OVO-View – Role Overview
Team: Payroll
Salary banding: £32,000 – £40,000
Reporting to: Senior Payroll Manager
Sponsorship: Unfortunately we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.
This role in 3 words: Analytical, Compliance, Attention to detail
Top 3 qualities for this role: Thorough, Professional, Communication
“OVO is such a great place to work! Fabulous people and great hubs across the country drive collaboration and team working. The culture truly puts its people at the heart of everything we do. It’s a fantastic opportunity to be part of a payroll team and progress the Payroll agenda. You can also make a massive impact on OVO’s path to Plan Zero by supporting our sustainability agenda and getting involved in purpose‑led initiatives.”
Work Location
Depending on the needs of your business area, we expect hub‑based people to be in the office at least once a week, and to attend OVO Connection events in person. You will be assigned to our Bristol hub.
Responsibilities
- Lead and project‑manage the deployment of payroll changes to the Workday tenant, including routine patch updates, scheduled projects, and all Jira tickets moving through the Workday Finance Jira Board.
- Define test plans, create scripts and execute all levels of testing from user acceptance testing to regression tests.
- Develop process documentation detailing implemented changes and provide training to the Payroll, People and Reward teams when required.
- Test absence plans, time tracking, reporting that feed into the Workday Payroll module.
- Scope of testing includes: unit, end‑to‑end, parallel run, smoke and regression test phases.
- Liaise with key stakeholders to ensure all touch points are covered.
- Validate and upload test data via EIB.
- Produce payroll output files, including validated and analysed results.
- Document and update payroll processes and guides in line with new Workday configuration.
- Train and provide guidance on best practices regarding payroll processing, acting as the first line support to the payroll team.
- Review and refine payroll process mapping, suggesting and implementing improvements to increase accuracy and efficiency.
- Report and analyse queries post deployment, supporting and implementing fixes in a timely manner.
- Supervise test staff during project phases as required.
- Support the payroll team with end‑to‑end payroll processes, including but not limited to:
- Ensure payroll variations are up to date, including additions, deductions and any variable pay issues that arise.
- Collate and process all overtime hours.
- Assist with the monthly pension and workplace benefits processes.
- Resolve payroll queries within the SLAs set.
- Issue all leaver payslips and P45s.
- Administer statutory leave (SAP, SPP, SMP, SSP, SHPP).
- Process all incoming HMRC notifications.
- Responsible for post payroll reporting.
- Assist with the processing and distribution of P11D and P60s.
Qualifications & Skills
- Strong payroll experience.
- Comprehensive knowledge of payroll legislation.
- Ability to design and implement key processes.
- Proven testing experience.
- Comfortable working in a rapidly changing environment and able to propose, justify, initiate and implement change.
- Strong team‑player, recognising the needs of all stakeholders and ensuring outcomes maximise value and impact across the enterprise.
- Excellent analytical and problem‑solving skills.
- Attention to detail and willingness to investigate at depth to resolve problems.
- Excellent communication skills, able to explain complex issues to key stakeholders and to train relevant departments.
- Ability to mentor less experienced team members and lead by example in both technical and non‑technical aspects of the job.
Benefits
- Salary band: £32,000 – £40,000.
- On‑target bonus of 15 %.
- Flex Pay: 9 % of salary (4 % auto‑enrolled into pension, 5 % discretionary).
- 34 days of paid holiday (including bank holidays).
- Health: healthcare cash plan or private medical insurance, critical illness cover, life assurance, health assessments, and more.
- Wellbeing: gym membership, travel insurance, workplace ISA, will‑writing services, dental insurance, and more.
- Lifestyle: extra holiday buying, discount dining, home & tech loans, and support for favourite charities through give‑as‑you‑earn donations.
- Home: up to £400 towards any OVO Energy plan, plus discounts on solar, smart thermostats and EV chargers.
- Commute: ultra‑low emission car leasing, cycle‑to‑work scheme, and public transport season ticket loans.
- Progressive policies and green benefits designed to support your wellbeing and belonging at OVO.
Diversity & Inclusion
Everyone belongs at OVO. We invite diverse people from all abilities, gender identities, ethnicities, ages, sexual orientations, life experiences and backgrounds to join us. We have 8 Belonging Networks, led by our people, for our people.
Application Invitation
If you meet most of the qualifications but not every single requirement, we encourage you to apply. We would love to hear from you!
