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About the Role
This role is responsible for the smooth and accurate delivery of payroll and benefits administration across the organisation, working closely with our external payroll provider, the Finance Team and People Team. You'll act as the go-to expert for payroll and benefits, ensuring compliance, delivering an excellent employee experience and identifying opportunities to improve processes and efficiency.
Responsibilities
- Own and manage the monthly payroll cycle, ensuring accurate and timely processing.
- Liaise with our outsourced payroll provider and validate payroll submissions.
- Manage the annual salary review, bonus and promotions cycles.
- Lead on and manage the project to implement the of Payrolling of Benefits in Kind with the payroll provider.
- Administer employee benefits, including pensions, private medical insurance and flexible benefits.
- Respond to employee payroll and benefits queries.
- Produce payroll reports, reconciliations and support internal and external audit requirements.
- Maintain accurate employee data and payroll records.
- Support compliance activities, including payroll legislation.
Requirements
- Proven experience of managing or coordinating UK payroll.
- Strong knowledge of UK payroll legislation, tax, pensions and statutory payments.
- Experience working with payroll providers and benefits administration.
- Excellent attention to detail and a high degree of accuracy.
- Strong Excel and HR/payroll systems experience.
- A collaborative, customer-focused approach and the ability to handle confidential information with discretion.
- All applicants will need to successfully complete the Pre-Employment Background Checking Process (BPSS clearance).
Skills
- Payroll management
- Benefits administration
- UK payroll legislation
- Tax
- Pensions
- Statutory payments
- Excel
- HR/payroll systems
- Communication
- Confidentiality
Location
- Hybrid working
Work Type
- 12-month fixed-term contract
- Hybrid working
Experience Level
- Experienced
Salary/Compensations
- £45,000 - £55,000 per annum
Benefits
- 25 days annual leave
- Bank Holidays
- 3 days between Christmas and New Year
- Double-matched pension up to 10% of your salary
- Discretionary company bonus
- 4% of your salary to use towards selecting benefits (health cash plan, Private Medical Insurance, buying holiday, topping up pension)
- E-Vehicle Scheme
- Cycle2Work
- Tech Scheme
- Gym Discounts
- Give As you Earn
- PerkPal
- Life insurance 4x salary
- Free to access EAP & Financial Wellbeing advice
- Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
- Investment in ongoing learning and development
- Company social events
- Free office snacks
About the Company
- Digital Catapult is in the UK’s Top 100 Best Workplaces and placed in the UK’s Best Workplaces in Tech and Large Organisations.
- Digital Catapult is a Disability Confident Committed Level 1 Employer.
Equal Opportunity
- We recognise and value the advantages and opportunities that come with having people from diverse backgrounds working with us and it is our ambition to build an organisation which is representative and reflective of UK society.
- We welcome applications from neurodivergent candidates, candidates from minority and underrepresented groups and from candidates with more or less experience, provided the requisite skills can be demonstrated.
- As members of the Disability Confident Scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy.
- Please do speak with us about adjustments that could support you through our interview process.
- Digital Catapult is an equal opportunities employer.