Payroll Assistant

Job Description

This hybrid role offers a great balance of home and office working. You’ll join your colleagues in your local office at least 2 days a week. We are open to both full-time and part-time applications.

As the UK’s largest fibre-only network, and its only proven wholesale challenger, we’re busy setting new standards for what digital infrastructure can and should be.

Designed from scratch for the internet, our network is greener, more reliable and ready for the future. The products we provide over it not only lead the market on speed, value and service, they help businesses to innovate, provide entire communities with a better foundation for their digital lives and support economic growth, locally and nationally.

What does that mean for you? The opportunity to make internet connections (and daily life) a whole lot better, for a lot of people!

Joining us as a Payroll Assistant

You will play a key role in processing and compiling payroll data, as well as supporting end-of-month payroll reconciliations. A major part of your responsibilities will involve managing payroll processing, managing our Overtime/ On call process and generating ad hoc reports as requested, along with preparing and maintaining accurate payroll transaction records.

You’ll receive a competitive salary of up to £38,000 (FTE), a performance related bonus, and a range of benefits to support you across your financial, physical and mental wellbeing.

This is some of what you can expect to be doing:

• Calculate statutory payments
• Act as a first point of contact for Payroll & Benefit queries
• Managing and resolving payroll-related queries and tickets through the helpdesk system
• Creating and managing ad hoc reports and Excel files
• Act as the point of contact and subject-matter expert for all payroll, queries from employees and HR
• Supporting with the PAYE Settlement Agreement (PSA) process
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to streamline payroll procedures, related and driving processes efficiency

What you’ll bring to the role

Given the high volume of data analysis required in this role, advanced Excel skills, including the use of complex formulas, VLOOKUPs, XLOOKUPs, SUMIFS and pivot tables, are essential. As part of our assessment process shortlisted candidates will complete an excel test to demonstrate these critical skills.

Additionally, you’ll bring:

• Solid understanding of statutory payments.
• Strong analytical and numerical abilities
• Accuracy in record-keeping and reconciliation
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey relevant information across all levels of the organisation

Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We’re a Times Top 50 Employer for Gender Equality. We’re endorsed by WORK180 and we’re a partner of Diversifying. We have pledged our commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant and we’re a Disability Confident Employer. Working together with our Employee Networks, we’re wholly committed to ensuring that our people’s voices are heard, and that everyone feels a sense of belonging and pride to be a part of CityFibre. If you’d like to explore our culture and values, check out The CityFibre Way.
What you can expect from us

We want to offer you all the support you need to thrive inside and outside of work. This means giving you the tools to grow your career with us, as well as a comprehensive benefits package that you can adapt to your lifestyle. This includes 25 days annual leave, a day off on your birthday, a day off to support a charity or organisation of choice, a range of wellbeing and savings initiatives including private medical insurance, and supportive family friendly and menopause policies.

Additional Information

We want to create a sense of belonging for everyone. We celebrate our differences and work to ensure everyone has the best chance to succeed, starting with our recruitment process. No matter your background, family or carer status, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, gender, or gender identity, we welcome your application. If you need any support or reasonable adjustments throughout the application process, please email us at [email protected]. We want to help!