This role is as a member of Pilgrim’s shared Services centralised Payroll team, reporting to the Payroll Team Leader and has specific responsibility for processing of Weekly or Fortnightly or 4-Weekly or Monthly paid employees. The role will consist of ensuring accurate and timely processing of wage payments to our factory based operatives across multiple sites (Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland & Great Britain). To review and process all available wage data, including worked hours, additional payments, statutory payments, tax code changes, pension changes etc Role also entails accurate review and reporting of related payroll information i.e. management reporting, month end holiday information, worked hours breakdowns etc as requested/required by the TL role. Liaising closely with relevant linked depts (HR, Accounts) to ensure accurate transfer of information. Maintaining SOX compliance is a major factor within this role.

• Gain a full working understanding of the organisation’s payroll procedures and other integrated business processes
• Build strong relations with key stakeholders and their teams to facilitate delivery of accurate payments
• Payment Processing o Liaising closely with HR, Administrators and other authorised colleagues to ensure accurate Time and Attendance data for payment purposes o Processing of Time & Attendance data and subsequent uploading of same into relevant site payrolls, ensuring all associated data is validated and balanced, including investigation and resolution of discrepancies
• Statutory Payments – SSP, SMP, SPP, SAP etc o Additional manually calculated payment processes i.e. Acting Up, First Aid, Bonuses, Adjustments, Vouchers etc
• Planning and allocating Statutory payment periods including associated premiums
• Investigation and resolution of employee payment queries received via helpdesk ticketing system
• Investigation and validation of final Nett Pay values including trends & fluctuations between payruns
• Calculate and raise manual emergency payments outside of the payrun where necessary and ensuring this is legalised through the payroll system o Processing of all employee Payroll documents: Payslips, P45, P60, etc o Creation and processing of Weekly BACS files
• Processing payments for outside agencies i.e. AEOs, health plans, union contributions etc
• Pension processing (auto-enrolment, onboarding, deferrals, payments, opt-out and cancellations)
• HMRC and ROIROS reporting – RTI, FPS o Implementing/updating Attachment of Earnings orders and other payroll deductions as necessary
• Adherence to required processing timescales and associated payroll deadlines
• Data Integrity
• Maintain accurate payroll master data, including effective communication with HR and Rewards and Benefits depts to ensure data validation between all relevant systems
• PAYE and National Insurance calculation validation
• Reporting
• Compliance with SOX Audit requirements for related payroll controls, ensuring best practice business control models are maintained
• Collate and review reports – weekly overtime, employee figures by payroll, cost Director & Complex
• Weekly payroll reporting
• Provision of extracted date to external stakeholders (including adherence to GDPR)
• Identifying potential opportunities for process improvements

Skills:
Payroll Data entry Admin