Payroll & Benefits Administrator FTC in Preston

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Role Overview

FTC - Dec 2027

Reporting into the Payroll & Benefits Lead, you will primarily administer company benefits and support the activities of the payroll function. You will be required to administer the company payroll in the absence of the Payroll & Benefits Lead.

Payroll Responsibilities

• Support in accurately processing the payroll for circa 650 employees each month and a weekly agency payroll of circa 100 workers.
• Support in managing the legal deductions required for tax, national insurance, benefits in kind and pension auto-enrolment.
• Support in processing accurate sick pay, maternity and paternity pay in line with statutory and contractual entitlements.
• Support in undertaking payroll and BiK deductions arising from contractual and voluntary benefits e.g. private medical insurance and salary sacrifice benefits such as electric vehicles, cycles to work and childcare vouchers.
• Support in administering two different pension schemes; a defined benefit scheme and a defined contribution scheme. Implement increases and decreases in employee pension contributions relevant to those schemes.
• Support in ensuring shift patterns and overtime rates are accurately reflected within the monthly salaries of shop floor operatives.
• Support the processing of the annual pay review and support with the calculation of back pay on basic pay, shift premiums and overtime rates.
• Cross check data input in the HRIS with the offer letter to ensure the data input into the payroll system is 100% correct.
• Remove leavers, generate P45's and P60's and calculate accrued outstanding holiday entitlements for leavers.
• Support in ensuring that all payroll records are accurately maintained, deal with all enquiries efficiently, liaising and communicating directly with internal and external auditors.
• Assist with responding to queries and train new line managers on how to use the time & attendance system.
• Support in undertaking rigorous checking procedures before the payroll is authorised and sent to the managed payroll provider, ADP.
• Support annual Payroll & HR audit procedures.

Benefits Responsibilities

• Assist in ensuring the accuracy of the employee benefits portal which is the 'go to' platform for all employees to select voluntary benefits and obtain information about contractual benefits.
• Assist with processing voluntary benefits selected from the employee benefits portal.
• Assist in managing the share ownership scheme that permits employees to purchase Safran shares once a quarter. Set up accounts for employees purchasing shares for the first time. Ensure bank transfers are set up for the transfer of funds related to share purchase and sell shares for employees upon request.
• Ensure new employees are enrolled into the private medical insurance scheme.
• Support the process for the purchase of additional annual leave (up to one week) per employee, calculate the costs of the deductions and administer this on the payroll.

The following skills and experience are essential:

• Previous experience of working in a payroll environment.
• Highly numerate with a logical thought process.
• Confident with systems.
• Team player, ability to work under pressure, meet strict deadlines and maintain confidentiality.
• Strong 'can do' attitude accuracy in administration skills.
• Ability to follow policies and procedures.
• Good communication skills - verbal and written.
• Planning and organisational skills.
• Ability to learn with speed and accuracy.
• Ability to be innovative and make improvements to process.