Payroll and Pensions Administrator

Hours: Full Time 39 Hours. We also welcome applicants who are seeking Part Time Hours. 

About the Role

We are seeking an Payroll Pension Administrator to join our busy team based in our Support Office in Handforth, Cheshire. You will be part of a dedicated team who administer Payroll and Pensions for our organisation, consisting of approximately 9,000 colleagues and growing, providing an efficient and effective service. This is a great opportunity for someone looking for their next step and will offer many developmental opportunities.

Key responsibilities:

• To administer colleague pension requests, opt outs, and changes for 9000 colleagues on a four-weekly basis across a number of payrolls.
• Support with pensions auto-enrolment tasks, end of period reporting, contribution files, and returns to The Pension Regulator.
• Assessing colleagues for inclusion into the company pension scheme in line with auto-enrolment.
• Reconciliation of pension contributions files prior to submission to pension provider.
• Query management and resolution to deliver first class service to our colleagues.
• Write to colleagues as needed under pensions Auto-enrolment guidance.
• Work with pension provider on year-end sampling and audit
• Provide management information on request.

Skills required:

• 2 years payroll experience
• Understanding of pension legislation.
• Previous experience of using SAP payroll solution is an advantage but not essential.
• The successful candidate should be well organised, work to a high level of accuracy, and have keen attention to detail.
• To ensure we deliver a first-class service, you will need to have strong written and verbal communication skills.
• You will be required to be computer literate in Word, and Outlook.
• Intermediate knowledge of Excel (Pivot Table, V-Lookups).
• You should be an honest and trustworthy individual who is able to comfortably handle confidential information & adhere to all GDPR legislation.

Pets just see people. They aren’t biased and they don’t discriminate. We take our inspiration from pets, and we value and respect difference in all its forms. Our aim is to reflect the diversity of the communities we operate in, and every colleague can help us achieve this. We encourage our people to be themselves so even if your skills and experience don’t perfectly align, if you think you can make a unique contribution through your values and behaviours, we want to hear from you.