Senior Payroll Officer; FTC

Lambert Smith Hampton (“LSH”) have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Payroll and HR Officer to join the HR Operations Team on a fixed term, 18-month contract, covering maternity leave.

This is a key role within the business, with responsibility for delivering accurate and timely monthly payroll services across multiple pay groups, supporting bespoke payroll project work and providing general HR support to our colleague base as a senior member of the HR Operations team.

The role holder will be the primary contact for all payroll and associated employee data queries, ensuring every payslip is accurate first time and that colleagues receive clear, friendly support when they need it. You'll also play an active role in keeping our HR processes running smoothly - from maintaining employee records and supporting general queries across the business.

About Us:

LSH is a multi-discipline commercial and residential property services company, operating across 40 regional and local offices in the UK, from Aberdeen to Truro and Belfast to Hull. Our current employee base is around 1,400, and we have ambitious growth plans for the next 3-5 years.

Part of this growth will be supported by significant investment in our technology platform, including a planned migration of our existing HR and payroll systems. The Senior Payroll & HR Officer will play an integral part in this project, ensuring that our payroll delivery is seamless for our colleagues and our people date integrity is fully maintained through the migration.

With growth comes opportunity, and whilst this position is currently for a fixed term to cover period of maternity leave, our growth agenda may provide options in the short to mid-term.

Key tasks will include, but are not limited to:

• Acting as a first point of contact for all payroll and associated HR queries, providing clear, friendly and solution focussed support
• Maintaining accurate employee records in the HRIS system
• Lead the relationship with our bureau payroll service provider, ensuring timely, compliant, and accurate monthly payroll processing and reporting across multiple payrolls
• Liaising with key stakeholders regarding employee onboarding, changes of terms, and offboarding
• Take ownership of the HR Operations Inbox, assigning and managing enquiries from colleagues and managers in a fast-paced professional environment.
• Support the full range of payroll reporting
• Central involvement in all payroll and Company benefit scheme projects, including payroll migrations, payroll set ups, new benefit platform integrations, onboarding and offboarding projects

About You:

• You’ll have excellent attention to detail
• You’ll be able to confidently work to strict deadlines
• You’ll be able to plan and prioritise your workload effectively, to ensure the very highest standards of delivery.
• You’ll be able to contribute to project plans and ensure delivery of milestones and outputs to schedule
• You’ll have experience of managing the full payroll cycle, across multiple payrolls
• You’ll have experience working collegiately with payroll bureau providers
• You’ll have experience of data migration projects
• You’ll be confident in, and enjoy, communicating with colleagues at all levels across the business
• You’ll be a problem solver
• You’ll demonstrate high levels of integrity and confidentiality and work well under pressure.
• You’ll want to learn and expand your knowledge and understanding
• You’ll hold a minimum Level 3 CIPP and/or CIPD qualification or demonstrate substantive experience in place of this.
• Ideally, you will have experience of Access HR and Workday platforms

Company Benefits:

Core Benefits:

• Annual Leave: 25, rising to 30 with service
• Life Assurance

Health and Wellbeing:

• Health Cash Plan
• Vitality
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Season Ticket Loan
• Critical Illness Cover
• ULEV Car Lease Scheme
• Health Screening
• Cycle To Work Scheme
• Railcards
• Technology Voucher Scheme
• Charitable Payroll Giving
• Holiday buy
• Discounts/Savings Platform

Recognition Schemes:

• Service Awards
• National Recognition Scheme

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