senior payroll administrator

1 week ago


Dartford, Kent, United Kingdom Laing O'Rourke Full time £35,000 - £55,000 per year
  • 6941

  • Dartford

  • Fixed Term

12 month fixed term contract

This role does not provide visa sponsorship

ABOUT THE ROLE:

We're looking for a Senior Payroll Administrator to join our central Payroll team at Laing O'Rourke's Head Office in Dartford. In this key role, you'll be part of the team responsible for ensuring that around 10,000 staff and operatives are paid accurately and on time every time. You'll play a vital part in delivering an excellent payroll service, supporting colleagues and stakeholders across the business. This is a fast-paced and rewarding role, ideal for someone who thrives under pressure, takes pride in getting the details right, and enjoys being part of a collaborative, high-performing team. If you're flexible, proactive, and ready to make a real impact in a large, dynamic organisation, we'd love to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities:

  • As part of a dedicated team take ownership and responsibility for delivering payroll on a timely basis.
  • Processing New Starters, Leavers, Timesheets, Statutory Payments, Termination Payments, Costing. Running reports, analysing and sanity checking.
  • Ensure payroll remains internally and externally compliant.
  • Meet Shareholders and Auditors expectations in relation to governance of pay. Have the ability and confidence to challenge in a professional and constructive.
  • Ensure third party suppliers are serviced efficiently to deadlines.
  • Contribute to the general housekeeping and administrative duties to ensure department remains efficient, effective, and professional.

Key Skills:

  • CIPP qualified (Diploma level) preferred
  • Manual calculation capability
  • IT literate, able to manage automated processing from Project, through Payroll to Finance
  • Experience of paying medium/large transient workforce
  • Manage complexities of different Working Rule Agreements/TUPE/Pension/Unions
  • Able to work methodically, logically, and tidily
  • Excel to minimum of intermediate standard
  • Word Processing to high standard
  • Good communication skills
  • Able to build and maintain good customer relationships
  • Strong operational work ethic - robust - hands on - can do - delivery paramount

Systems in Use:

  • iTrent from Midland HR
  • SAP reporting

Don't match all the criteria? We are open and always happy to hear from people with transferable skill sets and a commitment to learning.

About us:

We are an international engineering and construction company delivering state-of-the-art infrastructure and buildings projects for clients in the UK, Middle East and Australia.

Certainty, reliability, quality – this is what our clients want. And at Laing O'Rourke, we have more than 150 years of experience delivering it. Laing O'Rourke's story is one of energy, passion, ambition, people and teamwork. We harness the power of our experience, stretching back over a century and a half to deliver certainty for our clients.

As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we would like to enable access to candidates with long term conditions and disabilities through the 'Offer an interview scheme'. This supports applicants that meet the essential criteria by offering an interview for the advertised position. Please let us know prior to interview what adjustments are required as well as discussing how we can support you in the workplace.

We want to ensure our recruitment process is accessible to all. If you need the application form in an alternative format or you would like to know more about our recruitment process, please email

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