Payroll Administrator

Job Description

At Sysco GB (Brakes, Fresh Direct, Campbell’s Prime Meat, KFF & Medina), we’ve laid the foundations of a bold HR transformation, investing heavily in people, process, and platforms. As Payroll administrator, you’ll be part of our high performing HR Operations Team, working closely with colleagues, managers, HR and business teams. We are proud to support over 8.500 colleagues from across GB, ensuring that they are paid accurately and on time, every time. With our recent global implementation of Workday and SAP integrations, we’ve transformed how we manage payroll data and colleague life cycle processes. You’ll contribute to maintaining data in our HR systems, process changes and support monthly payroll cycles from start to finish.

This role is offering flexible hybrid working with 2-3 days based in our Kent office for team collaboration and meetings, so you must be with in a commutable distance.

Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities:

• Accurately process payroll data for all GB colleagues, ensuring compliance with statutory requirements (SAP)
• Support the monthly payroll cycle, including data validation, reconciliations, audits and exception reporting.
• Work with HR, colleagues and managers to ensure all payroll changes are correctly captured and processed.
• Respond to colleague payroll queries (in-person, online) promptly and professionally.
• Assist with payroll reporting, audits, and year-end activities such as P60s and P11Ds.
• Support continuous process improvements to increase payroll efficiency and accuracy.
• Complete banking transmissions and account reconciliations.
• Collaborate with Finance, Treasury, HR and regional teams on project initiatives, testing and system enhancements as and when required.

About you:

To be successful in this role you will have previous in-house payroll administration experience within a complex, multi-site organisation and a strong working knowledge of payroll processes, statutory requirements, and compliance obligations including PAYE, NI, SMP, SSP, NIC, RTI. It’s essential to have a working knowledge of SAP & Workday HCM is highly desirable, especially in payroll and/or time tracking. You’ll be able to work to deadlines, manage priorities, identify solutions and handle confidential information with discretion and adopt a team-focused approach, with excellent communication and problem-solving skills. You will also have a strong attention to detail and accuracy in data entry and manual salary/ tax calculations and good Excel, reporting and MS365 capabilities.

What we offer:

• A competitive salary
• Generous holiday allowance, with option to purchase 5 additional holiday days
• Pension scheme
• Hybrid working contract
• Huge discounts on all sorts of lovely food and award-winning products through our staff shop
• Discounts on Cinema tickets, shopping and earn cashback on purchases through Sodexo.
• Recognition awards and Incentives
• Career progression opportunities - being part of the Sysco group, the world’s leading foodservice business, opens up a world of possibility