Senior Payroll Administrator

At Scotmid Co-operative, we are focused on serving our local communities and improving people’s everyday lives through our different businesses. We’ve been doing this for 160 years, and we will continue to work hard to do this for many more years to come. We’re a co-operative, which means that we are run by our members for the benefit of the local communities that we serve.

We have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Senior Payroll Administrator to join our busy Payroll team at our offices in Newbridge, on the outskirts of Edinburgh.  

This role is an ideal opportunity for those with payroll experience to further develop their skills in a fast-paced retail support environment.

The main responsibilities of the role include:

• Processing Weekly payroll in a busy payroll environment using Advanced Business Solution (Openpoeple) Software (c3600 employees).
• Processing 4 weekly Pension Payrolls.
• Running your own section of the payroll, ensuring all payments and deductions are implemented in accordance with statutory requirements.
• Dealing with a variety of different employee contracts and pay arrangements.
• Carrying out full start to finish Payroll including new starters, leavers, maternity, paternity, earnings arrestment’s, sick pay etc.
• Producing and compiling Management Reports.
• Dealing with Payroll related enquiries by phone and email.
• Working as part of a small team and providing cover for other members of the Payroll Team during holidays and absence periods.
• Assisting with implementing and testing of our new WFM system.

The ideal candidate

Our ideal candidate willhave experience in processing large volume, multi-site payroll and computerised Payroll Accounting Methods.  With strong IT skills, a good knowledge of Excel is important (data manipulation – pivot tables and v-lookups etc), as is a solid knowledge of HMRC legislation, pensions and tax.

Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, are essential, as is attention to detail and the ability to plan & organise the workload.

Knowledge of Workforce Management retail systems/Elementsuite would be an advantage, along with knowledge of pension schemes and processing pension payroll.

You will ideally have or be working towards a CIPP qualification or equivalent.

Hours of Work

This is a full-time role working 37.5 hours per week. Daily working hours will generally be 8.30am – 5pm, Monday to Friday, but some flexibility will be required from time to time to meet the needs and requirements of the role. This role will be office based, with an element of hybrid working available if required.

Salary and Benefits

• Competitive salary, commensurate with the role and dependant on experience.
• Staff Discount
• Enhanced company sick pay as a service-related benefit
• Enhanced holiday entitlement as a service-related benefit
• Employee Assistance Program
• Cycle to Work Scheme