Payroll Advisor- Maternity Cover

The Role

The number one priority of our Payroll team in HR is to pay our people accurately and on time. This role is critical to achieving this. The over‑riding purpose of this role is to deliver outstanding payroll services in line with SLA's, taking responsibility to ensure our people can totally depend on us to pay them accurately and on time every month.

• 40% staff discount plus friends & family discounts throughout the year
• Access to our reward platform for external discount and offers
• Private pension scheme
• Virtual GP access for you and your children
• All employees are covered by our life assurance policy from day one
• Unlock extra leave with our buy more holiday scheme
• Celebrate YOU! Enjoy an extra paid day off on your birthday each year
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave, and shared parental leave (eligible after 2 years’ service)
• Spread the cost of your commute with interest‑free season ticket loans
• Do your bit for the environment and save money with our Cycle2
  
  Work scheme
• We're proud to partner with the Retail Trust and Fashion & Textile Children’s Trust

• Working effectively and efficiently within the payroll cycle – ensuring our customers are always fully aware of deadlines and their associated responsibilities
• Deliver pay related administration
• Managing the time and attendance data extract files to achieve data transfer on time, accurately and efficiently
• Maintaining accurate people data
• Manage pay adjustments including statutory absence and court orders, etc.
• Keying exceptional data
• Providing data and reporting required by key internal and external stakeholders
• Responding to pay related enquiries
• Using initiative and judgement to identify continuous improvement opportunities and act upon them
• Maintaining payroll policy and process documentation to reflect current practice

• Thinks "customer first" internally and externally, going the extra mile to inspire and deliver #thatnewlookfeeling
• Takes accountability for their own actions and does what they say they are going to do
• Takes time to understand how Payroll links to others and collaborates with others for mutual success
• Speaks up if they see an opportunity for growth or a more effective way of working

• Understanding and experience of payroll processes and systems (desirable)
• Understanding and experience of HMRC rules and guidelines associated with payroll (desirable)
• Strong numeracy skills and ability to manage large volumes of data
• Good knowledge of Excel
• Good knowledge of MS Word
• Good knowledge of Outlook

• Likes working with detail
• Critical thinker
• Inquisitive and curious
• Has initiative and is happy to apply it
• Takes ownership to get things done
• Desires to improve things and make a positive difference and actively seeks out opportunities to do this
• Recognises the importance and power of working as a team
• Able to remove barriers and avoid silo thinking and activity
• Maintains a positive can‑do attitude
• Able to put themselves in the customer’s shoes

Payroll accuracy:

• Deadline compliance
• Number of amendments and out of cycle payments
• Error rates

Customer feedback

SLA's achieved

• Reward & Policy Team
• HR team
• Finance
• Retail and Distribution centre stakeholders
• Employees

• HMRC
• Dayforce