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Lincolnshire Co-op
Senior Payroll Specialist
Tentercroft Street, Lincoln
c. £40k per annum
Our Support Services are always on hand to offer advice and guidance to colleagues across our business. Our busy and reliable Payroll Team are a key part of this, working together to provide comprehensive payroll service to colleagues across the Society.
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Payroll Specialist to join our team on a 6-month fixed term contract, based at our Support Centre in Lincoln. In this role, you will be responsible for the end-to-end payroll process of your teams’ multiple payroll systems. You will also have the exciting opportunity to be a central team member in a significant project of implementing our new Payroll and HR system for our Society.
Some of your duties will involve:
- Supporting with the implementation of the iTrent payroll system, including timelines, resources and deliverables to ensure successful deployment.
- Providing support throughout any UAT phases and parallel runs.
- Assisting in creating process flow documents with the project team relating to future payroll BAU.
Assisting in the reconciliation and verification of the migration of data from the legacy system (TeamSpirit) to iTrent, ensuring data accuracy and integrity. - Assisting others in delivering training programs for colleagues on using the iTrent payroll and rostering system effectively.
- Assisting in implementing best practices for payroll processing and system usage alongside the Payroll and Pensions Manager, ensuring compliance with Society policies and legal regulations.
- Completing data entry in iTrent to ensure it matches our legacy system, TeamSpirit.
For more information about the role, please refer to the job description which is available as a download on this page.
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Qualifications:
We’re looking for an honest, reliable, and motivated person who has a keen eye for detail and dependable organisational skills. If you have previous experience of understanding Payroll processes and practices – particularly end to end processing, statutory payments, absence, RTI and new colleagues., we’d love to hear from you.
Additionally, we'd love to see:
- Extensive Payroll experience in running payrolls of 500 + employees on multiple applications, with iTrent experience preferred.
- New payroll software implementation experience would be ideal.
- Able to prioritise and manage own workload, working autonomously in a structured environment with a professional and approachable manner.
- Excellent communication skills to be able to effectively communicate with both technical and non-technical colleagues.
- An organised and methodical approach to your work, able to prioritise and manage a variable workload.
- A naturally organised and diligent manner with the ability to keep calm and remain focused under pressure when working to deadlines.
- An appreciation and respect for GDPR and confidentiality.
Please note that for this vacancy, we welcome and will consider applications for remote working opportunities.
Benefits:
In addition to working for a successful co-operative business, we offer our colleagues fantastic benefits, including:
- 30 days annual leave (including bank holidays) (pro-rota).
- Pension scheme offering up to 12% employer contributions.
- Generous colleague discount rates across our family of businesses.
- Annual discretionary colleague bonuses to reward you for your hard work.
- Free tea and coffee provisions for all colleagues during rest breaks at work.
We are an “Investors in People - Platinum” employer, meaning that we have been recognised as one of the country’s top employers, offering progression opportunities to all our colleagues. As your confidence grows, you’ll have the opportunity to build the skills necessary to further progress your career and help to open up future opportunities. Whether you’re thinking of a future with us or looking to develop your skills with a community-focused business, we’ll work together with you to shape your career for the better.
First listed: today
Deadline: 7/26/2024
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Lincolnshire Co-op
We’re an independent co-op, based in Lincolnshire and the surrounding counties.
