Payroll Assistant

Job Introduction
- **Payroll Assistant**:

- ** Permanent - 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday**:

- ** Office Based in Lytham St Annes**:

- ** £26,135 - £29,000 per annum, depending on experience**

We are now seeking an experienced and proactive Payroll Assistant to join our busy Payroll & Benefits Team. This is the perfect role for someone who enjoys processing end to end payroll, compliance and analysis.

In addition, as a Beaverbrooks Payroll Assistant, you will also play an exciting role in supporting the rollout of payroll and HR solutions which will both aid with efficiencies and support our people.

**Main Responsibilities**
- End to end payroll processing for over 1000 colleagues ensuring full compliance and accuracy
- Ensuring correct and well thought out decisions are being made where necessary
- Involvement in reporting and analysis including National Living Wage and Gender Pay Gap
- Recording of absence and associated calculations including statutory payments and Bradford Factor (holidays, sickness, maternity, paternity)
- Timesheet calculations
- Attachment of earnings
- Administration of employee benefits ie pensions
- Be a trusted point of contact and a go-to for payroll queries for your colleagues across the business and internal/external stakeholders
- General ad hoc duties to support the Payroll & Benefits department.

**About Beaverbrooks**

Established in 1919, we have 80 locations across the UK. This includes 57 Beaverbrooks stores & 23 dedicated brand boutiques, including TAG Heuer, OMEGA, Breitling & Tudor. We also have 3 Loupe boutiques, with Rolex showrooms.

We’re a family business. And you can tell that when you get here. It feels like family. From the very smallest details to the big important things.

Our core purpose is to enrich lives. We aim to make a positive difference to the world we live in. This includes our colleagues, customers, suppliers & the wider community.

As a company - we’re true to our word. When we say we’re going to do something, we go all out to do it. And every individual is truly valued.

The awards we’ve been given as an employer speak volumes about what it’s like to work here, some of which are:

- Retail's 3rd Best Company to Work For - Best Companies 2024
- We have been awarded a 3 star accreditation for 'World Class levels of Engagement' for 19 years running - Best Companies 2024 - based on colleague feedback.
- 'Employer of the Year 2024’ - The UK Jewellery Awards

**Amazing benefits for amazing people**

They say you get out what you put in. And, at Beaverbrooks, our people put in so much.

In return, just some of the benefits we offer include:

- 33 days holidays (inc bank hols)
- Contributory Pension & Life Assurance
- Outstanding colleague discounts, which extend to your family & friends
- Wellbeing scheme
- Employee & family support & counselling in partnership with the Retail Trust
- A variety of different schemes to help you support charities close to your heart
- Office profit share bonus

**ESSENTIAL SKILLS**
- Ability to demonstrate the values and behaviours of the Beaverbrooks Way - The Beaverbrooks Way
- Experience in end-to-end payroll processing
- Working knowledge of National Living Wage and Gender Pay Gap compliance
- Proven ability to prioritise workload and meet objectives, working independently and as part of a team
- Excellent decision-making skills
- Able to embrace change as we move towards new software solutions and processes
- Excellent excel & data entry skills including vlookups
- Ability to build good working relationships through communication (both written and verbal) and the confidence to reach out to colleagues to advise on any queries.

**DESIRABLE SKILLS**
- Payroll experience from a multisite or a retail background
- Previous involvement with integration of Payroll systems and associated processes
- Managing benefits in kind through the ‘Payrolling Benefits’ process
- This role would suit someone who comes from an environment where there is a degree of flexibility with policy and procedure.

**Beaverbrooks - the hallmark of amazing people**

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