Payroll Officer in Blackburn

Would you like to be part of Vital Energi's Strategy of Growth? The Opportunity: Vital Energi is currently looking to welcome a Payroll Officer to our HR & People team based at our head office in Blackburn.

As a Payroll Officer at Vital Energi, reporting to our Group HR Office & Payroll Manager, you will support and co-ordinate the full company end-to-end payroll to ensure timely and accurate payments to all employees, ensuring compliance with all relevant regulations. You will liaise closely with the Payroll Assistant and the wider People team to ensure payroll-related administration throughout the full employee life cycle is completed.

You will take responsibility for ensuring annual tasks including PAYE settlement, P11D submissions, and salary reviews are completed. This is an exciting and varied role where you will support departmental reconciliations, annual audits, prepare management information and journals, along with identifying opportunities and driving efficiencies.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who has thrived in a small or mid-sized business, enjoys rolling up their sleeves with manual payroll processing, knows their way around payment reconciliations, and isn't fazed by the more complex payroll challenges, tackling them with accuracy, confidence, and a can-do attitude.

The Company: Vital Energi is a leading provider of renewable energy infrastructure and systems to the public and private sectors. We are supporting Hospitals, Universities, New Build developments, Towns and Cities, as well as Industrial and Commercial clients to decarbonise their buildings.

We have and continue to work on ground-breaking projects throughout the UK which are supporting the UK's Net Zero targets, such as the recently announced £1 billion low-carbon infrastructure project for Westminster. With plans to double our headcount over the coming years, supported by offices opening in new locations across the country and our strong investment pipeline, coupled with our expansion into new markets such as industrial power generation with our very own Energy-from-Waste facility, there is no better time to join the family here at Vital Energi.

Key responsibilities:

• Co-ordinate and support the monthly end-to-end payroll process, ensuring timely and accurate payments to all employees.
• Oversee and manage the payrolling of company benefits.
• Reconcile and submit monthly pension contributions and ensure pension contributions and auto-enrolment duties are accurately processed.
• Ensure monthly reporting to HMRC reconciles and is submitted.
• Ensure payroll operations adhere to UK payroll legislation, including PAYE, NI, statutory payments, and pensions.
• Conduct payroll reconciliations and prepare payroll reports for management.
• Preparation and submission of P11D and PSA in compliance with HMRC regulations.
• Prepare and reconcile the company Death in Service and Healthcare policy reconciliations.
• Act as a point of contact for payroll and benefit-related queries from employees and stakeholders.
• Oversee year-end payroll processes, including P60s and statutory reporting.
• Identify and implement process improvements to enhance payroll efficiency and compliance.
• Prepare annual payroll journal and assist with audits.
• Assist and support with the preparation of the company annual salary budget and salary review.

The Person:

• Successful portfolio in an end-to-end payroll role.
• Payroll Qualification - CIPP (desirable but not essential).
• Strong knowledge of UK payroll legislation, including PAYE, NI, and statutory benefits.
• Proficiency in payroll systems and strong Excel skills.
• Hands-on experience managing P11D and PSA submission.

Location: Head Office, Blackburn

Hours of Work: 08:00am- 16:30pm Monday- Thursday, 08:00am-15:00pm Friday

Applications will be processed within 28 days of receipt. If you have not heard from us within this time period, it will mean that your application has unfortunately been unsuccessful. Thank you for your interest in Vital Energi.

The company is opposed to all forms of discrimination and will select for employment, training, and promotion on the basis of suitability for the job and/or merit. It is company policy that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment than another on the grounds of sex, race, colour, age, ethnic or national origins, political affiliations, religious beliefs, marital status, physical disability or is disadvantaged by unjustifiable conditions or requirements.

Applicants must have the unrestricted and ongoing right to work in the UK for the duration of employment, without the need for sponsorship. Due to the nature of this role, we are unable to support visa sponsorship or employ individuals with time-limited permission or conditions attached to their right to work in the UK.