Payroll Assistant - Watford, United Kingdom - Payroll Elite

Payroll Elite

Verified Company

Watford, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

We are currently recruiting for a Payroll Assistant to join and support our Payroll team.

This will involve ensuring up to 2,000 employees across remote sites are paid accurately and on time, maintaining compliance with all company and regulatory requirements in relation to employee pay and benefits, and building a strong and trusting relationships with key internal and external stakeholders.

What They Offer

We want our staff to enjoy coming to work and provide a friendly and supportive environment for you to work in.

You'll develop personally through meeting and working with people from all over the world as we create memorable guest experiences together, and for those keen develop you'll have the opportunity to explore the business with various career options.

In addition, on offer:

33 holiday days
Heavily discounted hotel stays and food & beverage discounts
24/7 Employee Assistance Programme for you and your family
Automatic enrolment into a workplace pension scheme

Our success lies amongst the strengths and skills of the dedicated and professional people we employ.

Role in our Family

Key responsibilities to your role:

Assist with preparation and review of the biweekly and monthly payroll cycles
Monitor and respond to queries within the shared Payroll mailboxes.
Payroll related finance tasks including journals and balancing control accounts.
Raising BACs payments where required.
Liaise with key stakeholders across remote sites and Head Office to ensure Payroll information is completed accurately and in line with agreed policies and procedures.
Payroll reconciliations including Apprenticeship Levy and Pension.
Be the first point of contact within the Payroll Team for any queries from Hotel / Restaurant Managers and Payroll

- improvement of Payroll function and support wider group goals and initiatives.

Provide support with project activity as required.

Preferred experience

Experience of UK payroll processing across multiple locations for both hourly paid and salaried staff.
Attention to detail and desire to follow issues through to resolution.
Excellent communicator, building powerful relationships with senior stakeholders.
A selfstarter with a strong desire for personal development.
Ability to maintain confidentiality, whilst being a real team player across Finance and HR.
Understanding of UK Tax, NIC and Pension Auto-Enrolment.

Exceptional experience

Challenge stakeholders where necessary and provide insight and business partnering to deliver operational efficiencies in payroll.
Experience gained in the hospitality industry and highvolume payroll is an advantage
Prior experience in Fourth and Capita (Ingenuity) payroll will be an advantage.

Proven experience/education level