We’re excited to offer a unique opportunity to join our small but growing team as a Payroll Manager – a role that’s evolved significantly in recent months. With new leadership, a refreshed dynamic, and a real focus on collaboration, we’re proud to say the atmosphere here is more supportive, open, and enjoyable than ever before.
This role is ideal for someone who thrives on both the details and the bigger picture. Our payroll system still has some manual elements to it, so we’re looking for someone who isn’t afraid to roll up their sleeves – but who also brings the experience and confidence to spot inefficiencies, identify what “good” looks like, and lead us through meaningful, continuous improvements.
If you’re ready to make a real impact, help shape the future of payroll here, and enjoy the journey with a genuinely welcoming team, we’d love to hear from you.
We are based just off Junction 24 of the M1 and therefore easily accessible from Leicester, Loughborough, Nottingham, Derby, and surrounding areas.
Payroll Manager
Kegworth
Permanent – Hybrid – work 2 days from home
Monday – Thursday 8:30 am – 5 pm and Friday 8:30 am – 4 pm
Reward & Benefits:
* 12.5% Annual bonus and pay review
* 28 days annual leave + bank holidays
* Personal healthcare cover
* Purchase additional holidays to increase your allowance to 31 days plus bank holidays1
* Life assurance
* Employee referral scheme - earn a bonus for referring your friends or family
* GroceryAid – a support service offering financial, legal, wellbeing and practical support, advice and counselling
* Cheers – a benefits platform offering discounts, free perks, and well-being tools for all employees
* Free onsite parking
Role overview
As Payroll Manager at Refresco, you will ensure accurate and timely processing of monthly payrolls for salaried and hourly employees, including managing employment changes and benefits. You will oversee payroll data provision to external providers, handle tax filings, and resolve payroll queries while ensuring GDPR compliance. Additionally, you will manage monthly journals, reconciliations, and pension auto-enrolment. Collaborating with HR and Finance, you’ll support audits and lead the payroll team, fostering strong controls, improving policies, and contributing to key group projects.
Key responsibilities of the Payroll Manager
* Ensure accurate and timely processing of monthly salaried and hourly payrolls, including employment changes and benefits.
* Manage payroll data provision to external benefit providers and handle related tax filings.
* Resolve payroll disputes and queries, maintaining compliance with GDPR for sensitive data.
* Oversee preparation of monthly journals, reconciliations, and pension auto-enrolment processes.
* Collaborate with HR and Finance teams and support audits by providing necessary payroll data.
* Supervise and train payroll staff, conducting performance reviews and fostering a culture of strong controls.
* Continuously review and improve payroll policies and provide support for related group projects.
About you
We are looking for a candidate with extensive payroll experience, preferably with managerial or supervisory experience leading a payroll team. The ideal candidate will have in-depth knowledge and experience in payroll calculation and processing. Experience in handling payroll tax queries is preferred, and familiarity with ADP/People XD systems is a plus, but not mandatory.
About Refresco
Refresco is the global independent beverage solutions provider for Global, National and Emerging brands, and retailers with production in Europe, North America, and Australia. Refresco offers an extensive range of product and packaging combinations from juices to carbonated soft drinks and mineral waters in carton, PET, Aseptic PET, cans, and glass. Refresco continuously searches for new and alternative ways to improve the quality of its products and packaging combinations in line with consumer and customer demand, environmental responsibilities, and market demand.
Refresco is headquartered in Rotterdam, the Netherlands and has more than 13,500 employees. www.refresco.com.
There’s something unique about Refresco. Because while you may not recognise our name, you’re definitely familiar with our products. In North America and Europe, we bottle drinks for all famous retailers and big-name brands, from water bottles and fruit juices to sodas and sports drinks. We reach millions of people, enriching their lives every day with a moment of ‘me’ time, a moment of relaxation, bringing refreshment, enjoyment and fun. And we do it with something simple, but essential: refreshing drinks.
Your drinks, on every table. From ‘Our drinks on every table’ to ‘Your drinks on every table’. What separates these sentences is just one letter. Minor detail? Major difference! Because you can make that difference.
Refresco is looking for new colleagues to join our team and share the responsibility for billions of litres of drinks!
Refresco believes that equal opportunity for all is fundamental to our company's values and all our applicants can expect fairness and transparency in our recruitment process.