improvement with regards to processes and systems
• Training operations on payroll procedures and best practice

Key Personal Skills and Attributes:

• Attention to detail
• Able to work under pressure
• Deep understanding of payroll legislation
• Excellent communication skills and customer service
• Strong with systems
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Team player but also motivated to work individually

Qualifications and experience:

• At least 3 years payroll experience at similar volumes
• Experience working with overseas payroll bureaus
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel

Benefits

• Wider wallet scheme (discounts at major retailers, restaurants, gyms etc).
• Free meals on duty
• Volunteers leave - up to one day per year.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoptive leave.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Recommend a friend bonus.
• Unrivalled individual training and development.
• Well established apprenticeship programme.
• Team & company social events.
• Employee assistance programme.
• Workplace pension.
• Excellent career progression within a leading independent contract caterer.

About us

Thomas Franks is a founder led, fresh food catering business with a focus on excellence and service delivered with individuality, passion and style. We are unique in every approach and our clients, and our people are paramount to our daily success.

Disclaimer

All applicants must be able to demonstrate that they have the Right to Work in the UK to be considered for this role.

An enhanced DBS, Identity & reference checks (covering the last five years) will form part of the selection process. As an organisation using the Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) Disclosure service to assess applicants' suitability for positions of trust, Thomas Franks Ltd complies fully with the DBS Code of Practice and undertakes to treat all applicants for positions fairly. We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and undertake not to discriminate unfairly against any subject of a Disclosure based on conviction or other information revealed. However, for any post in a school please be aware that any application is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such any criminal conviction, caution or bind-over must be declared.

Diversity and Inclusion at Thomas Franks

We actively encourage applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds and continue to develop a culture of growth and inclusion and would like to invite applications from groups who are currently under-represented, because we believe greater diversity leads to exceptional results and provides a better working life.