Payroll Administrator

Job title - Payroll Administrator

• Salary £25k
• Working hours per week (flexible working hours)

Location

• Fulwood (Hybrid, 23 days from home)
• Job type 18 Month Contract, likelihood of permanent employment
• Benefits 5 weeks holiday (and the option to buy 6 more weeks), gym membership, private healthcare, car scheme, company shares, income protection, life assurance, family & volunteering leave, tickets to events. (To name a few)

What we think you'll love

• This business is a national treasure, everyone knows them, everyone wants to work for them. They are a FTSE 250 business who spare no expense in providing an amazing career experience, in 10 years I've never seen a benefits package like this one
• While the role is initially to cover a secondment for 18 months, it ties in well with the Payroll Managers retirement, which creates a permanent opening to progress into. Whoever takes on this role is pegged as his successor, so this is an incredible opportunityto learn on the job.
• As far as flexibility goes, it doesn't get more accommodating than this. You can work your hours around other commitments and you can choose where you want to be based for up to 3 days per week.

Your new companyA leader in the entertainment industry and a household name across Britain, who despite being in our lives for almost 70 years, have evolved with the times and changing trends of the media we engage with today. Not many people know that they have a Finance,Payroll and Pension's function based here in Preston, and we now have a rare opportunity for a lucky Payroll Administrator to join them

Don't let the 18-month contract put you off, as by the time the contract is completed the Payroll Manager plans to retire, and so our client is ideally looking for someone who can step into his shoes.

We are happy to set up a chat so you can hear it from them

How you'll spend your timeAs Payroll Administrator you will work within the finance team of 5 people and closely with the Payroll Manager, in an office filled with "decent, down to earth people who know how to have a good laugh" while providing an exceptional Payroll service and takingresponsible for:

• Reconciling and running monthly payroll including sending the BACS and RTI file.
• Resolve payroll discrepancies by collecting and analysing information.
• Assisting with the annual pension increase exercise
• Raising deduction and PAYE payments to HMRC and all other 3rd party payments.
• Working with the project teams with testing changes on the Pensions and Payroll system
• Providing necessary administrative support on ad hoc projects

This opportunity will be great for you if

• You place a lot of value in service levels and generally being amazing at what you do. This team go above and beyond when it comes to providing Payroll & Pensions support to employees, so you'll fit right in.
• You're in a Payroll Administrator role currently and are looking for training and support into a Payroll Manager role over the next couple of years.
• You like to be busy and find that you come alive when working to Payroll deadlines and using your initiative to solve problems and help colleagues.

Alternatively, feel free to get in touch and let us tell you a little more about some of the other fab roles we are currently recruiting for

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