Payroll Administrator

Job Introduction

If you are looking to grow your career with a business that’s leading in their field, we think there’s nowhere better than The Good Care Group.

We are a leading provider of live-in care services across England and Scotland.  Alongside our sister company Oxford Aunts, we ensure that our clients receive the best possible care, in the comfort of their own homes.  We blend a caring approach with a commercial edge and our way of working has seen us grow and catch the eye of Sodexo, who acquired us in 2019. 

We have an excellent opportunity for a Payroll Administrator to join our growing team based in our Head Office in Whitechapel, London.  Working alongside the Payroll Manager,  you will be a part of a business that makes a real difference.   As a Payroll Administrator you will take responsibility for the payment of Professional Carer and support team expenses across The Good Care Group and Oxford Aunts.  As well as processing and paying supplier invoices in a timely manner.  Accuracy is a must in a role like this.  We are also looking for a ‘can-do’ attitude, enthusiasm and confidence.  You will be interacting with many stakeholders throughout the business so you will need to be approachable, helpful and understanding.

Are you experienced in payroll - either running payroll or as an administrator? Do you have excellent communication skills and understanding of finance? If yes, this could be the ideal role for you!

Why there’s nowhere better:

• Supportive team and management

• Award winning innovative software and processes

• You’ll be based in our Whitechapel office with an opportunity for some home working

• Free confidential Employee Assistance Programme

• It’s a great place to build your skills with potential development opportunities across the Sodexo Group

• We’ll invest in you too, with opportunities to further your knowledge

• Bike to work scheme

Role Responsibility

• Working closely with the Payroll Manager and the Regional HR and Finance team to design and implement a new state of the art HR and payroll system

• Process  weekly and monthly payroll cycles

• Complete payroll journals

• Respond to queries in relation to pay

• Call handling for the finance department

• Process carer expenses

• Provide cover for the Payroll Manager in periods of absence

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The Ideal Candidate

• Previous payroll experience - either running payroll or as an administrator

• Excellent communication skills as you will work closely with other departments and Carers

• Good excel skills

• Understanding tax codes, SSP, SMP, SPP, furlough scheme, P32’s

• Able to keep up to date with payroll changes in law

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs around 30,000 people, and partners with clients in many sectors across business and industry; schools and universities; sports and leisure; energy and resources; government and agencies; healthcare; justice and defence.

Sodexo’s connected; people-centric approach brings together a diverse range of expertise. The breadth of services it offers ranges from food and hospitality; cleaning; reception; concierge (Circles); security; property management and technical services through to data driven workplace strategy and design (Wx); employee engagement and recognition services (Sodexo Engage) and personal home services through Prestige Nursing + Care and the Good Care Group.

Vital Spaces is Sodexo’s value proposition that puts people at the heart of everything we do, bringing together services and solutions and focusing on the productivity and wellbeing of people wherever they are.

Sodexo is committed to being an inclusive employer; we welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities.

We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer. We’re committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations.

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to  support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process