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Payroll Administrator

Reporting into the Payroll Manager, you will be asked to provide hands-on support during a busy period where the company is: 1) materially growing its workforce; and 2) implementing a new payroll system.

Core Responsibilities:

• Processing the weekly payroll from start to completion
• Acting as the primary point of contact for employee queries
• Assisting with managing Gousto’s auto enrolment pension scheme, including processing employee changes and ensuring all contributions are transferred to the pension provider
• Reconciliation of the payroll to Dynamics and creation of third party payments
• Involvement with testing of a new payroll system, due to go live in June 2021. A key task here is to reconcile output between the two systems.
• Working with the People team to streamline current weekly payroll process
• Working with the Payroll Manager to implement ‘best in class’ practices and controls.
• Assistance with month and year-end payroll obligations

Your skills

• Qualified payroll professional or looking to become one (CIPP/AAT)
• Strong understanding of payroll legislation - in particular SSP, SMP, holiday pay, bonuses, redundancy pay, shift allowances.
• Ability to manually calculate payroll payments
• Strong Excel and system skills - vlookup, ‘if’ statements, data interrogation
• Excellent numerate and computer skills
• An understanding of what ‘best in class’ payroll processes should look like
• Exceptional accuracy and attention to detail while working to tight deadlines
• Honesty and discretion – you will be dealing with sensitive information
• Brilliant communicator both written and verbal

Requirements

Who you are:

• You are an energetic, curious and friendly professional who works well in a team and takes pride in seeing tasks through to completion.
• Key team member in the processing of a weekly payroll from start to finish, preferably in more than 1 company
• Being the lead contact on statutory and supporting obligations (E.g. HMRC filings, employee payroll queries, court orders)
• Administering a company’s auto-enrolment defined contribution pension scheme
• Working with a time and attendance system like Kronos
• Performing key payroll controls (e.g. reconciliations, journal creation)
• You can work independently and take pride in making a role your own
• You thrive in working in a fast paced environment
• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics, Brightpay, Cornerstone and Staffology systems is beneficial although not essential

Benefits

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Equal opportunity

We are hugely committed to equality of opportunity in all areas of the company. We employ over 20 nationalities and think it's deeply important to have both genders represented in all functions and levels. All individuals will be treated in a fair and equal manner and in accordance with the law regardless of age, disability, gender, pregnancy and maternity, marital status, race, religion or sexual orientation.