Senior Payroll and Benefits Officer

4 days ago

Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom Knovia Full time

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Company Description

Knovia are an evolving group of best-in-class education businesses that build professional capabilities, operating in chosen sectors that make a real impact, including Paragon Skills, Shaping Lives and Tempdent.

We bring clarity of vision, the best people and the resources to be successful and make an impact across our specialist sectors of Care, Education and Dental. Our principles and core values demonstrate our impact of being at the forefront of building the capability of individuals, providing them with the skills to be productive and deliver a better service to advance their careers.

We have a well-invested, highly sustainable and scalable business model for effective growth, with our understanding of the challenges within our chosen sectors and dedication to quality we are a trusted partner for the change in highly regulated markets.

Businesses within our group:

  • Paragon Skills
  • Tempdent
  • Shaping Lives

Position

Salary: £30,000 - £32,000 per annum

Hours: 36.5 hours a week (Monday - Friday)

Location: Remote

Join our dynamic finance team where you'll play a key role in ensuring accurate, timely payroll services while staying up to date with legislative changes that impact your work.

Using your solid payroll experience, you'll manage end-to-end payroll, ensuring payments to employees and HMRC are processed efficiently. If you're ready to contribute to a thriving company and build on your payroll expertise, we want to hear from you

Key Responsibilities:

  • Administer weekly and monthly payroll and expenses, ensuring accuracy and timely payments to colleagues and HMRC.
  • Calculate and process adjustments such as starter/ leaver pay, holiday pay, and absence payments.
  • Oversee month-end and year-end payroll reporting.
  • Maintain and improve our payroll system to meet statutory requirements and stakeholder expectations.
  • Keep payroll data current and accurate in collaboration with the HR management system.
  • Act as an internal advisor on payroll legislation, resolving queries from colleagues and stakeholders.
  • Prepare payroll-related documents (P11D, PSA) and manage pensions and benefits administration.
  • Ensure compliance with GDPR and company data security policies.

Requirements

Qualifications & Experience:

  • GCSEs (Grade A-C) in English and Maths (or equivalent).
  • CIPP qualification or equivalent experience.
  • Strong IT skills, particularly in Microsoft Office (Excel intermediate level).
  • Extensive experience in managing payroll and expenses.
  • Confident using payroll software (SAGE or similar).
  • Knowledge of payroll-related legislation and compliance.
  • Experience building relationships with HMRC and pension providers.
  • Experience with purchase ledger and finance duties.

Other information

What's in it for you?

Paragon Skills is an inclusive, welcoming and supportive place to work with a fantastic culture which supports each employee's learning, development and career growth.

We are proud to offer a suite of Paragon Choices which are optional benefits including life assurance and income protection and core benefits below:

  • 20 days annual leave - increasing with length of service and a holiday purchase scheme
  • 3 Paragon Days for our Operational December Closure and 8 Public Bank Holidays
  • Up to 3 days of paid volunteering leave and corporate conscience initiatives
  • Perkbox - a suite of lifestyle benefits and wellness tools
  • Commission
  • Recognition and long service awards to celebrate our colleagues'

We are a Disability Confident Employer and have a guaranteed interview scheme in place to ensure that nobody is overlooked or discriminated against because of their disability. If you meet the minimum criteria when you apply and you have informed us in your application that you have a disability, you will be guaranteed an interview for that role.

To promote and maintain an inclusive working environment, as part of your application process we will ask you to share data on certain characteristics. These answers will not form part of the selection and recruitment process and will not be shared with anyone outside of the People Team.

Paragon Skills is committed to the safeguarding and wellbeing of our learners and colleagues and we implement robust safer recruitment practices to support this. Dependent on the role you are applying for, we may undertake a number of necessary checks to confirm you are suitable to work with children and vulnerable adults, which may include a Disclosure and Barring Service check. We are also committed to promoting equality and inclusion throughout our colleague and learner populations.

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