Payroll Officer

What we’re looking for:

• Do you have experience of running start to finish payrolls as part of a high-volume in-house payroll function?
• Do you have the ability to perform manual payroll calculations for tax, NI and other associated statutory payments?
• Are you a team player with a passion for payroll and a willingness to coach others?
• Do you possess a customer focused attitude with excellent communication skills?
• Can you demonstrate excellent attention to detail and the ability to work efficiently and accurately?
• Are you able and willing to work from Pembroke House office 2 - 3 days per week?

If so, this role is perfect for you!

Here at Peabody, we have a number of opportunities for a Payroll Officer on a permanent basis at our Pembroke House office.

A bit about the role:

As a Payroll Officer, you will be reporting directly to the Payroll Operations Manager and be responsible for processing the monthly payrolls, ensuring accurate and timely payments are made to all colleagues that meet legislative and contractual requirements. Some of the key results for the role include:

• Responsible for the start to finish processing of the monthly payroll cycle.
• Working in collaboration with the Payroll Officers to accurately calculate and process payments for new starters, leavers, contract changes, pensions, flexible benefits, expenses, and voluntary deductions
• Calculation of sickness, parental leave and associated statutory payments
• Checking trial pay runs and assisting with the preparation of the monthly payroll reports.
• Taking full responsibility for colleagues' payroll queries by ensuring they are dealt with in a timely and professional manner.
• Checking trial pay runs and assisting with the preparation of the monthly payroll reports.

This role will require a minimum of 2 - 3 days working in the Pembroke House office.

A bit about us:

160 years after it was established, Peabody is one of the oldest not-for-profit housing associations in the UK.

The Peabody Group is responsible for more than 107,000 homes, with around 220,000 residents across London and the Home Counties. We also have around 20,000 care and support customers.

Our purpose is to help people flourish, and we are getting closer to residents by taking a local approach.

We are committed to delivering a responsive and easily accessible repairs service and investing in our existing homes so they are safe and well maintained. Our retrofit projects will make thousands of our homes more energy efficient.

We work with councils and communities to promote economic inclusion, tackle inequality and poverty, and prioritise wellbeing.

Here just a few of the benefits for working at Peabody:

• Flexible and hybrid working (depending on the role)

• Up to 30 days’ annual holiday plus bank holidays

• Competitive salaries that are benchmarked regularly against current market rates 

• Two additional paid volunteering days each year 

• Flexible benefits scheme, including family friendly benefits and access to a discount portal 

• 4 x salary life assurance

• Up to 10% pension contribution

Are you ready to apply?

PLEASE NOTE: As an employer, Peabody does not provide sponsorship as a licenced UK employer.

To be considered for the position of Payroll Officer, please click on the ‘Apply Now’ button and submit both your CV and a bit about why we should consider you for the role. 

If you need to ask us anything else at all, feel free to drop an email to victoria.wilson1@peabody.org.uk and one of our team will be in touch.

Peabody reserves the right to close this advert before the advertised closing date, depending on the number of applications received.

Interviews will take place week commencing 11th March 2024