People & HR
Payroll Specialist- 12 Month FTC
Job ID: 010318
Location: Bradford, UK, BD5 8LJ
Job type: Fixed Term - Full Time
Salary: £Competitive (depending on experience) + Bonus & Benefits
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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Payroll Specialist to join our People Services Team on a 12 month FTC. As our next Payroll Specialist, you will join a fast paced team who support our colleagues with all payroll related activity. You’ll have a great opportunity to apply your skills in supporting a progressive program of work, whilst supporting the development of self-service capability within the business.
About the Role
Being a Payroll Specialist is a varied role where you will be involved in completing different tasks in an accurate and timely manner including:
- Being responsible for processing accurate and timely payroll for all YBS colleagues including reconciliation of all salaries, pensions and benefit GLs
- Acting as an SME for all technical Payroll related escalations providing resolution in line with policy and legislation
- Delivering accurate processing and reconciliations of the monthly payrolls and all benefit GL, submissions to HMRC & third-party providers, year-end tax activity including finance reporting and production of P60, P11D and benefit statements ensuring SLAs are met
- Completing monthly activities including submission of FPS, issuing payslips/P45s, completing auto enrolment duties & uploading pension contributions
- Providing timely responses to all technical payroll and pension escalations ensuring we are delivering a great colleague experience.
Please Note: This role does offer hybrid working
About You
You’ll be an expert in Payroll with experience of end-to-end payroll processing and knowledge of payroll systems, legislation, and best practices. You will also have
- Excellent knowledge of Oracle HCM
- Knowledge and understanding of complex pay and condition queries, including pensions, HMRC and other statutory requirements.
- Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
- Ability to spot process efficiencies and effect changes that benefit the business and colleagues.
- Organisational skills to balance the different tasks you will be working on day to day
About Our Benefits
Everyone’s different. That’s why we offer a wide range of benefits and rewards that we think you’ll love – whatever’s important to you, and whatever stage of life you’re at. Such as…
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Our pension scheme (where you can get up to 11% from us)
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On target bonus of 7% (with the opportunity to earn up to a maximum 15%)
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Access to brilliant health benefits
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Life assurance at 6 times your salary
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25 days’ holiday (and the option to buy more)
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Cycle to work or an interest-free loan for an annual ticket
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Wellbeing resources and tools
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Retail and Leisure discounts
Learning & Development
Everyone can build a career path they love here. And that’s because we offer a wide range of programmes, opportunities and more to help you learn, grow, and develop – and reach your full potential.
These include...
- Personal Growth Toolkits - a range of materials that help you discover your strengths, identify your goals, and your next steps.
- Secondment and Stretch opportunities – helping you gain experience in different areas of our business and new ways of working.
- Learning Champion Network – opportunities to work outside of your immediate area and build new skills.
- Apprenticeships and Professional Qualifications – a range of brilliant apprenticeships and programmes available to everyone.
- REACH Diverse Leadership Programme – helping our Black, Asian and Ethnically Diverse leaders progress into senior leadership roles.
Our ways of working and flexibility
We know there’s no single right way of working that fits everyone. That’s why we’re not trying to find one. Instead, we’re doing everything we can to make sure that when we’re working flexibly, together and apart, we’re working at our best. We help our colleagues get the most out of work, and take care of themselves, wherever they’re working.
We offer a range of flexible working options without unsocial hours, which can help you find a healthy work-life balance. Whether it’s finishing early for an appointment or fitting your studies and hobbies in around your working hours, we can help make it work for you. We’re happy to talk flexible working and you can reach out to us anytime during the recruitment process to discuss this.
Find out more about our Ways of WorkingOur Colleague Networks & Groups
Our Vision is to be a leading organisation that embraces diversity, champions equity, and creates an inclusive environment where all individuals regardless of their background or identity feel valued, empowered and supported.
Our Colleague Networks and Groups are designed to amplify the voices of diverse groups and provide a structured route to effect real change. They provide a safe space and use colleague feedback to support the progression of our DEI Strategy. Our eight networks and groups are:
Our commitments to Community and Charity
Ever since we started back in 1864, we’ve had a clear purpose – to do some good in our communities through helping people keep their savings safe. And helping everyone have a place to call home. Today, that purpose is still a huge part of who we are. And every one of our colleagues helps that happen.
We’re committed to volunteering our time, resources, skills and knowledge – more than 50% of colleagues contribute to thousands of volunteer hours every year. And our Charitable Foundation has now donated over £9 million to charities and good causes across the country.
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