Payroll & People Administrator 

Location – Liverpool 
Hours – 35 hours per week. Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm
Contract type – Permanent 
Salary – £30,000 per annum

What is the role?

The role is 50% payroll and 50% people administrative tasks. From processing monthly payrolls, to managing the employee life cycle process, you'll be the go-to guru for all things people and payroll! 

If you're experienced in payroll, have a can-do attitude, excellent Excel skills, and a passion for providing excellent client service, this is the role for you. 

Key responsibilities

• Ensure the accurate processing of the monthly payrolls with the production of payroll journals and reports to specified deadlines.
• Efficiently administer the employee life cycle process in a timely and accurate manner, ensuring all necessary tasks are completed for each process eg starters, leavers, reward/benefits, payroll input, absence, holidays etc.
• Submission of personal information and payment uploads within agreed timescales.
• Complete monthly third-party payment requests via Finance as required
• Provide a People Administration service that manages the on-boarding process, disciplinary and grievance documentation, contractual terms of employment amendments and flexible working amendments.
• Act as first point of contact for Sage HR system for the Group.
• Ownership for maintaining an accurate management hierarchy within the Sage HR system ensuring all processes are executed within a timely manner, allowing for the production of monthly MI to information security, IT and Finance.
• Support the wider People team with producing accurate and timely data inputs for all processes including performance management, pay and compensation
• Maintain employee payroll records so that information is accurate and secure. Data managed may include personal information; job history; retirement and insurance documentation; leave accrual records; and details of illness, absences, transfers, and salary progression
• Assist with annual Gender Pay Gap report.

About you

• You will have experience working within a payroll function (essential) and HR administrative function (desirable).
• You have excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office (intermediate to advanced level of Excel is essential)
• You have a self-starter mind-set
• You have a proven track-record of highly professional client service in a dynamic environment with the ability to work to tight deadlines.
• You have Brain Payroll experience (Desirable) or a variety of payroll system experience.
• You have a relevant Payroll qualification or willing to work towards (Desirable)
• You have basic employment legislation knowledge (Desirable)

About us:

Love2shop a business bringing vitality to the world of reward and recognition, helping people to celebrate the moments that matter most – at home, in work, at play, or anywhere at all, really. We do that by helping people to offer the gift of choice. With an incredible range of gift cards and vouchers, Love2shop lets lucky recipients open the door to hundreds of top high street brands and retailers – and go spending! They can do that in-store or online. Sometimes we work in the consumer market, and sometimes we are all about business-to-business and insight data tells us that over 60% of the UK population recognises the Love2shop brand.

We’ve been around for more than 55 years so you could say we really know our onions! But we’re also forward-thinking and progressive having recently been acquired by UK-based company, PayPoint, so there are many exciting developments to look forward to.

Job type

Our contracted working hours are 35 hours per week Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm

The role is based predominantly in our Liverpool Head Office with a minimum of 3 days required in the office per week. There is flexibility to attend the Haydock office also.

We are focused on ensuring our team enjoy a good work-life balance, offering a range of benefits.

Benefits

• 25 days’ holiday per year, plus bank holidays
• Company pension scheme
• UK health care cover
• Staff Everyday Benefits card offering discounts with multiple retailers (10%)
• Corporate travel scheme with Merseyrail, Northern rail, Arriva & Transport for Wales
• Vibrant Liverpool city centre office, and recently refurbished Haydock office with free onsite parking (Haydock only)
• Fabulous kitchen space which offers free tea, coffee and refreshments
• Faith room open to all denominations along with dedicated kitchen space for Halal and Kosher food preparation
• Family friendly leave
• Employee social events, lunches and fun activities
• Free refreshments provided

You may have experience in the following: Payroll Administrator, Payroll Coordinator, Payroll Specialist, Payroll Officer, HR Administrator, People Administrator, HR Coordinator, People Operations, Sage HR, Brain Payroll, payroll processing, payroll journals, payroll reporting, PAYE, monthly payroll, payroll software, HR administration etc. 

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