Do you hold an experienced payroll professional looking for your next career challenge? Do you pride yourself on your ability to build effective working relationships? Are you keen to showcase your skills working within a fast-paced, business-critical payroll position adding company-wide value?
Forge Holiday Group are seeking a newly-formed Payroll Specialist to join our wider People function at our Chester head office, working across our 4 business divisions; Forge Holiday Group, Forest Holidays, UKCaravansforHire and Sykes Holiday Cottages.
In return for your hard-work, we can ensure you join a vibrant, inclusive work culture and make the most of fantastic career progression opportunities alongside some impressive company benefits!
- Paying circa £30,000 per annum working / 37.5 hours per week / Monday-Friday.
- Plus access to our annual STIP (annual company-wide bonus) scheme with an additional 10% of your salary
- 33 days annual leave including bank holidays
- Plus an additional day off for your Birthday
- Plus an additional two volunteering days per year
- A flexible hybrid-working policy, with a min two days a week from our Chester head office
- An enhanced maternity and paternity policy
- Inclusive and supportive work environment
- Employee discounts and benefits with your wellbeing at the centre
- Opportunities for career progression, personal development and opportunities to be recognised
- Comprehensive training and development programs to set you up for success
- Study support for additional qualifications, courses and accreditations
- Numerous dedicated wellbeing initiatives and access to 24/7 mental health support
- On-site gym at our Chester HQ
Assisting with the processing of the monthly payroll for around 1,800 employees, you will report directly to the Payroll Manager and will be key in providing high quality, professional Payroll shared service to Managers, stakeholders and members across the Forge Holiday Group including Sykes Holiday Cottages, Forest Holidays and UKcaravans4Hire.
Our newest Payroll Specialist will work alongside the Payroll Administrator to ensure the accurate and timely processing of employee payments, complying with relevant legal and regulatory requirements as well as assisting the Payroll Manager with the processing of 4 separate payrolls across the group.
This is the perfect opportunity for those from an experienced payroll background to make a positive impact as part of our Payroll team, gaining valuable exposure within our group structure and working collaboratively as part of a wider business-critical department!
Reporting into our Payroll Manager, our newest Specialist will be responsible for the following:
- Processing all employee contractual changes in line with monthly pay schedules
- Processing Sick & Absence adjustments and checking statutory payments due.
- Collating and uploading temporary payments including bonus, on call, expenses and overtime.
- Inputting ad-hoc adjustments onto the payroll.
- Administering salary sacrifice benefits such as pension and cycle to work.
- Checking the payroll results and resolving any warning or errors messages.
- Producing various monthly reports for colleagues in Finance.
- Answering payroll queries via email from employees, managers and other stakeholders.
- Continuing to seek ways of improving payroll processes and efficiencies.
- Always complying with the GDPR guidelines and safeguarding employee confidentiality.
- Full end to end payroll processing including pension auto-enrolment, RTI submissions, BACS and Payslips.
- Strict adherence to defined processes and procedures, whilst prioritising work to monthly deadlines.
- Ensure the accurate and timely processing of employee payments, being flexible and agile in response to the needs of the department.
- Ensuring compliance with all statutory and legal requirements.
- Working closely with colleagues in other departments such as Finance and HR to deliver a group shared service.
We are looking for those who can share in our company goals, values and ethos, who can grow alongside us and whose skills can aid our ongoing success!
ByBeing One Team, Owning it, Communicating Honestly and showcasing a devotion toLearning, Growing and Innovating, we remain true to our original ethos and ensure we stay true to our Customers, Owners and Colleagues alike.
First and foremost we are interested in those who have the potential to hold these values, as for this position, we ask you to have the following key skills:
- Professional Payroll qualification
- Minimum of 5 years experience in a similar role
- Highly Proficient in Microsoft Excel
- Excellent attention to detail and organisation skills
- Ability to handle confidential information and maintain a high level of professionalism.
- Ability to build effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders and provide exceptional customer service.
- Strong technical knowledge of statutory legislation.
Although standouts will also have:
- CIPP member
- Sage Brain payroll
- Processing multiple different PAYE schemes
- Processing taxable benefits and dealing with external providers
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
- Calculating average holiday pay
- Payroll journals and GL files
- User acceptance testing and parallel pay runs
- Proficient in Microsoft Word and other MS office packages
If you are actively seeking your next career challenge, keen to join a diverse, exciting team, or want to grow your career within an industry leader, we welcome you to get in touch or apply!
The Forge Holiday Group
The Forge Holiday Group encompasses Sykes Holiday Cottages, Forest Holidays, UKcaravans4hire and Bachcare in New Zealand and unites us under four company values, which are the foundations of every aspect of our business and remain at the heart of everything we do. By Being One Team, Owning it, Communicating Honestly and showcasing a devotion to Learning, Growing and Innovating, we remain true to our original ethos and ensure we stay true to our Customers, Owners and Colleagues alike.
Diversity and Inclusion:
We encourage and welcome our people to bring their authentic and best selves to work every day. We know the power that comes from different ideas, backgrounds and perspectives. We recognise the role diversity plays in achieving our goals as a business. We actively welcome applications from as wide a range of backgrounds as possible. If you need any particular support or accommodations as part of your application process, please get in touch - our recruitment team are happy to help.
Hybrid Working:
We are proud to support hybrid-working across the business, with a mixture or remote and office working available. This will be discussed during your interview.
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