PAYROLL AND BENEFITS MANAGER

Full Time

Salary: £37,500 – £47,500 per annum depending on qualifications and experience

 

Our team at JAGS are looking for a Payroll and Benefits manager to join our finance team. You will be responsible for the provision of leadership and customer service for payroll, pensions and benefits coordinations and administration for approximately 500 employees across the School and Sports club. You will report into our Director of Finance and work closely alongside our HR team and other members of our finance team.

 

With its distinctive heritage as the oldest independent girls’ school in London, James Allen’s Girls’ School, JAGS, provides a forward-thinking and contemporary education for over 1000 girls aged 4 to 18. A diverse and dynamic school community, JAGS is in an exciting new phase in its development and this post presents a great opportunity to work within a community without barriers to full participation. Your input will help to bring a bold educational vision to life for all pupils and colleagues as we work together to develop this already exceptional school in its next exciting chapter.

 

Our school aims, both in and out of the classroom, are clear:

• To celebrate our diverse and inclusive community
• To champion social awareness and sustainability
• To empower courage, creativity and compassion in each student
• To inspire aspirational and authentic lifelong learners and leaders
• To nurture respectful, resilient and kind individuals

 

If this matches your vision, then this is the perfect time to join our team.

 

We can offer you:

• The opportunity to join our outstanding school where public examination results consistently place JAGS amongst the leading schools in the UK
• A community of considerate, creative and compassionate students and staff
• A highly diverse and inclusive school community, committed to our bursary provision
• An inspiring and enthusiastic team of colleagues across the teaching and support staff
• Excellent facilities, including access to an onsite gym.
• Up to 10% employer contribution to the school pension scheme
• A wide-ranging benefit package including lunch, gym membership, free access to the Dulwich Picture Gallery and the cycle to work scheme

 

What you can offer us:

• A suitably qualified payroll professional who is committed to CPD and has experience of running multiple payrolls
• Excellent digital literacy and confidence with various payroll systems and Microsoft software packages
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to work with a high attention to detail and accuracy when working to deadlines
• A solution based approach to providing excellent customer service and problem solving
• The ability to work proactively and using your own initiative
• Kindness, open-mindedness and a sense of humour
• Resilience and optimism; someone who is willing to go the extra mile in the busy life of the school
• Team-working abilities and a keenness to contribute ideas and be part of positive change
• Commitment to the well-being and safeguarding of all students and staff
• Commitment to diversity, inclusion and anti-racism in the school community

 

We welcome applications from experienced payroll professionals and in particular those who have partially or fully completed their CIPP qualifications.

 

Please visit our website www.jags.org.uk/about/employment to download a JAGS Support Staff Application Form, candidate pack and full job description. For further information please contact [email protected] or James Allen’s Girls’ School, 144 East Dulwich Grove, London SE22 8TE. The Director of Finance, Jason Peck ([email protected]) will be happy to answer any questions. Letters and CVs only will not be accepted.

 

Closing date: 4th January 2022

 

Interviews: Week commencing 10 January 2022

 

Applications will be reviewed daily and interviews may occur at any stage after applications are received so we invite interested candidates to apply as soon as possible. We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the specified deadline, if a suitable candidate is found.

 

JAGS is committed to equality of opportunity, diversity and inclusion in our school community. Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people are at the heart of everything we do and JAGS expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS will be required for the successful candidate.

 

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Who are we? 🚀 

PayFit simplifies payroll management and HR processes for SMBs. PayFit is an automated SaaS solution to help business owners and HR professionals save time and money, allowing them to refocus on what really matters: their employees.

Since 2015, we have set ourselves a mission to support the digital transformation of HR management through our ever-growing range of product features and services. We have a strong presence in France and have been growing fast in Germany, Spain, the UK and Italy. With 5,000 customers in 5 countries, we are one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies in Europe.

To find out more about what working at PayFit in London is like, click here.

Our values 💙 

PayFit is successful not only because of our product but because of our culture. Today, we are more than 600 employees at PayFit, and we all share four core values. It’s important to us that we:

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We are committed to a culture of inclusion and an environment that enables fulfilment in freedom & responsibility.

The Opportunity ⭐️

We’re looking for a Payroll Customer Care Representative to join our growing Customer Success team. This role is an exciting opportunity for someone who is currently working in a payroll bureau, has a basic knowledge of payroll legislation, and enjoys interacting with customers. You will work closely with the broader customer success team and cross-functionally with the UK’s sales and product teams.

The ideal candidate will have previously run essential payrolls and dealt with customer payroll queries. It would be beneficial for this candidate to know about tax & national insurance, payroll systems, auto-enrolment and statutory payments.  If you currently work in payroll but love supporting customers and solving complex problems, then this is the perfect role for you!

What you’ll be doing 🤩 …

– Day to day, you will work on Salesforce, answering queries from your portfolio and working hands-on with the PayFit platform
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– Identify upsell opportunities and suggest new initiatives to improve services for our customers

We’d love to meet you if you have 😍 …  

– Demonstrated experience in dealing with payroll processes – you should have been involved with the processing of payroll or advising on payroll matters
– An enthusiasm to learn and advance your payroll knowledge
– The ability to work well in a fast-paced environment
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– Excellent verbal and written communication skills
– A passion for working as part of a team, but works equally as well independently

In return for this we will offer you 💜…  

– The opportunity to ‘Work from anywhere’ – use the office or any other location as your daily working environment (including internationally for up to 6 months of the year)
– The opportunity to visit and work from our PayFit offices in London, Paris, Berlin, Barcelona & Milan
– Private medical insurance with Vitality
– We cover 50% of your travel to work costs
– We have fortnightly fruit packages delivered to your house (to help you get your 5 a day!)
– Weekly Deliveroo credit to spend on meals of your choice
– 25 days holiday per year
– A beautiful office in Farringdon with fruit and snacks for the team to enjoy
– Regular social events

Hiring Process ⚙️ 

– Screening call with the People Team
– Payroll task and interview with Payroll Customer Associate
– Interview with the Head of Product
– Interview with the Country Manager
– Meet the team