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Payroll Specialist

Quest Search and Selection Ltd
Posted 4 days ago, valid for 10 days
Location

Cardiff, South Glamorgan CF5 1DR, Wales

Contract type

Full Time

Retirement Plan

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  • Quest Search & Selection is seeking a Payroll Specialist for a multi-site B2C consumer business, responsible for managing payroll for over 4,000 employees.
  • The ideal candidate should have 2-3 years of payroll experience, preferably at a Manager, Lead, Supervisor, or Senior Assistant level.
  • Key responsibilities include maintaining payroll documentation, processing payroll data, and running compliance reports.
  • The role offers a salary of £30,000 to £35,000, along with benefits like 22 days of holiday, staff discounts, and a contributory pension scheme.
  • This is a fully office-based position in a great head office environment, providing an exciting opportunity during a period of company growth.

Quest Search & Selection are proud to partner with a multi-site, B2C consumer business.

As a Payroll Specialist you will be responsible for managing and processing payroll to ensure employees are paid accurately and on time.

Roles & responsibilities of this Payroll Specialist include:

  • Maintain payroll documentation, ensuring confidentiality and compliance with data protection policies.
  • Manage payroll processing for approximately 4,000 plus employees.
  • Input and manage payroll data, including new starters, leavers, tax code changes, monthly hours (perm & contactors) and bonuses, ensuring accuracy and completeness.
  • Calculate and process SSP/SMP/SPP/SAP & check and enter P46/P45 tax forms
  • Review trial payroll data, identify discrepancies, and communicate necessary corrections to management.
  • Run monthly compliance reports, including National Minimum Wage checks, and file statutory FPS reports with HMRC.

Experience Required for this Payroll Specialist role -

  • Has 2-3 years' experience in a payroll capacity.
  • Ideally working as a Manager, Lead, Supervisor or Senior Assistant level
  • Ideally having experience of managing payroll processing for approximately 3,000 - 5,000 plus employees.
  • Knowledge of payroll systems and statutory legislation.
  • Excellent numerical and data-entry & excel skillset
  • Excellent communication and relationship-building skills - dealing with multiple queries.

Benefits of this Payroll Specialist role -

  • Great Head office environment (this is a fully office-based role).
  • 22 days holiday (increases with service)
  • Staff discounts across brands
  • Contributary pension scheme
  • Free Parking

This is a great opportunity and an exciting period of growth for the company! Please apply today quoting the reference no. JO-2503-115061

We request that candidates send their CV as a Microsoft Word document where possible.

Quest Search and Selection is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.