Payroll Administrator

Vacancy Information

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Payroll Administrator to join the payroll team at Greggs.

We can offer you:

• Competitive pay
• 21 days (4.2 weeks) annual leave, pro-rated, increasing with service, plus bank holidays and 1 additional floating day
• Colleague discount, up to 50% off our own-produced products
• Paid breaks
• Free hot drinks while on a shift break
• Profit share: We want everyone to share in the success of the business, so we distribute 10% of our profits to all our employees who have at least 6-month service, or more, each year
• Share save schemes that let you buy discounted Greggs shares, by saving a set amount of money over a fixed time, to have an even bigger share of our profits
• Career progression and learning and development
• Employee Assistance Programme; A free, confidential helpline, offering advice and support with financial, relationship, work-related and wellbeing issues, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Including a mobile app providing a range of wellness content on physical, mental, social, and financial wellbeing
• Perks and savings, such as digital gift card discounts, online cashback, in-store and online coupons and lifestyle offers
• A company who cares about our communities; the environment and being a better business! Click here to read about The Greggs Pledge
• Colleague Networks – internal groups where colleagues and their allies can share their own experiences, offer feedback on the way we do things at Greggs, and provide support to one another

What you'll do

The successful candidate will maintain effective procedures and processes to ensure accurate and timely delivery of Payroll to more than 28,000 colleagues that are paid weekly across our Retail and Supply Chain teams. 

The key responsibilities and duties are: 

• End to End Payroll Processing
• Providing a high level of customer service
• Starters, Leavers, Maternity/Adoption/Paternity leave
• Tax code changes, Student Loans, Court Orders
• Leave of Absences, Dependency Leave, Bereavement leave, Sickness
• One-off Payments, Cycle to Work
• Interim Payments
• Third Party Payments
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Payslip Enquires
• HMRC Correspondence
• Taking ownership of specific processes, maintaining documentation 
• Identifying and implementing process changes
• Assist with overseeing the resolution of queries from employees relating to Payroll, recognising when to escalate
• Identify opportunities for process improvement, delivering agreed improvement initiatives
• Provide high standard of customer service, consistency with internal standards and operational compliance
• Strong skills in planning, prioritising, and organising
• Experience/technical knowledge in operating within a payroll team 

About you

You will fit right into this role if you can demonstrate:

• You are a strong team player, able to build good working relationships at all levels

• SAP Payroll experience desirable/CIPP Technician qualification desirable

• High levels of accuracy and attention to detail

• Experience of, and the ability to multi-task and work with multiple priorities calmly and at pace

• Strong administrative and organisational skills

• Multi-tasking and working with multiple priorities at pace, delivering results within tight timescales

• IT skills including Microsoft 365; SharePoint, Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Teams

• Strong numerical and analytical skills

• You are self-motivated with the ability to work under pressure and using own initiative

• Want to develop and are ready to work alongside some great people and have lots of fun on your Greggs journey!
  
  

About Greggs

Here at Greggs, we love what we do, and we have fun! What makes Greggs so special is our culture – the way we are, the way we behave and the way we support each other. We're hard-working, but above all else we're family; and it doesn't matter who you are, where you're from or what your favourite bake is, we’d love you to join us! We want everyone to feel welcome at Greggs and our colleagues to be able to be themselves at work, whatever their background, preferences, or views.