Payroll Administrator

At our Support Services, we're dedicated to helping colleagues across the business with advice and guidance whenever it's needed. Our busy and reliable Payroll Team are a key part of this, working together to provide comprehensive payroll service to colleagues across the Society.

We have an exciting opportunity for a skilled Payroll Administrator to join our team at our Support Centre in Lincoln. This is a chance to play a key role in managing the full payroll process across multiple systems, working alongside a supportive and collaborative team.

In this role, you'll be responsible for:

• Handling a variety of payroll tasks, including:
  • Starters and leavers
  • Maternity, paternity, sickness, and other absences
  • Expenses and timesheet processing
  • Tax code queries and checks
  • Salary sacrifices and other deductions
• Performing manual calculations for statutory payments and Society sick pay
• Ensuring all payroll deadlines are consistently met
• Preparing HMRC deductions for review and payment
• Supporting colleagues and responding to queries from both internal and external stakeholders

If you're detail-oriented, enjoy working as part of a team, and take pride in delivering accurate, timely payroll services, this role offers an exciting opportunity to make a real impact.

Check out the attached job description to learn more about this opportunity and how you can join our team.

About You

We're looking for an honest, reliable, and motivated individual with a keen eye for detail and strong organisational skills. If you have at least 2 years' experience working within a fast-paced payroll environment, we'd love to hear from you.

You'll need to demonstrate:

• Experience using a market-leading payroll application for medium to large organisations (advantageous).
• Solid payroll knowledge, including rules and regulations, tax, national insurance, and statutory benefits.
• Confidence in performing manual payroll calculations.
• Up-to-date understanding of payroll legislation, including tax, national insurance, and statutory benefits rules.
• An appreciation for GDPR and the importance of confidentiality.

 
Benefits:
 
In addition to working for a successful co-operative business, we offer our colleagues fantastic benefits, including:
 

• 30 days annual leave (including bank holidays) (pro-rota).
• Pension scheme offering up to 12% employer contributions.
• Generous colleague discount rates across our family of businesses.
• Twice yearly discretionary colleague bonuses to reward you for your hard work.
• Free tea and coffee provisions for all colleagues during rest breaks at work.

We are an "Investors in People - Platinum" employer, meaning that we have been recognised as one of the country's top employers, offering progression opportunities to all our colleagues. As your confidence grows, you'll have the opportunity to build the skills necessary to further progress your career and help to open up future opportunities. Whether you're thinking of a future with us or looking to develop your skills with a community-focused business, we'll work together with you to shape your career for the better.

About Us

From a single store in 1861 we have grown to be one of the most successful co-operatives in the UK. We're proud to be able to offer a wide range of services from across our family of businesses. From Food Stores and Pharmacies to Post Offices and Support Services, we're a growing society made up of over 220 outlets and nearly 3,000 colleagues.

We're owned by our members, the people of Lincolnshire and surrounding counties, and have been for more than 160 years Communities are at the heart of everything we do and motivates us to deliver more than great customer service. We support them by sharing dividend with our members, investing in new and improved services, raising money for charity through our Community Champion scheme, supporting local schools and so much more

We work together as a Society and are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is barrier free and as inclusive as possible for everyone. If you need any adjustments, would like us to do anything differently during the interview or would like to get in touch with us about anything else, please contact our Recruitment team on , or alternatively you can email [email protected].

We may choose to close our vacancies in the event that we receive a high volume of suitable applications, so we encourage all candidates to apply as soon as possible.

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