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Support Centre, Lincoln
Advertised Hours
37.5 hours per week - fixed term for up to 12 months
Salary details:
c. £33k per annum
Vacancy type:
Fixed Term

About the role:

At our Support Services, we're dedicated to helping colleagues across the business with advice and guidance whenever it's needed. Our busy and reliable Payroll Team are a key part of this, working together to provide comprehensive payroll service to colleagues across the Society.
 
We have an exciting opportunity for a Payroll Specialist to join our team at our Support Centre in Lincoln. This is a chance to play a key role in managing the full payroll process across multiple systems, working alongside a supportive and collaborative team. 
 
In this roll, you'll be responsible for:
  • Respond to payroll and pension queries, providing clear guidance to colleagues and managers. 
  • Managing accurate records, support audits and GDPR compliance, and contribute to system testing and continuous improvement. 
  • Manage end-to-end payroll across multiple payrolls, ensuring accurate and timely payments. 
  • Perform payroll checks, reconciliations, and resolved errors, warnings, and tax code updates. 
  • Administrate auto-enrolment processes, including assessments, opt-ins/outs, and payment reconciliations. 
  • Processed starters, leavers, deductions, statutory payments, and third-party schedules. 
  • Validate reports and calculations to ensure accurate payslips and compliance with legislation. 
For a full break down of the role, please refer to the full job description which is available as a download on this page. 

About You

We’re looking for an honest, reliable, and motivated individual with a keen eye for detail and strong organisational skills. If you have at least 2 years’ experience working within a fast-paced payroll environment, we’d love to hear from you.

You’ll need to demonstrate:

  • Knowledge of PAYE, National Insurance, statutory payments, and payroll regulations. 
  • Strong IT skills, including Excel, Word, Outlook, Teams and ideally experience of iTrent software.
  • Accuracy and attention to detail in data entry, with excellent numeracy and problem-solving skills. 
  • Ability to work autonomously, manage priorities, and meet tight deadlines. 
  • Knowledge of GDPR, data protection, and compliance with payroll legislation.
Benefits:
In addition to working for a successful co-operative business, we offer our colleagues fantastic benefits, including:
  • 30 days annual leave (including bank holidays) (pro-rota).
  • Pension scheme offering up to 12% employer contributions.
  • Generous colleague discount rates across our family of businesses.
  • Annual discretionary colleague bonus to reward you for your hard work.
  • Free tea and coffee provisions for all colleagues during rest breaks at work.
We are an “Investors in People - Platinum” employer, meaning that we have been recognised as one of the country’s top employers, offering progression opportunities to all our colleagues. As your confidence grows, you’ll have the opportunity to build the skills necessary to further progress your career and help to open up future opportunities. Whether you’re thinking of a future with us or looking to develop your skills with a community-focused business, we’ll work together with you to shape your career for the better.

About Us

From a single store in 1861 we have grown to be one of the most successful co-operatives in the UK. We’re proud to be able to offer a wide range of services from across our family of businesses. From Food Stores and Pharmacies to Post Offices and Support Services, we’re a growing society made up of over 220 outlets and nearly 3,000 colleagues.

We're owned by our members, the people of Lincolnshire and surrounding counties, and have been for more than 160 years! Communities are at the heart of everything we do and motivates us to deliver more than great customer service. We support them by sharing dividend with our members, investing in new and improved services, raising money for charity through our Community Champion scheme, supporting local schools and so much more!

We work together as a Society and are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is barrier free and as inclusive as possible for everyone. If you need any adjustments, would like us to do anything differently during the interview or would like to get in touch with us about anything else, please contact our Recruitment team on (01522) 533316, or alternatively you can email [email protected].

We may choose to close our vacancies in the event that we receive a high volume of suitable applications, so we encourage all candidates to apply as soon as possible.

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