Job Description

Payroll Administrator
DEMIPOWER GROUP (DPG) London, England Metropolitan Area
The Demipower Group (DPG) is a rapidly growing and ambitious KFC Franchisee currently operating 117 restaurants across Greater London, Midlands, East Anglia, Home Counties, Western England and Wales. The Company is a privately-run family business started in 1989 with one store in Hornchurch and we have significantly expanded over the last few years. We continue to open new restaurants and have an ambitious ongoing plan to upgrade and reimage the existing restaurants in our portfolio.
Job Size
The Payroll Administrator will liaise with our external payroll provider, Harri for all payroll activities covering approximately 4,000 employees, ensuring payroll transactions are completed efficiently and effectively. Additionally, dealing with any issues related to payroll payments.
As the Payroll Administrator you will be required to;

• Undertake day-to-day payroll activity in Partnership with Harri (external payroll provider)
• Processing and validation of payroll submissions received from stores
• Ensuring all payrolls are processed accurately and that payslips, statutory returns and reports are produced and validated within the agreed timeframes
• Process all aspects of payroll documentation including SSP, SMP, SPP, attachment of earnings, pensions, student loans, NI and RTI
• Ensure compliance with statutory and pension scheme requirements, e.g. P11Ds, auto- enrolment, HMRC
• Oversee pension deductions and auto enrolment to pension schemes
• Processing of BACS payments
• Calculation and payment of termination payments (resignation/retirement/redundancy)
• Payment and reconciliation of bonus payments
• Liaise with HR re staff appointments, terminations, remuneration, conditions of service and other relevant matters
• Check leavers last payment calculations and ensure P45's are issued
• Reconcile monthly PAYE liability to HMRC online portal
• Preparation and reconciliation of monthly General Ledger wages journals
• Preparation and reconciliation of payment summaries
• Ensure HMRC Real Time Information and Pension electronic files are uploaded correctly and reconciled each month
• Ad-hoc technical and administrative tasks
• Resolving payroll queries and any HMRC queries
• Data cleansing and maintenance of staff records including archiving and filing
• Preparation of ad hoc reports as required

This is not an exhaustive list of responsibilities. The post holder will be expected to undertake any other duties as may from time to time be required which are commensurate with the level of the post according to business need.
Knowledge, Skills & Experience
Comprehensive and working knowledge of payroll systems
Payroll management experience
Advanced knowledge of Excel
Attention to detail
Legislative compliance
Problem solving
Analytical skills
Numeracy skills - reconciliations and statistics
Excellent written and spoken communication skills
Good knowledge of pension administration
Benefits & Compensation

• Competitive Salary
• Company pension scheme
• Employee discount scheme

Working hours are 9-5:30 with a 1 hour lunch. This role will be office based
If this role sounds perfect for you, please send your CV to jobs@demipower.com
At Demipower we celebrate Inclusion and Equality; we believe everyone should bring their true self to work. We advocate collaboration and transparency and embrace differences in all that we do.
About Company: Demipower Group is a privately-run family business that started in 1989. We have a multitude of associated companies across varied sectors such as hospitality, property and QSR; one of which is the second largest KFC franchisee in the UK. We are currently responsible for operating over 115 KFC restaurants across London and Home Counties, Midlands, Anglia, Western England and Wales. We are continuing to grow at pace as part of the KFC owned brand of quick service restaurants serving fried chicken. You will be joining at an incredibly exciting time with opportunities to progress and to help shape the direction of a rapidly growing business.

Skills Required