Payroll & HR co-ordinator - Hybrid working in Bury

We are looking for a Payroll/HR Specialist to deliver a generalist HR service across CBS, taking lead responsibility for payroll, HR data management, HR generalist support, and the production of accurate and insightful people reporting to support operational and strategic decision-making.

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Payroll

• Take ownership for managing the end-to-end monthly payroll process for c200 people, ensuring data is timely and accurately processed via Sage.
• Ensure compliance with payroll, including keeping abreast of any payroll changes, legislation and payroll knowledge.
• Act as the first point of contact for payroll queries, providing accurate and timely information and guidance to employees.
• Manage the payroll inbox, ensuring all queries and changes are logged, tracked and responded to in line with agreed SLAs and payroll cut-off dates.
• Ensure the pension scheme is administered in accordance with Pension Regulations and liaise with our pension scheme agents to prepare necessary reports for regulatory compliance.

Reporting & Data

• Provide board report metrics on a monthly basis for the HR Manager, including presenting metrics in a clear and concise manner.
• Produce reports, including absence management, loyalty schemes, DIS, TRS, benefits and recruitment.
• Own and lead the annual salary review process, including coordinating timelines, gathering and validating salary data, supporting salary benchmarking activities, and producing Total Reward Statements for employees.
• Analyse salary and benefits data to identify trends, ensure market competitiveness, and support recommendations for the remuneration process.
• Generate and maintain HR dashboards and reports (e.g. holiday tracking via Power BI), ensuring data accuracy and integrity.

HR Generalist

• Support in employee relation activities, including performance management, disciplinary and grievance procedures, flexible working requests and absence management.
• Assist in the development and implementation of HR policies and practices.
• Support the HR Team with a range of initiatives, including assisting with the annual Wellbeing and Engagement plan, collaborating on communication strategies, and developing content.
• Support recruitment and selection, identifying relevant methods of recruitment to source high calibre candidates, within the recruitment budget.

Requirements

• Experienced HR Generalist
• Payroll knowledge and experience
• Previous experience managing recruitment processes
• Professional writing skills including emails, reports, presentations, correspondence and policies
• IT literate – MSOffice and HR Software
• A credible and professional approach to all tasks and in representing CBS and the CBS Employer Brand
• Payroll qualifications

35 hours per week, Monday-Friday. Hybrid working, 2 days from home after probation. Please note as part of our pre-employment checks, all successful applicants must undergo a basic DBS check prior to starting employment.