Payroll Administrator (Fixed Term Contract)

Payroll Administrator (12-month FTC)

Salary: GBP21,704 plus up to 5% bonus

Location: Remote/Chandlers Ford

Are you an experienced Administrator with an interest in moving into a finance department?

We are looking for a Payroll Administrator to join us on a 12-month fixed-term contract. This is a full-time role, Monday - Friday.

What does the role involve?

The Payroll Team is responsible for ensuring that all employees at Utilita are paid correctly and on time.

You will support the team with administrative tasks, including data entry, maintaining pension, childcare, and bespoke deductions, and submitting information to the HMRC.

You will work on Excel spreadsheets and monitor the email inbox, ensuring all emails are responded to in a timely manner. You will also communicate regularly with internal departments such as HR and employees via various methods, including Microsoft teams' virtual meetings.

What do we need from you?

We are looking for an experienced Administrator who has a good eye for detail and a high level of accuracy. It would be highly advantageous if you have experience/ a good understanding of what a Payroll team is responsible for (i.e PAYE and yearly p11d/Psa processes).

You will have experience in meeting tight deadlines and prioritising your own workload to ensure you can meet them. You will have excellent written and verbal communication skills and you will be able to work as part of a team and on your own initiative.

At Utilita we believe in enabling people to be the best that they can be. Our determination to succeed is achieved by us working together with a common goal: to service our customers in the best possible way and challenge the status quo.

So how do we do that?

• By using innovative technology. Our award-winning App, My Utilita, is one of the top three of its kind on Google Play, and our continued focus on using new technology is why Utilita is ranked third in the Southern Tech 100. Our regulator, OFGEM, has praised us for the technology we use to interact with our vulnerable customers.
• We have a product to be proud of. Utilita were the first to install a SMART meter back in 2008. We currently have around 800,000 customers and we are going from strength to strength, diversifying our portfolio into other pay as you go offerings.
• Making a difference for our customers. Every month Utilita gives customers the chance to win free energy and cash prizes through our customer Jackpot.
• Making a difference to the community. As others move away from the high street, Utilita have opened a number of Retail Hubs across the country. Helping to integrate into the community by offering free use of community rooms and a local service.

In order to ensure we can do all of that, we provide:

• A continuous development culture, through our leadership programmes, apprenticeships and learning platforms.
• Employee engagement we appreciate our staff and want to know what they think. We were recently awarded "Two stars" out of three by the Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to work for, a vote of confidence from our staff that we're doing lots of things right.
• We have a peer recognition scheme - the Great 8 - because we understand how good it feels to be valued and appreciated.

Additional benefits

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Utilita Bonus scheme up to 10% of your basic salary.
• The opportunity to win tickets to major outdoor events with Utilita Extra -Including, gigs and shows at the Utilita Newcastle and Birmingham arenas.
• Discounted employee energy tariffs.
• We are a patron of the Princes Trust and offer all our staff a paid volunteering day every year plus various fun fund raisers.
• A health care scheme that includes dental, eye care, treatments, and diagnostics health consultations.
• Death in service, twice your annual salary.
• Employee Assistance Programme with access to counselling support, legal and financial advice 24/7 365 days a year, as well as a GP line and Your Care