Payroll Associate - six month Fixed Term Contract

PIB Group are hiring for a passionate and organised Payroll Associate who will be working as part of the People Team for the wider Group People Function. We provide Payroll, Recruitment, Employer Relations, and People Services support across all Group businesses.

The Payroll Services Team provides transactional payroll support to approximately 3,000 colleagues and managers across the PIB Group, in a high volume, fast paced environment. The role will be responsible for administration of the payroll for PIB Group and requires excellent attention to detail skills and customer service standards.

Responsibilities:

Be the first point of contact for handling all payroll administrative queries using the Fresh desk ticketing system,
Processes the monthly payroll, collating data from all teams, ensuring it is fully authorised and keying into the HR and Payroll system, IRIS Cascade.
Process starters and leavers and pro-rate payments accordingly.
Maintain payroll records for PIB colleagues by gathering, calculating, and inputting data.
Adhering to payroll policies and procedures and compliance with relevant legislation.
At all times honour confidentiality of employees' pay records.
Calculate and pay third party payments, and administer cycle to work, childcare voucher schemes and other flexible benefits.
Providing information and answering colleague’s questions about payroll related matters
Producing and distributing payroll reports to the finance department.
Liasing effectively with the People team and Recruitment, to ensure correct employee data on Cascade.
Calculation and input of maternity, paternity, and shared parental leave.
Administration of company benefits through the payroll system and the flexible benefits system (Apollo), generating appropriate payroll reports and uploading the details for benefits purchased and relevant deductions.
Ensure Pension Auto Enrolment compliance.
Adhere to the monthly payroll schedule and task list.
Undertake any other reasonable tasks as requested.

Skills and Experience required:

Efficient Payroll Associate with high level of accuracy and attention to detail
2 years minimum payroll experience
Organised approach with ability to prioritise effectively.
Ability to work to tight deadlines under pressure
Collaborative approach – willing and able to work with other team members to complete joint pieces of work, and team tasks
Experience working in a fast paced, transactional environment

Further information

As well as a competitive salary we offer the following benefits -

Competitive holiday allowance with the annual option to buy additional days
Death in Service benefit of x4 salary
Company pension scheme
Very generous maternity and paternity leave packages
A flexible benefits package which allows you to add additional benefits to your overall package
Our benefits portal offers discounts on technology & electronics, cinemas, restaurants, days out, mortgage advice, travel and many more
Referral schemes
Discounted rates on PIB products
We offer a first-class employee benefits and welfare package to support our employees with financial management, cycle to work scheme, counselling support, health screening, will writing, menopause support, books, stopping smoking and much more
We also offer a wide range of discounts including a kids pass – giving you discount to over 4500 attractions and activities, discounts at hairdressers and beauticians, climate change projects with lots of other options to choose
PIB has a comprehensive learning & development framework, including professional study options and apprenticeships which are available to all employees, and which will support your career development
Being a part of our PIB Community Trust, we support fundraising where you can apply for grants from PIB Group towards your chosen charity
PIB Group are committed to improving their environmental impact in a responsible way. From the individual actions that our colleagues take every day through to installing the right facilities across our premises, there are many measures in place to help reduce PIB’s carbon footprint.

We are proud of our success and growth and have been recognised for many industry awards across our business. If you wish to work for a company that truly puts people at the heart of their organisation, then we would love to hear from you. PIB operates a flexible working policy, and our management teams will talk to you about how that would meet both your flexible working needs and those of the business and role you are applying for. We would love to hear from you if you want to hear more about opportunities in PIB.

We are an equal opportunities employer, committed to hiring a diverse and inclusive workforce. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, gender, religion, disability, age, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by law.

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