Senior Payroll Administrator

Browns Food Group; Kirkconnel; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Browns Food Group is seeking a Senior Payroll Administrator to manage payroll for 1,300 employees. The ideal candidate will possess excellent payroll knowledge, organizational skills, and experience in payroll administration. This full-time, permanent role offers the opportunity to work in a fast-paced environment and collaborate with HR teams.

Qualifications

• Experience in equivalent payroll role required.
• Excellent knowledge of UK/Scottish payroll legislation essential.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office, especially Excel.

Responsibilities

• End-to-end processing of payroll including all related tasks.
• Ensure legal compliance and implement effective payroll controls.
• Continuous improvement of payroll processes.

Skills

Organisational skills

Planning skills

Relationship management

Knowledge of UK payroll legislation

Education

Formal payroll qualification (preferred)

Tools

Microsoft Office

Felixipay

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Payroll Administrator. You will report to the Group Payroll Manager and will assist with the end-to-end payroll function for our 1,300 weekly and monthly paid employees. This role can be based at Prestwick or Kirkconnel

Key Responsibilities:

The key responsibilities of the Senior Payroll Administrator include, but are not limited to:

• Timely and accurate end-to-end processing of payroll including; starters/ leavers, journals, month end, year end, wage arrestment’s, holiday calculations, pension payments, resolving pay queries and dealing with external agencies including HMRC.
• Ensure legal compliance across all payrolls and function, ensuring implementation of effective controls and procedures.
• Continuous improvement of all payroll processes.
• Departmental communication and effective collaboration with HR personnel throughout the Group.

•Ensure that robust procedures are in place and that these are regularly monitored and adhered to.

• Administration of pension schemes and salary sacrifice schemes.

The Person

The key skills and qualities of the Senior Payroll Administrator are:

• Experience in equivalent role
• Excellent knowledge of UK/ Scottish payroll legislation.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Excel.
• Strong and proven organisational and planning skills.
• Able to work well under pressure in a fast-moving business environment.
• Formal payroll qualification preferred but not essential.
• Experience of Felixipay preferred.
• Relationship management is essential in this role as you will work closely with various internal and external stakeholders.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Prestwick or Kirkconnel: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Experience:

• Payroll: 2 years (required)
• United Kingdom (required)

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By clicking ‘I Accept’, you have read and accept the following: Privacy Agreement - If you apply online for a position with any Company within the Browns Food Group, we will use the information you provide to assist in the recruitment and selection process. Browns Food Group may also seek additional information from other sources, for example, by using your references in the final stages of the recruitment process. Information provided on the application form or your CV and any information obtained from other sources will be retained in all cases in hard copy format and/ or electronically only for as long as required for the purposes of: The administration of your application Consideration for roles in the future (you will be notified separately if your application details will be retained for this purpose and provided with the opportunity to request deletion) Forming the basis of your employment records, if your application is successful Discharging any legal or regulatory requirements Contacting you in relation to your application or your future employment (this could be by email, post, telephone or SMS) By applying online, you will be giving your consent to Browns Food Group to process your personal and sensitive personal data for the purposes explained above. If there hasn’t been activity on your profile for 18 months, your data will automatically be deleted, should you want your details removed before this time you can request deletion. Please note that doing so will withdraw all active applications. Should you wish to see a copy of the information held by Browns Food Group which you have provided as part of your application for employment, this information will be provided within 40 days of receipt of your request. Any request should be made in writing to Data Protection Officer, Browns Food Group, Kelloholm Industrial Estate, Kirkconnel, DG4 6RB.