Payroll Administrator

**We are looking for a Payroll Administrator to join our payroll team in our Head Office**. You will be supporting our 78 nurseries and be adaptable to change as we grow even larger as a business

**Job role**:Payroll Administrator
**Pay**:£25,000 - £27,500 per annum depending on experience
**Location**: Hybrid working - Working from home and Slough Head Office
**Hours**:37.5 hours per week - Monday to Friday

**What we offer you**
- 52% Childcare Discount
- Your birthday off a day to celebrate you
- 31 days holiday which includes national bank holidays and a week break over Christmas
- An extra days holiday after 3 years employment.
- Opportunities for personal development and career progression.
- Access to Perkbox, giving you a huge range of discounts and offers, wellbeing tools and Perkbox Medical with an online GP and prescription service and 24/7 employee assistance programme.
- Refer a friend and refer a family rewards
- Employee recognition and long service award vouchers

**Job Purpose**

To provide efficient and effective administrative support to the department and manage the monthly payroll processing as advised. The Payroll Department is responsible for managing the monthly payroll for 1800+ employees.

**Duties and Responsibilities**
- Efficiently manage employee salary payments using our in-house payroll system.
- Handle monthly payroll tasks, including data entry for new starters, leavers, contract changes, sickness, maternity, and paternity pay.
- Collation of Connect data required for the purpose of data importing into the payroll system.
- Ensure maintenance of all payroll records ensuring all payroll and employee details are up to date.
- Providing training and support on payroll related issues to Nursery Managers as required.
- Ensure that all administrative work is complete within a timely and accurate manner and is compliant with GDPR legislation. Working under the guidance of the Payroll Business Partner and Payroll Manager.
- Provide information including KPI reports for Area Managers and Head Office Senior Leadership Team as required.
- Maintain and audit company statutory payment records.
- Ensure compliance with National Minimum Wage and other payroll regulations.
- Deliver outstanding customer service to our colleagues and nursery managers.
- Provide support to Nursery Manager on use of Connect Management Software as required.
- Administration of Statutory Leave and payment. To advise on maternity, paternity, adoption, and all other forms of statutory leave entitlement and process accordingly.
- Maintain all Payroll files within the filing system.
- Assisting with ad-hoc Pension Admin.
- Any other ad-hoc duties as required.

**Personal Attributes**:

- Excellent attention to detail, accuracy, and efficiency.
- Good organisational, time management skills and the ability to prioritise workload to meet deadlines are all essential.
- A confident and competent communicator able to work effectively with employees at all levels within the organisation.
- A proven team player but also able to work alone as required.
- Self-motivated and able to use initiative to spot opportunities to improve company systems and processes.
- Be flexible to take on a variety of work and multi-task as required.
- Opportunity to thrive within a growing business.
- Payroll knowledge (Desirable)
- strong understanding of Microsoft Excel
- High level of English, Maths and IT skills (Desirable)
- Upbeat and self-motivated
- Excellent organisational skills

**The Old Station Nursery Group, established in 2002,**Creating Brighter Futures Together**

What matters most to us is that children feel safe and happy in our care. We want each child to leave nursery with a love of learning and the possibility to succeed in all that comes next.

At the heart of everything we do, we aim to inspire, nurture, and innovate in order to create brighter futures, together.