Payroll Administrator

Payroll Administrator - up to GBP21,000 + great benefits- Gloucester Business Park

Are you looking to develop your career within a successful and developing Nationwide Business?
If so we have an exciting opportunity for a Payroll Administrator to join our dedicated team located at Gloucester Business Park.

Reporting to the Senior Payroll Supervisor the role will be expected to ensure the accurate processing of wages, salaries and other forms of compensation across their allocated payroll sites in an accurate and timely manner to ensure all employees are paid correctly. We are keen to meet candidates who have experience within a Payroll position or within a Payroll environment. Additional training will be provided by a supportive Team.

Who are We?
Mears is a company uniquely placed to address the major challenges in housing and social care industries. We are a market leader in providing housing services to the affordable housing sector, and a major presence in homecare and deliver a high standard of Care Services providing personal care to over 20,000 people a year, enabling older and disabled people to continue living in their own homes.

What does the role involve?

• Ensure the smooth payment of all employees and relevant deductions via efficient and effective payroll processing.
• liaise with branch administrators and HR to ensure accurate payments to employees and to resolve any queries that may arise on a timely basis.
• Answer any queries raised by employees and deal with any correspondence from statutory bodies on a timely basis.
• Responsibility for maintaining close liaison with the key branches on their allocated payroll sites and ensuring that queries are answered on a timely basis.
• Ensure that the payroll information is ready to be transmitted to the BACS system 4 days before the relevant pay date and the funds transferred to employees bank accounts by pay date or previous Friday if pay date is a week end or bank holiday;
• Review the errors, exceptions and elements reports and reconcile any issues prior to finalising the payroll.

What are we looking for?
The role requires strong organisational skills in order to prioritise tasks to ensure all daily, weekly and monthly deadlines are adhered to, the ideal candidate will have a background and experience that incorporates these skills. You will have experience within a Payroll position or working within a Payroll environment.

• Strong organisational skills and prioritising in order to hit very strict deadlines.
• Time management is extremely important, as is accuracy to ensure all employees are paid correctly according to the information submitted to us.
• Experience of payroll administration required of running payrolls. We would also be keen to look at HR based experience with Workday.
• Good working knowledge of all areas of payroll.
• Ability to work in a confidential environment.
• IT Skills - Confident user of Microsoft packages, including
• Flexibility with hours and peak periods of work is essential, adapting according to the operational demands of the company.
• Meticulous and accurate, paying excellent attention to detail.

What can we offer?
Competitive Salary of GBP21,000 +great benefits
At Mears we want to take care of our employees, that's why we have a benefits site called Mears Rewards exclusively for all our employees. This site has hundreds of savings at popular retailers as well as an important Employee Assistant Programme, to take care of your wellbeing. You could save up to GBP1,000 a year with the variety of offers we have at Mears Rewards, from Tesco to Booking.com there really is a saving for everyone that can make your money go further.
25 Days Annual leave plus bank holidays
Long service and additional holiday leave - Colleagues who stay for a period of time at Mears are rewarded for their service.