Payroll and Pensions Executive

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Payroll and Pensions Specialist here at our Wakefield office

You will form part of the Global Payroll Team working closely and flexibly with the Payroll Executive and reporting to the Payroll Manager. Duties will include, however, not limited to processing monthly payroll for approx. 2000 employees.

• You'll need a good understanding of Excel, journal entries and reconciliations.
• The software used is In-Pay and experience of using different payroll packages will be advantageous.
• We offer flexible working arrangements and offer hybrid working, this will likely be 2 days in our Wakefield office and 3 days at home.
• This is a full time 35 hour per week role but we may consider applicants that are looking at reduced hours or days but you will need to work 28 hours per week as minimum.
• Competitive salary and great benefits

This appointment will be made on merit.

We believe that diversity and inclusion strengthen and enriches us, and that it is the responsibility of everyone at the City & Guilds to drive this value. As ethnic minority groups and disabled people are currently under-represented within the company, we particularly encourage and welcome applications from these communities.

About the role

You will:

• Be a payroll specialist providing support on day to day operations for our 3 monthly payrolls.This will include processing starter, leaver and monthly changes, reconciliations and journals, process mapping and administering the pension scheme changes.
• Be expected to keep up to date with legislation changes and support with system testing each tax year.
• Offer a first class transactional and administrative service to members and stakeholders.
• Offer administrative support for the various pension schemes across the Group and will undertake tasks such as re-enrolment or joining or leaving membership of one of the pension schemes
• Become a custodian of 'My Support Centre' dealing with queries and forwarding any pension queries to our providers as and when required.
• Reconcile the monthly pension contributions and submit the monthly return via the pension portals to update and include changes such as new joiner and leaver information.
• Liaise with the People Services Team, Finance and the Reward Adviser, providing support as and when required.

About you

You will have a good knowledge of working in an in-house payroll system servicing a medium size trust-based Pension scheme (i.e. approx members). You will have good existing knowledge of Defined Benefit, Defined Contribution, Pension Master Trust and other pension schemes. You will also be proficient with Microsoft Office - in particular Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Microsoft Teams.

You will be a good team player who wants to deliver a great employee experience with excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and oral.

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What we offer

We offer the opportunity to work in an innovative, engaging and market-leading organisation with opportunities to develop your existing skills and explore new ones.

You'll receive an excellent benefits package which typically includes a great base salary, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, pension, private healthcare, volunteering opportunities and much more.

We welcome a discussion about how this role could work flexibly for you. For example work pattern, hours or location.

Next steps and how to apply

If you think this is the role and organisation for you then we would love to hear from you. Please submit your CV and complete our short application form using the apply button.

We shortlist for our vacancies on an ongoing basis, and we may close a vacancy earlier than the advertised date. Please can you submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.