Payroll Administrator

Our client is a rapidly growing retailer with over 180 stores in the UK and a growing online and international business. They have ambitious plans for further growth across both the UK & International markets and are well known for their customer centricapproach and ethics

They are now looking for a Payroll Administrator to be based out of their brand-new head office in Amersham.As Payroll Administrator you will be a key part of the people function working in a payroll team of five. Reporting into the Payroll Team Leaderyou will be responsible for helping to deliver Group payrolls for over 1700 permanent employees and up to an additional 1000 temporary store employees at peak. Your primary responsibility will be to ensure that our payrolls are accurate, transmitted on timeand compliant with all current territory legislation. You will also assist with the monthly administration of our employee benefits including pension autoenrollment and 3rd party payments.

**Payroll Administrator - Responsibilities**
- Preparing & processing hourly paid and salaried payrolls including starter/leaver changes, ad-hoc and 3rd party payments such as court orders and bonuses.
- Assisting with the weekly activities including absence entries and timesheet checks for stores and uploading of temporary hours.
- Payroll system administration including pay element creation, tax calendars, structural and payroll parameter changes in Zellis’ HCM Cloud solution.
- Assist with the production of analytical and payroll reporting.
- Administration of employee leave & absence payments including holiday entitlements, SMP's, SSP and occupational sick payments.
- Assist with administration of the company pension scheme auto-enrolment processes including IOM and Jersey.
- Administration of core company benefits.
- Assist with statutory processes including all payroll year ends, FBI processing, P60s etc as well as providing payroll reports and data to the wider business.

**Payroll Administrator - Desired Skills**
- A minimum of three years payroll experience with at least two years hands on responsibility for processing multiple payrolls.
- Good working knowledge of current payroll legislation.
- Experience working in a retail, hospitality or leisure led environment with multiple sites an advantage.
- Working knowledge and experience of managing pension auto-enrolment.
- Experience of processing and managing salary sacrifice and 3rd party payment.
- Knowledge of Resourcelink, Zellis HCM Cloud or similar web-based Payroll and HRIS solution is essential.
- Good written and verbal communications skills with a natural ability to articulate information.
- Tech Savvy with excellent excel/ VLOOKUP skills and an ability to analyse, manipulate and interrogate numerical information.
- Experience of report writing within a web-based reporting solution or Power BI is essential.
- Knowledge of Hong Kong, Jersey and Isle of Man legislation is an advantage although not essential.

This Payroll Administrator role offers the chance to add immediate value with your skillset in a rapidly growing and evolving business.In return the role comes with a competitive base salary, profit bonus of up to 15%, various discounts and an early finishFriday.The role will be four days head office, one day from home.