Payroll Administrator
Job Type : Permanent, Full Time
Salary : £23000 – £25000/annum Holiday, Pension & IFG Rewards
At Impact Food Group, we’re more than a school caterer.
We’re driven by creating a positive food culture and helping more students eat better food. Making a positive social impact is at the centre of our identity. We tirelessly learn, develop, and make improvements in every way, every day.
Delivered by our distinct and industry leading brands covering over 160,000 students: Innovate, Cucina and IFG Independent, we are committed to driving…
* Better school meal uptake
* Better long-term eating habits
* Better environmental impact
Want to join us?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Payroll Administrator to join our fantastic Head Office team in Woking.
This role is a hybrid working role including office and home-based working.
A payroll administrator is an integral part of any payroll department, with several important duties to ensure the smooth running of the payroll team at your business. While the most important task for a payroll team is ensuring that all employees are paid on time and with the correct amount, there are also other important duties which must be performed. This includes the distribution of many important forms and reports, many of which are essential for tax purposes.
We are looking for someone who can:
* Support the payroll and pensions teams with all administration duties.
* Work to tight deadlines and prioritise workloads to reach the payroll turnaround.
* Work closely with the current outsourced provider (Access) to ensure a prompt and efficient payroll and pension service ensuring compliance with legislation and reporting requirements.
* Administration duties Include checking for any new starters and leavers across both payroll and pensions, running reports, processing p45s and managing internal email inboxes.
* Provide a customer focused approach; ensuring appropriate and responsive service times and offer guidance to internal customers and external stakeholders.
* Work closely with HR and Finance, ensuring work is submitted and processed in a timely fashion, urgent items are prioritised and that any issues are highlighted and resolved as quickly as possible.
* Support with the completion and submission of all annual returns to HMRC and pension providers to the published deadlines.
* Assist Finance in any monthly payroll reconciliations.
* Assist with submitting of LGPS and company Pension on a monthly basis in, compliant to the relevant legislation and delivered in accordance to strict deadlines, along with communication with Pension stakeholders.
You will need…
* A minimum of 12-month administration experience, ideally within a payroll function or a keen interest in payroll and pension.
* Its Essential you have an exceptional eye for detail and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment with great accuracy in data.
* Knowledge of pensions is preferred as is previous exposure to Access.
* A background in first line support with payroll queries would be helpful but not essential
* Strong Excel Skills are a must as is the ability to work well under pressure, and comfortable in a very flexible, fast paced working environment.
* You must have a proactive approach and able to work under own initiative as well as the ability to motivate a team through promoting good strong working relationships.
* Be happy to work to reach targets and deadlines.
* A positive outlook with a great can-do attitude and be willing to gain new skills.
What’s on the table?
This role is offering a competitive salary, our head office is in Woking , however this role will offer both home based and office working.
Benefits include- Private medical after 6 months, life insurance, pension, great social working environment, 25 days holiday + bank holidays
Impact Food are committed to the safeguarding of children and our employees share this commitment. Successful candidates are required to undergo an enhanced DBS check, which Innovate Services Ltd supply the cost for.
We are a committed equal opportunities employer – if you require any assistance for the interview process, please detail within your application. All information is kept confidential and in compliance with GDPR requirements
