Payroll Associate

Salary: £29,000 per annum

Location: Spalding – Lincolnshire

Contract Type: FTC

Business Area: Bakkavor Ltd

We’re the biggest name you’ve never heard of. You’ve probably eaten our food – you just didn’t realise it. We make innovative fresh products, with around 18,500 colleagues working across the UK, US and China. We’re the market leader in the UK fresh prepared food industry supplying meals, salads, desserts, pizza and bread to leading grocery retailers (including Tesco, M&S, Sainsbury’s and Waitrose). We’re ambitious. We’re full of ideas. And we’re ready for more people who share our values and passion for quality to join us.

We’re proud to offer you a career with real scope for development. To reward your hard work and ambition as a talented Payroll Administrator with plenty of support and opportunity. And empower you to drive your own success and create a career you can be proud of too.

Payroll Associate

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Payroll Associate to join our Payroll Team based in Spalding, Lincolnshire on a 12-month fixed term contract basis.

In this busy and exciting role, you will provide a high level and accurate Payroll service to all current Bakkavor internal customers whilst adhering to the agreed service levels, through the entire payroll process.

Working within the MyHR Service Centre to deliver great customer service aligned to the Bakkavor values, will be top of your agenda.

Main Duties

• Demonstrating a great level of teamwork to respond to all queries, emails and telephone enquiries to the agreed Tier 1 level of support for the MyHR Service Centre
• Providing a high standard of service to both external and internal customers, in accordance with company processes and procedures, by undertaking specialist Payroll customer service administration tasks
• Ensuring timely and accurate payment of salaries, pension contributions and reward deductions to all Bakkavor business units and employees
• Working within the rules set by Company Policy, HMRC Legislation, Pension and Auto Enrolment Regulations
• Ensuring that all HMRC, RTI, financial reconciliation, pension, rewards, recharges and other administration tasks are completed accurately and within agreed timescales
• Working as part of a team and deputising / assisting other Payroll team members when necessary
• Undertaking duties and arrangements as directed by the Payroll Business Partner to assist with the provision of payroll and reward processing / services
• Ensuring Payroll procedures are kept up to date with current payroll processes

About you

Essentially, you will have previous payroll experience within a high-volume business environment – ideally with some knowledge of pensions and rewards administration.

Excellent organisational, communication and team player skills with the ability to manage deadlines will be key – as will computer literacy and strong attention to detail.

Using your own initiative, discretion and being assertive in a professional and polite manner will also be key.

If you have proven experience of providing administrative support within a busy office environment, and a passion for payroll – this could be the perfect role for you.

What you can expect from us

When joining us you can expect a highly competitive rewards package including group pension, private medical insurance, and other flexible benefits – alongside excellent career progression prospects across the Bakkavor group.

Proud to be Bakkavor

We’re proud to be the leading UK provider of innovative, high-quality, fresh prepared food. We’re proud to be driven by the hard work and passion of our people. And we’re proud to offer a wide range of careers full of support and opportunity. Join our team and we’ll make you proud too.