Payroll Specialist - 12 month fixed-term contract

Location: This is a hybrid role, offering a combination of being able to work remotely and from our Corby office.

Contract Type: 12 months fixed-term contract

The Opportunity

This role will support a busy payroll function in an end-to-end process as part of a team.  Our Payroll Services team are part of our wider People Shared Services team and are responsible for the timely and accurate processing of over 3,000 employees within UK and RoI monthly.

Our People Services team deal with all employee lifecycle activities (starters, T&C changes and leavers), working collaboratively with all RS functions to ensure that we consistently deliver excellent customer service to both employees and stakeholders.

It is a very exciting time to join our People Services team, as we are embarking on a journey of transformation over the next 1-2 years – with our Payroll Team being our focus.

 

What You Will Be Doing

 

• Ensure that transactional payroll activities are carried out within the agreed KPI's and that a consistent approach is delivered whilst maintaining operational excellence in the most efficient way.
• Provide an end-to-end excellent payroll service to the business.
• Support delivery of operational excellence.
• Resolve all payroll-related queries with agreed timescales.
• Support the payroll provision for RS Group PLC in the UK&I in line with legal and statutory requirements.
• Pay employees accurately and on time.
• Work effectively with Finance, PSS, Reward and the Pensions teams.
• Add value to payroll related and associated activities by continually critically reviewing and analysing processes on order to develop and maintain an innovative payroll service.
• Build and maintain excellent working relationships with internal and external customers and peers.
• Ensure confidentiality in relation to all aspects of payroll activities in line with GDPR.

What You’ll Bring

• Experience using ADP would be advantageous.
• Payroll experience; capable of manually working out gross to net pay.
• Excellent knowledge of all HMRC legislation (RTI, NLW, Holiday Pay, BIK, Working Time Regulations).
• Excellent Excel skills.
• Demonstrates highest level of confidentiality and professionalism.

We Are RS

We’ve been solving industry problems for over 80 years. We turn the ‘what ifs’ into the ‘why nots’, the impossible into the possible.

Our purpose? Making amazing happen for a better world.

We offer service and product solutions to over 1.2 million customers globally, shipping a parcel every 2 seconds to over 130 countries. With over 800,000 stocked and 3 million unstocked products, we’re a trusted partner to the world’s leading industries.

We’re looking for curious, driven, and empathetic professionals to join our journey. People who think differently, act with purpose, and want to make a real impact. 

Rewards

Our Reward Strategy Philosophy is designed to offer market competitive base salaries and provide all of our people the opportunity to participate in a short-term incentive, enabling them to share in the success of the Company.

Our total reward package is more than just the cash; our recognition and benefit offering provide the opportunity for us to recognise, reward and enable the wellbeing of our people at all stages of their journey with RS. Our rewards and benefits vary by country, but include:

• Financial - pension/retirement; life assurance; salary finance (payroll deduction loan scheme)
• Wellbeing - medical plans; health screening; critical illness; disability insurance; holiday / paid time off; employee assistance programme; discounted gym/health club membership
• Lifestyle - transportation assistance schemes (e.g., cycle to work, travel loans, car leasing); onsite catering/lunch vouchers; retail discounts
• Spotlight – our global recognition programme provides a platform to highlight and recognise people role modelling our values

Ready to Make Amazing Happen?

Join c. 9,000 colleagues and help us shape the future of our industry. Whoever you are, wherever you are — it all starts here.

Apply now and make RS a part of your journey.

 

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