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Payroll Specialist

  1. Permanent - Full time
£Competitive + Benefits
  1. Travis Perkins plc
  2. Northampton, Northamptonshire

hrs/pw

Full Time

Northampton

42063

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Are you looking for your next move and want to be part of a team that is hard working and committed to making a difference to our business! 


What will you do? Payroll Specialist


To provide payroll administration support for Payroll Services in ensuring the Travis Perkins payroll is managed in an efficient and compliant manner. To ensure all our colleagues are paid in an accurate and timely manner. To also provide cover for colleagues ensuring the level of service provided is optimised at all times.  


Some accountabilities of the role: 


  • Raise advances and all manual payments as and when required. Process all disbursements on a monthly basis ensuring all audit requirements are met.

  • Ensure all mail/post is collected, sorted and distributed on a regular basis.

  • Respond to and escalate where necessary all emails ensuring they are up to date including the completion of all LogITs.

  • Ensure all filing ( paper and electronic ) is complete, kept up to date and in line with statutory requirements.

  • Review Toolstation overpayments, ensure timely letters are sent and arrange for repayment of debt as soon as possible. Escalate where necessary to ensure a full resolution. 

  • Ensure payroll input ( starters,leavers,contract changes etc ) is completed in a timely and accurate fashion. This may include the verification of colleagues' work.

  • Provide cover for all colleagues within the team for absences,holidays.

  • Work with the Finance Team to ensure all payroll control accounts are balanced on a regular basis.

  • Ensure payroll legislation/knowledge is kept up to date and is proactively used to keep team members up to speed.

  • Provide value add to regular monthly meetings with the Deputy Payroll Manager whilst ensuring our overall goals are kept to the forefront of our actions.

  • Provide assistance with adhoc projects such as process mapping, reviewing calendars , payroll schedules etc 

  • Work alongside colleagues to identify system or payroll improvements.


What’s in it for you?


Not Sure you Qualify? We’re driving to become a truly inclusive employer, where everyone in our Group feels safe, welcome and confident to be their authentic selves - you be you, it makes us, us, as we say. If you’re interested in this opportunity but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might be just the right candidate for this or other roles with us.


You’ll be supported by some fantastic training and development and have the opportunity to learn, grow and develop across the Travis Perkins Group. 


We’ll also equip you with a benefits package that grows as you grow with the company:


  • Competitive bonus

  • Save-as-you-earn scheme

  • Buy-as-you-earn scheme

  • Contributory pension scheme

  • Colleague discount across a variety of Group businesses


A bit about us


As the largest distributor of building materials in the UK, Travis Perkins has been helping to build Britain for over 200 years.

With over 5 businesses, 16,000 colleagues and more than 1,200 branches, stores and sites around the UK we believe we have the best people and the best place to work. Everyone works hard together to deliver results, but most importantly, have some fun along the way!


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