Can you stay calm while crunching the numbers? Do you have an eagle eye for matching hours to rotas? Ready for a role where you genuinely make a difference?
With over 550 team members and a payroll of more than £10 million, accurate records and well-managed rotas are vital to our success. We run monthly payrolls for both salaried and hourly paid teams and are now seeking an experienced HR & Payroll Specialist to join our growing HR team.
This is a genuinely blended role offering hands-on involvement in both HR and payroll. Youll work closely with our HR Director, HR Advisers, and our external payroll bureau to ensure everything runs smoothly from onboarding to payroll to employee relations.
This is an on-site/ in office role- based just outside Colchester, Essex. Travel to sites will be required occasionally.
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What Youll Be Doing:
Preparing and checking payroll, including weekly rota closures and reconciliations
Cross-referencing rotas and reports, identifying discrepancies and ensuring accuracy
Supporting managers with employee-related matters including welfare, development, and conduct
Handling employee relations, including note-taking and drafting outcome documentation
Administering new starter packs, offers, contracts, and updates on our HRIS (Fourth Hospitality)
Managing recruitment admin: writing job adverts, screening CVs, and conducting first-stage interviews
Coordinating Tronc/tip distribution with the Troncmaster
Delivering or supporting workshops and team training on HR and payroll processes
Supporting ongoing HR projects from employee engagement to welfare initiatives
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What Youll Bring:
Sound knowledge of Payroll, HR practices and employment policies
Understanding of SMP, SSP, SPP, pensions, Tronc, tax, live-ins, pro-rating, and payroll variations
Experience closing and checking rotas, and previewing payroll reports for accuracy
Confidence in calculating estimates and explaining payroll matters clearly
Ideally, hospitality experience or exposure to multi-site operations
Experience using systems such as Fourth, Sage, BambooHR, HiBob, or similar
A proactive mindset with a keen eye for detail and process improvement
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Whats in It for You:
Exposure to the full HR and payroll lifecycle, with scope to grow in both areas
Support with professional development and qualifications
Free, confidential Employee Assistance Programme for you and your family
Access to earned wages in real time, plus financial and wellbeing tools
Supermarket, retail, and bus fare discounts
Up to 50% off hotel stays and dining across our venues
Bike to Work Scheme
Increasing holiday allowance
Auto-Enrolled Pension
Free on-site parking
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Who We Are:
We own and operate 15 hotels and venues across Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Hertfordshire, and Surrey, including well-known names like The Mill Hotel in Sudbury, Kingscliff Hotel in Holland-on-Sea, and The George Hotel in Colchester.
As part of the Flying Trade Group, a dynamic, international business with over 2,000 team members across 13 companies, we offer stability, variety, and opportunity. Our group spans industries from food manufacturing and leisure to construction and packaging.
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If youre passionate about people and payroll and want to be part of a team that genuinely strives to evolve, wed love to meet you.
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