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Take a look at our current vacancies. If you see a vacancy that is right for you, we encourage you to apply!
Take a look at our current vacancies. If you see a vacancy that is right for you, we encourage you to apply!
Payroll Coordinator
We are seeking a detailed-oriented professional to oversee our payroll processes, ensuring accuracy and compliance. If you have strong background in payroll administration, attention to detail, and excellent organisational skills – we want to hear from you.
Contract: 6-month FTC
Working hours: 35 hours per week is full time. Where possible, we are open to considering part time/flexible working patterns. Please let us know in your application your desired working pattern.
Salary: From £33,000
Reporting to: Payroll Manager
London docklands
Our permanent hybrid policy sees us all working at least four days across a fortnight in the office.
As Payroll Coordinator, we’ll be looking to you to make sure that the day-to-day activities of the payroll function are done in a timely, efficient and effective manner. Working alongside the other Payroll Coordinators, you’ll be using your technical skills and knowledge to make sure we get our employee’s pay right first time.
Your can do attitude, problem solving skills and knowledge of our policies and processes will mean you’ll be able to deliver excellent customer service whilst ensuring we are going the right thing. You’ll build strong collaborative relationships with your colleagues in HR and other areas of the service, providing stakeholders with expert payroll advice in a friendly and professional manner.
Key responsibilities
- Making sure the payroll system is up to date with our current and past employees
- Inputting accurate data into each month’s pay run in time for the monthly payroll submissions
- Helping the payroll manager with monthly and annual reporting and payments to third-party suppliers
- Helping to answer payroll queries – you’ll need to make sure your knowledge of tax, national insurance and statutory payments are always up to date
- Delivering excellent levels of service to internal and external stakeholders by making sure enquiries are addressed in an efficient and friendly way
- Building collaborative working relationships with other support teams across the ombudsman
- Making contributions towards project work and offering suggestions for improvements in the way the payroll team works and interacts with processes from other support areas
To be considered for this role, you’ll need to show us that you’ve got the skills and capabilities. You’ll have to meet the following minimum criteria:
Minimum Criteria
- Relevant experience within a fast-paced payroll team of a large organisation
- Having working knowledge and experience of pay as you earn, pensions and other relevant statutory requirements
- Knowledge of salary sacrifice and flexible benefits
Desirable Criteria
We would also like you to have the following skills:
- Ability to adapt to changes in payroll procedures.
- Experience using Workday
- Using a range of payroll packages
- Having a good level of experience working with Microsoft products like Outlook, Word and Excel
Why Financial Ombudsman Service?
We are a values led organisation. Our values define our culture, influence our decisions, and underpin our vision and strategy. They set out how we play our PART through Purpose, Ambition, Respect and Trust. You can learn more about our values here:
https://www.financial-ombudsman.org.uk/who-we-are/aims-values
We also offer an attractive, competitive salary and flexible benefits to suit our people. Here’s a list of some of the many benefits and perks you can get for working with us:
- 25 days holiday entitlement, with the option to buy extra or sell days
- Generous pension
- Employer provided benefits such as Private medical insurance, virtual GP, Critical illness cover, Life assurance cover, to name a few
- Choice of voluntary benefits including Technology scheme, Cycle to work scheme, Will-writing service amongst others
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Extensive opportunities for personal and career development
- Fully equipped on-site gym open 24 / 7 (London office only)
- Extensive Well-being resources including on-site therapists (London office only)
- Beautiful and bright London office looking over the Thames and near to mainline stations
- Our Coventry office is 2 minutes’ walk from the main station
- Our employee led networks do fantastic work in educating and raising awareness across a range of experiences and support us in being an inclusive employer and a great place to work. You can get involved, too!
How do I apply?
- Please apply by uploading a copy of your current current CV
Applications need to be submitted by 23:59 Friday 5th April 2024
Successful applications will be invited to a interview with the Payroll Manager and
Due to high application numbers this advert may end earlier than the date specified, so please don't delay and apply now!
A full job profile is available on request and will be provided to candidates shortlisted to the first stage of the assessment process.
We’re proud to be an inclusive employer
We view diversity as fundamental to our success and welcome applications from underrepresented groups across all communities.
We’re committed to being a great place to work– attracting and developing people from the widest possible range of backgrounds. We want everyone to perform at their best and feel able to be themselves. We understand that if we’re diverse and inclusive, we’ll better understand different perspectives, which is fundamental to our job resolving financial complaints.
We welcome applications from Black and other ethnic minority candidates, and female candidates, for all positions and particularly so for senior leader positions as they are under-represented within the Financial Ombudsman Service at this level.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. This means that we will put disabled candidates entering under the scheme through to the next stage of the recruitment process should they meet the minimum criteria for a role. A minimum criterion needs to be measurable from reviewing a candidate’s CV/supporting statement. Exceptions may apply if due to the volume of applications we are not able to interview all eligible candidates who qualify under the scheme. If you would like to speak to a member of our team about any reasonable adjustments you need, please email hrsupport@financial-ombudsman.org.uk and let us know your preferred method of contact.
Find out more
Check out below channels to find out more about everyday life at the Financial Ombudsman Service – and don’t forget to follow us while you’re there!
- LinkedIn: Financial Ombudsman Service
- Our careers page: https://www.financial-ombudsman.org.uk/who-we-are/join-us
Good luck with your application!
