Payroll Team Leader - Bristol, United Kingdom - Great Western Railway

Great Western Railway
Great Western Railway
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Bristol, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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£ 28,835 Pro Rota
Who are we?
GWR is the proud custodian of Brunel's railway - one of the most prestigious networks in the world. We have some of the newest trains in the country and exciting plans to extend our services.

With more than one hundred million passenger journeys each year, we carry people to over 275 stations in the South West, from Cornwall and South Wales to London, passing through beautiful country and some of the UK's top tourist destinations.

We are transforming the way people think about train travel, empowering our team of over 6,000 people from all different backgrounds to make it a great experience for our customers.

Together, we will revalue rail as a very special way to travel - relaxing, fast, efficient, friendly and fun.


About the team:
The Payroll team is based in central Bristol.

The team is responsible for the production of weekly and four weekly payrolls and pension submissions for GWR, Transpennine Trains Limited (TPTL), Hull trains and Heathrow Express.

The team process all payroll and pension data and assist with the resolution of queries from staff and external organisations.


About the job:
This position supports the payroll function for TPTL and Hull Payrolls. Working closely with the Senior Payroll specialist to deliver both weekly and four weekly payrolls. Responsible for processing high volume payroll data and provide day to day support and reports to customers.

Flexibility to work across all payroll teams to ensure a high quality payroll service is delivered to GWR and payroll services provided by GWR.


Your main responsibilities will be:

  • Responsible for compiling, amending and uploading of Time and Attendance data into the payroll systems from the various operating systems.
  • Processing Starters, Leavers and job change forms.
  • Acting as main point of contact for resolving payroll queries related to TPTL and Hull payrolls.
  • Absence processing.
  • Ensuring that all interfaces from internal and external sources are effectively checked and controlled before submission to the payroll system.
  • Ensuring GDPR compliance.
  • Ad hoc duties as and when required.

You'll need to be:

  • Experienced in working in a large payroll department and working to tight weekly deadlines.
  • Experienced in dealing with multiple terms and conditions.
  • Proactive with a positive cando attitude.
  • Professional, confident and act with a high level of integrity at all times.
  • Able to provide excellent customer service.
  • CIPP qualification or part qualification would be desirable.

As a minimum, you will need to have:

  • Knowledge of statutory payroll legislation.
  • Knowledge and understanding of payroll processes.
  • Excellent attention to detail and work with a high degree of accuracy.
  • Strong communication and organisational skills.
  • Excel intermediate level.
  • Strong system skills and ideally Cyborg.

About the location:
The team are currently based in a modern office space in central Bristol.


Working Pattern:
Three days per week - 16 hours per week.


The Reward:


As well as a great team environment and comprehensive training, all GWR colleagues enjoy a range of benefits including on-going development, defined benefit pension scheme, free rail travel across the GWR network for you and your family, company-sponsored health care plan, discounted shopping and gym membership and an employee assistance programme.

We value our differences such as age, gender, LGBTQIA, ethnicity, religion and disability. We maintain zero tolerance towards any form of prejudice towards our colleagues, customers, and future talent.
We celebrate and encourage diversity of thought, progressive ways of working and seeing all our colleagues grow and thrive.

We review all roles and job descriptions to ensure they are accessible and, where possible, we support and provide flexible working options; we recommend that you refer to each vacancy description for further details.

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