Eville & Jones is the largest provider of Veterinary Official Controls in Europe. We are committed to safeguarding animal welfare within the food chain, ensuring that food is safe to eat, and enabling the import and export of products of animal origin.
Part of the Phenna Group and with an annual turnover of £60m, E&J has recently been recognised in the Sunday Times as one of the UKs fastest growing companies.
Whilst our 850 strong team of veterinary professionals are out in the field ensuring animal welfare standards are met within the UK and that the meat is safe to enter the food chain, we have a team of 60 Central Support heroes back at our Leeds head office that cover the central support functions.
We are seeking a detail-oriented and dependablePayroll Administratorto join our small Payroll team reporting to the Payroll Manager.
The role will focus on supporting the payroll processes for around 900 employees to ensure that they are paid correctly and on time. The position will also provide pensions and general administrative support.
What will you be doing?
Processing monthly payroll accurately, ensuring deadlines are met.
Maintain the payroll processing system and records by gathering, calculating, and inputting data.
Processing new starters and leavers on the payroll system, including any associated adjustments.
Answering staff queries about wages, deductions etc.
Processing sickness and other absences in line with company policies.
Handling changes in job status and titles, employee detail changes, etc.
Processing overtime payments and payroll deductions.
Processing permanent and variable elements, payrolling benefits in kind, and statutory payments.
Adhering to payroll policies and procedures and complying with relevant law.
Involved with the processing of tax year end and annual reporting, including P11Ds.
Administration support towards the Group Personal Pension Plan, where applicable.
Supporting with opt-outs, opt-ins, and scheme changes for salary sacrifice and relief at source pension schemes.
Supporting with other ad hoc general administrative tasks.
The successful applicant will have previous administrative experience in a Payroll function and will also have/be:
Proven experience in payroll processing.
Strong organisational and administrative skills.
Advanced user of Microsoft Office programmes (Excel, Outlook, Word)
Strong knowledge and experience of payroll systems Sage 50 Payroll preferred, but not essential.
Ability to work independently and exercise own initiative and the ability to work as part of a small team.
Practical and logical; able to solve problems quickly.
High level of attention to detail and accuracy.
Resilient and enjoys working in a time sensitive, fast paced environment.
Personable with strong communication and relationship building capabilities.
What We Are Offering
We are offering you the opportunity to play a key role within an established, growing and successful company that blends commerciality with delivering a key role to society. This role will enable you to make a real difference and see the wider impact of your work.
Salary £28,000 - £30,000 (pro rata) depending on skills and experience.
23 days holiday (increasing each year to a maximum of 25 days) plus 8 bank holidays
Company pension scheme
Reward and Recognition Scheme
Salary sacrifice car scheme
Perkbox scheme a variety of discounts and benefits
Free car parking
Employee Assistance Programme/Financial wellbeing service
Death in service/accident cover
This role will ideally be a full time (40 hours Mon-Fri, no weekends) position, but candidates looking for part time hours are welcome to apply as these hours will be considered. Although primarily office based (LS15 8ZB), there will be some flexibility to hybrid/remote working.
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