Pay & Benefits Administrator

Job Description

About Bensons for Beds No one size fits all when it comes to finding the perfect sleep experience for customers and thats why at Bensons for Beds we put Sleep Wellness at the heart of everything we do. With nearly 70 years of retail and 100 years of manufacturing experiencein sourcing the best quality beds, frames and mattresses, at Bensons we understand how to design the perfect, tailored sleep experience.We have 190+ locations across our retail, manufacturing and distribution sites, employing c 1800 colleagues. Under new ownership of Alteri Investors we have an ambitious 3 year plan to grow the business further and achieve our mission of becoming the marketleading bed retailer with a strong omnichannel presence. Our Benefits! In return for your contribution to the teams performance, we offer a competitive base salary plus all these extra benefits:

• *Employee discount scheme for Bensons products
• *Perks discounts from numerous high street and online retailers and service providers to save you money on your everyday purchases and bigger expenses such as holidays and travel, electrical goods, motoring and leisure products etc.
• *Pension schemeprovided by Legal & General
• *Healthshield cashback options for Health and wellbeing services (dental, optical, virtual GP, other hospital services and more)
• Access to Retail Trust services (guidance and support on retail issues, mental health, wellbeing & financial topics)
• Learning and development programmes to gain new knowledge and skills
• Career progressionaccess to internal opportunities to build your career within Bensons for Beds
• *Long service awards and Love to Shop voucher rewards to spend as you like
• 28 days holiday, rising to 31 after 2 years service

(*qualifying periods apply) The Role - Payroll & Benefits Administrator We are currently looking for an experienced Payroll & Benefits Administrator to join our Payroll team which sits within Human Resources at Bensons.The purpose of the role is to provide a commercially focused and professional payroll service, ensuring the payroll related legal and statutory obligations are met.Daily responsibilities include:

• Exemplifies the companys value and behaviours
• Accountability for the Groups Payroll & Benefits administration and assist with the production of the Groups payrolls within the UK, ensuring legislation and internal & external audit requirements are adhered
• In conjunction with the Payroll & Benefits Manager, process monthly payrolls in line with internal and external audit requirements
• Process salary increases including gaining Director approval, calculating adjustments and updating payroll
• Processing leavers including calculating final salary details, accrued holiday and checking for any final adjustments
• Processing new starters including obtaining the HMRC check list, P45 forms, calculating salary, checking holiday allocation, bank details and NI check
• Managing the payroll and benefits inbox, reviewing and answering email queries in a professional manner and sensitive approach, collating payroll adjustments for the relevant payroll period
• Providing copy e-payslips where required
• Administer the Parental Leave letters and ensure MatB1 forms have been received
• Process and manage the administration of all Attachment of Earnings, Child Maintenance and Court Orders
• Process employees who opt in and out of the company pension scheme and support in the administration of the Auto Enrolment Pension
• Raise purchase orders for payroll and benefit related invoices
• Raise payment requests for payroll and benefit related matters and liaise with the employees where required
• Perform daily checks in SPOC (our HR, Time & Attendance System( and oversee access permissions for senior management, store managers and team leaders
• Administer and perform checks on the Cycle to Work scheme
• Process the long service awards
• Work with the advisors to understand the end to end payroll process in line with your personal development plan
• To respond in a timely manner to all correspondence from Government bodies
• Maintaining payroll integrity and confidentiality at all times
• Reconciliation of payments to third parties

Skills needed We are looking for an experienced Payroll & Benefits Administrator with the following skills, experience and attributes to be successful in this role:

• CIPP qualification or equivalent desirable
• Previous experience in a payroll environment (preferably in a Logistics, Supply Chain and/ or Manufacturing environment)
• A good grasp of UK employment legislation and its practical application
• Excellent communicator, able to provide advice and guidance to managers at al levels of the business using a confident and pragmatic manner
• Commercially focused
• Able to work on own initiative
• Tenacious with a can do attitude
• Customer focused with a strong passion for people
• Excellent attention to detail
• Computer literate in all Microsoft packages, including relevant HR packages
• Problem solving skills, analytical skills, accuracy and attention to detail
• Good interpersonal skills, able to adapt manner to deal with employees at all levels including senior management up to board level

Apply now! If you love working with a great team, engaging with a variety of challenges, growing your skills and developing new ones then click now to apply to join us!There is a brief online application process to complete, to tell us about yourself, answer some questions and confirm your eligibility. Well reply to you asap!