Payroll Officer in Chester

Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world. A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment. To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we are looking to add a Payroll Officer to join our team in Warrington, UK.

The role of the Payroll Officer is integral to ensuring that both of our monthly payrolls are executed on time. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring that all payroll related data is collected, processed and approved ready for submission to our third-party payroll vendor. Working to tight timescales, they will also be responsible for pension administration, benefit administration (including private medical cover) and reporting from our global HRIS.

What a typical day looks like:

• Manage the monthly payroll process, gathering all relevant information and ensuring an accurate and timely service is maintained.
• Administer bonus payments, stock administration and overtime payments, providing relevant data for finance as required.
• Ensure payroll costs are within budget, reconcile supplier invoices to ensure accurate billing.
• Providing salary benchmarking information and supporting the annual pay review application process.
• Stay up to date with payroll related legislation and any changes in employee compensation and tax and pension regulations to support the compliance of the business within this area.
• Prepare the Gender Pay Gap report for the business.
• Support the resolution of payroll queries, ensuring timely and accurate resolution.
• Assist with administration of P11Ds and End of Year processes.
• Responsible for identifying and implementing continuous process improvements within the payroll function.

The experience we are looking to add to our team:

• CIPP or CIPD level 3 or above qualification is desirable.
• Extensive knowledge and use of a HRIS. Workday experience would be extremely advantageous.
• Able to work across multiple systems and platforms.
• Extensive experience as an administrator or similar.
• Passionate to provide high quality customer service.
• Ensures attention to detail on all inputs and outputs.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and exercise extreme discretion.
• Strong numerical aptitude and attention to detail.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Ability to prioritise and handle multiple tasks and meet deadlines.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate with people at all levels in the organization.
• Familiar with Microsoft Excel at an advanced level.

Flex recognises the changing needs of employees and the importance of a work life balance, so we are proud to have a FLEXible working policy in place. This includes a flexi-time system and the opportunity to work some of the week from home, following successful completion of your probation period. Additional site benefits include free onsite parking, free fruit and a great safe working environment. You will also be entitled to:

• Hybrid working.
• The ability to purchase additional holidays.
• Continuous training and development.
• Employee reward and recognition scheme.
• Generous pension scheme.
• Life assurance.