DEPARTMENT: Finance REPORTING TO: Group Head of Finance DIRECT REPORTS: N/A ROLE PURPOSE: The Payroll Officer is responsible for overseeing and coordinating the payroll function, with a particular focus on ROI wages for weekly and monthly paid employees, as well as related functions such as statutory deductions, pensions, and sick pay. Role Responsibilities Preparation and review of weekly payroll for the company's Irish jurisdiction, ensuring correct pay rates, deductions and net payments. Perform weekly payroll reconciliations to ensure information is accurate. Process new hires, changes, and terminations in an accurate and timely manner. Calculate payroll adjustments, including absences, bonuses and other deductions. Prepare payroll related documentation, e.g. payslips. Monitor employee clock-ins via time & attendance system and take action to correct any anomalies. Maintaining the time & attendance system, including identifying efficiencies and potential system enhancements to streamline processing. Manage the payroll elements of employee benefit schemes. Maintain control of company obligations relating to Benefit-in-Kind including employee personal and business mileage in relation to Company Vehicles and escalate tax compliance issues seeking internal or external guidance as appropriate. Prepare payroll reports as and when required for company management. Provide support in times of internal and external auditing. Ensure compliance with relevant legislation. Identify and implement process improvements to enhance payroll efficiency and accuracy. Work closely with the People Team to ensure accurate information, and work to resolve issues as the arise. Maintain the payroll inbox and answer any employee queries in a professional, timely and efficient manner. Provide support to the wider Finance department as and when required. Ensure professional knowledge is kept up to date, attending training as required. Any other duties as required. General Duties & Responsibilities Members of staff are expected to treat those with whom they come into contact in a courteous and respectful manner in accordance with the Dignity at Work Charter. All employees are expected to follow reasonable instructions or requests from your line manager, or from any other senior member of company management (even if this person is not your direct line manager). All employees are expected to attend and complete any training events arranged by the company as invited, whether in-person or online. All employees must follow the training they have received when using any work items/equipment provided to them. Cunningham Contracts Group is an Equal Opportunities Employer, and you are expected to uphold this commitment to equal opportunities. Our premises are smoke-free, and you are expected to comply and smoke/vape only in designated areas. All employees are expected to maintain high standards of personal accountability. Knowledge, Skills & Experience Required A minimum of two years' experience in a Payroll function with responsibility for processing payroll. Whilst experience in relation to payroll for the Republic of Ireland would be advantageous, it is not essential. Relevant payroll or finance qualifications. Experience in using a payroll system such as Sage. Demonstrable experience of using MS Office applications including but not limited to: Outlook, Word, Excel and Teams. Excellent communication skills, written and verbal. Professional manner and ability to deal with colleagues across all levels of the company, up to and including Directors. Organised and the ability to prioritise competing requests and varied workload. Collaborative approach to work and ability to work well within a team. To be considered for this role you will be redirected to and must complete the application process on our careers page. To start the process, click the Apply button below to Login/Register.