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Assistant Payroll Manager
Caerphilly Head Office
Salary - Circa £30,000 to £35,000 depending on experience, and excellent benefits
Great hours Monday to Friday, no weekend work
Full Time, permanent position
Based in or near Caerphilly? Enjoy working in Payroll? Looking for a career rather than a job?
If you answered “Yes” to the above, this is the role for you. An opportunity has just become available with us at phs Group – the leading Hygiene Services provider in the UK. We are looking for the right person to join us as a Assistant Payroll Manager. This is why you will love it here…
You will be joining a friendly, supportive, and approachable team, where we all work well together. The team are well established so this opportunity to join us is rare and will suit someone who enjoys working within Payroll. In this role you will also work closely with the Payroll Manager and may step up to deputise for them on occasion. It’s a role for someone who is organised and enjoys being busy, as we support over 3000 colleagues nationally.
So why phs Group? It’s a great place to work – a successful, market-leading company with a friendly and supportive atmosphere. We have great hours, a good salary and a fabulous list of benefits that continues to grow.
Organised? Computer literate? Reliable? Looking for a stable career in an established, successful company? You’re just the kind of person we’re looking for! And if you’re driving to our Caerphilly office, our free on-site car park will save you a fortune.
Your role as an Assistant Payroll Manager at phs Group:
1. Processing and managing weekly, lunar and monthly payrolls for approx. 3000 employees via iTrent
2. Processing SSP, SMP, SPP, SAP, ShPP and all other statutory payments
3. Ensuring the payroll process is correctly actioned and all employees are paid accurately and on time
4. Where necessary, manually calculating pay from gross to net plus other statutory entitlements to assist with queries
5. Processing Auto Enrolment Pension contributions and assessing employee eligibility
6. Preparing pension files and uploading to pension providers alongside mail merge of pension documents for employees
7. Managing the end-to-end HMRC/RTI process ensuring monthly files balance and are submitted on time
8. Implementation of any new legislation changes to become ‘business as usual’
9. Managing the full year end process
10. Ensuring all payroll policies and procedures are relevant and up to date
11. Responding to payroll queries within the agreed timescales (SLA’s).
12. Processing expenses via Web Expenses
The ideal candidate for our Assistant Payroll Manager position at phs Group:
13. Previous Experience of large payrolls is essential
14. Membership of the Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP) is desirable
15. A strong knowledge and understanding of payroll practices and legislation including Auto Enrolment and Re Enrolment
16. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
17. An ability to work alone effectively to achieve multiple / challenging deadlines
18. High levels of attention to detail
19. Microsoft office skills required, together with an understanding of file conversion from Excel – CSV, file formatting for iTrent imports
20. An ability to mail merge
21. iTrent experience is desirable
22. A working ethos that ensures privacy and confidentiality is always a focus
23. Ability to deputise for the Payroll Manager in their absence.
In return for your commitment and expertise at phs Group:
24. A good salary starting c. £30,000+ depending on experience
25. Permanent full-time position
26. No weekend working – great hours Monday to Friday (36.25 hours a week) although occasionally you may be asked to work extra due to deadlines
27. You’ll work in Head Office with excellent opportunities to develop your career here
28. Training opportunities to expand your skills. We offer accredited ILM training through external and in-house training
29. Hybrid working options available for weekly work between home and office
30. 23 days holiday plus bank holidays (31 days in total)
31. Buy / Sell holiday scheme
32. Amazing employee discounts with major supermarkets and retailers to save you money with phsPerks.com, as well as our own online shop
33. Free Parking onsite so no parking costs
34. Other benefits such as improved parental leave, a 24-hour wellbeing helpline, cycle to work scheme, pension scheme, life assurance and more…
So, if you have excellent experience in Payroll, and are looking for a great career, we want to speak with you! Apply now.