Payroll Clerk

**Payroll Clerk**

**Location: Sheffield**

**Salary: £23,000 - £27,000 (Depending upon Experience)**

**Type: Permanent / 20 - 25 hours per week**

**About this opportunity**

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and confident Payroll Clerk who is looking for a great opportunity to work with a forward-thinking, fast-moving company.

As an experienced and highly motivated Payroll Clerk, you will have a solid track record in this area and be very confident working on payroll systems, running reports and be able to work within tight deadlines with a great attention to detail.

**Who is Cura Terrae?**

Cura Terrae is a group of industry leading environmental companies providing consultancy services and solutions to help take care of the Earth. We are backed by Palatine Private Equity’s Impact Fund, which supports companies creating social or environmental change.

With a national presence across England, Scotland and Wales, we have plans to grow the company substantially over the coming years, organically and through acquisitions. We currently comprise five companies: Cura Terrae and four subsidiary companies and have in excess of 250 employees, which will increase in line with our growth.

We are seeking to recruit people who are committed to doing their best, delivering for clients, for their colleagues, and for the company.

**About this role**

You will provide an in-house payroll solution each month. Working as part of the HR team, you will also be required to carry out general HR administration and transactional tasks. As our Payroll Clerk you will also be working alongside the Finance teams and providing support to managers in the business with pension and payroll enquiries.

You will accurately update the payroll system with changes to pay and pension contributions, producing accurate and prompt salary payments to all staff. You will analyse, investigate, and resolve queries and discrepancies, and liaise with employees providing advice as required.

Attention to detail is essential, as is providing excellent customer service, first time every time. Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal and the ability to build effective working relationships at all levels is a must, as too as strong numeracy skills with confidence to make calculations quickly and accurately.

Typical duties include, but are not limited to:

- Ensuring sick leave / unpaid leave / leavers / new starters / holidays taken are all recorded
- Preparing a payroll summary for Director approval
- Assisting with queries / errors from employees
- Checking and processing online payments to employees
- Keeping up to date with legislation (SSP, and paternity / maternity requirements etc)
- Preparing and submitting monthly PAYE reporting to HMRC
- Preparing and submitting monthly pension reports to our pension provider via their portal
- HR admin - drafting contracts, supporting the dispersion of onboarding documentation
- Compiling various HR reports

**Essential Skills / Experience**
- 2+ years payroll processing
- Able to work both independently and willing to take a hands-on approach to helping colleagues
- Good knowledge of MS Office software, in particular Excel and Teams.
- Comfortable dealing with various payroll queries from employees across multi office locations
- Excellent attention to detail
- Can work efficiently to payroll deadlines and ensure all data is accurate / up to date
- Understanding the importance of confidentiality and exercise discretion

**Would you like to be part of a growing company and inspiring culture?**

**What we can offer our employees**
- A competitive salary
- 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays)
- Additional day’s holiday per year worked (up to 5 additional days) after 2 years’ service
- Company matched pension scheme
- Employee perks scheme
- ‘Health Cash Plan’ including access to face-to-face counselling
- Career development and progression (professional membership(s) paid)
- Cycle-to-work scheme
- Volunteer days and matched charity fundraising

**Working for us**

Our culture is driven by teamwork and professionalism. We promote integrity and treat people with respect. We support each other and embrace diversity to create a place where people from every background can come together and do great things. We invest in our people and support professional development and are committed to supporting our people and giving them tools to make improvements to their health and wellbeing.

**Additional information**

Cura Terrae is an equal opportunities employer providing a supportive friendly working environment. We offer competitive salaries and flexible working.

**-STRICTLY NO AGENCIES-**

**Job Types**: Part-time, Permanent
Part-time hours: 20-25 per week

**Salary**: £23,000.00-£27,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
- Sick pay
- Wellness programme

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