What the successful candidate will be doing:

Preparation and checking of high volume payrolls to help ensure that employees are paid accurately and on time.

Working flexibly to set deadlines.

Following detailed payroll checking procedures across all areas such as report production, payroll checking and correction, sickness processing, etc.

Maintaining an allocation of stores by processing information received from People and Culture teams and providing an excellent service to all our customers.

Learning and applying HMRC/Revenue legislation and Primark rules on calculating and entering company & statutory payments.

Administration of new starters and leavers including processing starter declarations.

Dealing with correspondence enquiries in a timely and efficient manner from stores, HMRC/Revenue and other third parties.

Processing attachment of earnings orders.

Calculating and administering holiday pay entitlement.

Administering pension deductions and assisting with pension correspondence and queries.

Learning to calculate small numbers of manual payments and repayments.

Administration tasks such as filing and post-sorting.

Writing and producing reports using a reporting system and using MS Excel to carry out some day to day duties.

Learning new tasks associated with payroll processing and systems with a view to role development.

In due course taking on additional responsibility for other tasks performed by the team (for example, international payroll support).

What Primark is looking for in a candidate:

Previous experience in a payroll position though full training can be offered to candidates demonstrating a ‘can do’, positive attitude.

Successful candidates will possess 5 or more GCSEs at grade C or above (or equivalent), be accurate and flexible and be comfortable working in a busy environment.

The ideal individual will be:

A competent team player with a positive attitude.

Organised with good attention to detail.

Motivated by ensuring high standards of performance and quality of work achieved.

Able to work in a fast paced environment whilst maintaining accuracy.

This is a unique opportunity to work for a dynamic, fast growing company that invests in

people development and to work on a team with a focus on teamwork and excellence