Payroll and HR Administrator

Salary: £27,235 per annum

Based - Stoke on Trent, ST4 6PH (site based role)

Working hours 8:30am -4:30pm 37.5 hours per week

Contract type: Permanent

We are recruiting for a Payroll and Administration Assistant to join the HR team at our site in Stoke on Trent.  We are the home of the nations favourite cakes, Mr Kipling!

If you have got a keen eye for detail, enjoy data input and have a background in HR/Payroll administration, then this role may be for you...

What you will be doing: 

• Completion of payroll processing in line with weekly and monthly deadlines
• Clearing of daily working time exceptions / errors
• Inputting of absence into the system (including Fit notes, Return to Works and daily absence occasions)
• Monitoring of the HR inbox and responding to all queries
• Processing of employee changes, overtime and benefits
• Holding payroll clinics around the time of payroll production.
• Manage the internal systems ensuring they are all kept up to date 
• Supporting the HR team with recruitment and onboarding/offboarding administration

What we need from you:

• Demonstrable experience of working in an administrative/office role
• Previous experience/understanding of UK payroll legislation
• Proficient in all Microsoft Office packages and able to easily navigate HR/payroll systems
• Excellent time management skills and able to prioritise multiple work loads

What we offer in return

• Salary of £27,235 per annum
• 25 days annual leave 
• Enhanced pension scheme
• Sharesave
• Onsite subsidised canteen
• Free parking
• Onsite company shop
• EAP portal
• Employee Discounts Portal
• Cycle to Work Scheme

A great British food company

Premier Foods is one of Britain’s biggest listed food companies, employing over 4,000 colleagues at 13 manufacturing sites and offices up and down the country.

Many of our brands have been part of UK life for more than a century and you’ll find them in 90% of British households.

At Premier foods we believe in inclusion, authenticity and individuality. We aim to ensure all existing and future colleagues are given equitable opportunities and are respected, valued and encouraged to bring their true authentic selves to work no matter who they are, what they look like, who they love or what they believe in. Our culture is one where everyone is welcome.