Payroll Specialist - Maternity Cover

William Jackson Food Group Limited; Hessle; Hybrid; GBP 20,000 - 34,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

33 days annual leave prorated

Volunteer day per year

Staff discounts on products

Employee charitable giving via payroll

Employee assistance services

Job summary

William Jackson Food Group Limited is seeking a Payroll Specialist (Maternity Cover) on a part-time, hybrid basis in Hessle. The role delivers outsourced payroll for the group across weekly, 4-weekly and monthly cycles, using iTrent and PeopleFirst, with data transfer and process improvement responsibilities.

The ideal candidate has recent payroll experience including starters/leavers, tax, NI and statutory payments, strong Excel skills, and solid knowledge of HMRC and pension legislation.

Qualifications

• Recent payroll experience including starters, leavers, changes of terms, tax, NI, statutory leave and payments, attachment of earnings, NMW compliance, with ability to perform manual calculations.
• Excellent Excel skills including v-lookup, pivot tables and macros for financial reporting.
• Excellent attention to detail and a high level of numeracy.
• Working knowledge of HMRC legislation and payroll; pension legislation knowledge.
• Comfortable communicating payroll issues to a wide range of people by phone, in person, and by email.

Responsibilities

• Use iTrent, Business Objects and PeopleFirst to process payroll across weekly, 4-weekly and monthly cycles.
• Liaise with our businesses to ensure payroll data is submitted on time and in line with processes.
• Review People First scheduler output into iTrent and ensure correct data transfer.
• Collaborate with People teams to optimise the outsourced payroll model and improve processes.
• Carry out manual calculations as required.
• Investigate, explain and resolve payroll queries.

Skills

Payroll processing

Excel skills

Attention to detail

Numeracy

HMRC legislation

Pension legislation

Communication skills

Manual calculations

Tools

iTrent

PeopleFirst

Excel

Job description

Payroll Specialist (Maternity Cover)

Part Time - 22.5-30 hours per week | Hybrid (Hessle, Hull) | Fixed-term until July 2027

Reporting to the Group Payroll Manager to deliver an outsourced payroll for the whole Group, working with a third-party payroll provider and our different businesses to deliver efficient and accurate payroll processing across weekly, 4-weekly and monthly pay frequencies. This role will be most suited to someone who has previously been in a payroll position, ideally with iTrent experience, and who is looking to develop their knowledge and gain broader experience.

Some of the key activities for a Payroll Specialist include:

• Using itrent, business objects and peoplefirst.
• Liaise with our businesses to ensure payroll data is submitted on time and in line with agreed processes
• Responsible for the seamless transfer of data from the businesses, to peoplefirst and itrent, review the People First scheduler output into iTrent and ensure the correct data has been transferred
• Work with the People teams to foster an engaged relationship with the outsourced model, continuously reviewing processes to achieve further efficiencies.
• Carry out manual calculations as and when necessary
• Investigate, explain and resolve payroll queries

Key skills and experience for the Payroll Specialist:

• Recent payroll experience to have included starters, leavers, changes of terms, tax, NI, statutory leave and payments, attachment of earnings, NMW compliance, with the ability to perform manual calculations of these elements when required
• Be highly skilled at using excel including using v-look ups, pivot tables and macros for various financial reporting requirements
• Excellent attention to detail and have a high level of numeracy skills
• Along with HMRC legislation and payroll knowledge, you will also have a working knowledge of pension legislation and procedures
• You will be comfortable speaking to wide a range of people about payroll issues both over the phone, in person and over email, providing excellent customer service.

Let us tell you some more benefits you would receive:

• 33 days of Annual Leave per year prorated.
• Fancy volunteering? We will give you one day off a year to take part in volunteering.
• Generous discounts on our products.
• Donate through your pay to a charity of your choice. The money is simply deducted through your pay before tax, so for every pound you donate, the 20p that usually goes to tax will go to the charity instead!
• We also have a range of employee assistance services which can be tailored to give you support on various matters such as financial, health and wellbeing advice.

About us...

William Jackson Food Group is a dedicated family-owned food business which started in 1851. Today our Group has five fantastic food businesses - Abel & Cole, Belazu, Wellocks, Jackson's Bakery and Lottie Shaws, which make and deliver some really fab food. We have dedicated family shareholders who take a long-term view on the way we do business, value our people, work with customers and suppliers, and look after the environment. Family values and commitment to our people, which comes with such a long-standing business, are deep rooted in our culture, read more about us in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2025.