Payroll Administrator

Job description

SALARY: up to £32,500 depending on experience

MAIN JOB PURPOSE:

The Payroll Administrator will manage the UK payroll process for our weekly payrolls. From ensuring that starters, leavers and transfers are all processed correctly to reviewing payroll instructions analysing results and signing off.

UK payroll is responsible for paying 7,500 employees in the UK; partnering with our third party payroll provider ADP to achieve this. This role sits in the support team working between our payroll provider, HR, Pensions, Finance and our outsourced HR Services team to ensure payroll is processed accurately and on time for both our weekly and monthly payrolls.

Unilever UK is a complex payroll landscape. Although the day to day payroll operations are outsourced to the payroll provider, this Payroll Administrator role involves managing the weekly UK payroll processes various UK payroll related administration as well as communicating with various stakeholders on payroll related matters.

JOB SUMMARY

· Liaising with the payroll vendor to ensure smooth delivery of the weekly payroll services (supporting 2 types of weekly payroll)
· Investigating and resolving queries and escalations.
· Correspondence with HMRC and other third parties
· Completing the monthly and annual Office of National Statistics survey
· Managing the payment discrepancy process
· Ad-hoc project administration and coordination
· Reconciliation of data between across multiple systems (including review of the daily error logs)
· Running daily/weekly/monthly reports
· Submission of P46 monthly e-filling
· Collection of the daily post, filing as well as annual archiving activities
· Designing and creating test scripts as well as supporting the testing of future CRs

KEY REQUIREMENTS

· Strong Excel skills and experience interrogating large volumes of data (including formulas, vlookups pivot tables, sumifs)
· An organised, can do attitude with problem solving capabilities and the ability to pick up new processes and software quickly and multitask in a busy environment
· Experience in self-managing and tracking tasks, and assessing progress, handling data accurately
· Strong communication skills
· Attention to detail (data accuracy and identification of errors)
· Strong organisational and prioritisation skills
· Willingness to learn, be developed and step up when required

DESIRABLE

· Experience with SAP GlobalView and Workday systems is desirable
· Knowledge of UK payroll legislation (such as PAYE, NIC, P60, P11d, P45, statutory payments) is desirable

COMPANY OVERVIEW

Unilever is a global Fast-Moving Consumer Goods company in the UK and Ireland. We are already on target to achieve our huge ambition to double the size of our business globally whilst reducing our environmental impact. We are growing our business and also doing what is right for our consumers, community and environment. We are developing brands for people's lives today and for the changing environment tomorrow - making sustainable living commonplace.

Working at Unilever means that you get to take part in this exciting journey and work with amazing people who are really passionate about our large portfolio of famous brands. We want to improve billions of lives and you too can join us in making a sustainable difference.

APPLICATION PROCESS

Online Application >> Digital Interview >> Face to Face Interview >> Job Offer

Please note: As part of the job application, you will be asked to complete a brief online application form. Completion of the form is required in order to be considered. Please allow yourself enough time to complete the application form as when filled out partially or not at all it may adversely affect the progress of your application. Please be aware that you will have to complete the form at once as you will be unable to return to it later.

For further information about this position please call: 0800 0284390. Please do not contact this number if you are an agency/third party. This number is strictly for candidates only.