Payroll Assistant - Unite Students : Job Details

Payroll Administrator

Unite Students has a fantastic opportunity for a Payroll Assistant to join our high performing Finance team in our Bristol office. Reporting to Payroll Supervisor, the Payroll Assistant will assist the Payroll team with the smooth running of the monthly staff payroll. The Payroll Team act as the first point of contact for our internal customers, helping to resolve queries and manage all salary and expenses related payments and deductions and the associated administrative activities within strict deadlines. We will consider part-time working (preferably 4 days a week -30 hours) and are hybrid working, with the expectation of being in the office 3 days a week, with 2 days working from home.

What you`ll be doing

• Assist the team to ensure accurate payroll payments are processed on a monthly basis within set deadlines
• Develop monthly payroll reports and reconciliations in order to ensure that our third party benefit suppliers are paid accurately and on time, liaising with external agencies when required
• Track taxable benefits made to employees and update P11Ds and PAYE settlement agreement to ensure that the correct amount of tax and national insurance is paid in accordance with HMRC regulations and review transactions to ensure accurate and timely reporting to HMRC
• Assist with pension input and administration
• Keep process documentation updated
• Input tax code changes
• Assist with the processing of expenses when required
• Assist with the monitoring and chasing of salary overpayments where required
• Help to monitor the variable overtime payments into the Core Manager Self- Service and assist managers with overtime queries
• Achieve targets as agreed with line manager
• Take a positive approach to change within the business, generating and implementing ideas for continuous improvement
• Support with query resolution within the defined SLA

What we`re looking for in you

• Experience of working in a Finance environment
• A passion for delivering excellent customer service
• Payroll experience highly desirable
• Microsoft Office skills including Excel and Outlook
• Ability to organise workload to meet strict agreed deadlines
• Ability to work at a fast pace with a high level of accuracy
• Communication skills, both verbal and written
• Self-motivated and possessing the ability to work on own initiative as well as within a team.
• An interest in employee benefits

What You`ll Get in Return

• A discretionary annual bonus so you can share in the company`s success
• 25 days` paid holiday and an annual holiday buying scheme, with 5 additional days awarded for long service
• A generous pension scheme - employer contributions between 5% and 11% depending on how much you save
• Various benefits to support your health and wellbeing including a Healthcare Cash Plan, an Employee Assistance Programme, a Wellbeing platform and a Gym benefit that you can share with your family and friends
• Enhanced Family Leave including 18 weeks full pay for birthing parents and 4 weeks for non-birthing parents
• Lots of other great benefits including an annual ShareSave scheme, Employee Life Assurance, a discounts portal and more!

About Unite Students

Founded in 1991, Unite Students is a FTSE 100 business and the UK`s leading provider of purpose-built student accommodation. You can find us in 25 leading university towns and cities, with 74,000 students calling US home! We are driven by our values, culture, and a commitment to develop diverse and inclusive teams, filled with positive energy and new ideas.

Instinctive inclusion. We know that to create and maintain a happy healthy organisation, we have to work hard to ensure inclusion isn`t just what we do but who we are.

People make Unite Students. Employees, students and neighbours all contribute to building environments where we can all thrive.

Room for Everyone

We`re proud to be an employer that embraces individuality, and we`re passionate about building inclusive teams. We focus on creating a collaborative culture where you can be you, where your voice is heard, and where you can truly belong. We take great pride in being rated Gold Investors in People and are constantly striving to provide the highest standard of learning and development opportunities and professional pathways for our people. Building a home for success, for both our employees and students, requires exceptional people with a passion for creating room for everyone, doing what`s right, keeping US safe, and raising the bar. Join us as we build better experiences for students that live with us.

We are US.