HR and Payroll Officer

HR and Payroll Officer opportunity available working for a leading manufacturing company based in Leeds, West Yorkshire.

The role will also provide support to deliver high-quality HR services and be a partner in achieving organisational goals through effective people management, ensuring legal compliance, facilitating change and managing HR processes efficiently.

The Role

• Advise and support managers on a range of employment and employee relations matters
• Leading casework through to successful conclusion
• Support induction, probation reviews and appraisal administration
• Advise and support with absence management
• Provide first line HR advice to staff on a range of queries including leave, policies and benefits
• Administer the company’s LMS, implement training interventions and maintain training records
• Deliver policy training and updates throughout the employee lifecycle
• Support the recruitment process including generating job descriptions, salary benchmarking, screening candidates and involvement in the interview process
• Support with administration and rigorous record keeping in relation to the companies UKVI sponsor license duties
• Ensure compliance with GDPR and handle sensitive information with discretion
• Support the development and implementation of appropriate HR policies and practices
• Support the analysis of workforce statistics and other information to inform decision making
• Act as the key liaison between HR, Finance and employees in relation to payroll matters
• Own the collection, validation and administration of payroll inputs including hours worked, overtime, shift premiums, absence and other pay-related information
• Maintain accurate employee payroll records including rates of pay, allowances, salary changes, contractual changes, starters, leavers and other payroll related data/amendments
• Prepare and reconcile monthly payroll data for submission to Finance within agreed deadlines
• Review payroll inputs for accuracy, completeness and anomalies, investigating discrepancies and resolving issues with managers where required
• Support managers in ensuring timely and accurate timesheets and attendance records
• Manage employee payroll queries
• Produce regular payroll, overtime, attendance and absence reports for management
• Analyse workforce trends and patterns
• Support the development and implementation of system to improve processes and analysis