- Payroll Assistant
- Hoton, Leicestershire
- 40 hours per week
- Salary £30k
Overview
We are looking for a talented and driven payroll professional with 2-4 years experience to join our high-volume payroll function and grow with our rapidly scaling, dynamic business. We are seeking a Payroll assistant to join a fast-expanding organisation, processing weekly and monthly payroll for ~750 employees.
Main Duties of the Role:
- Process end-to-end payroll for ~750 employees in conjunction with the payroll manager and operations managers across 16 operational depots, split:
- Weekly payroll for ~650 employees (primarily drivers & engineers) and monthly payroll
- Monthly payroll for ~100 office staff
- Pension administration via Nest
- Manage payroll queries and liaise with stakeholders
- Wider payroll administration including starters & leavers processing, pay increases, employee loans etc.
Person Specification:
- Experienced in high-volume payroll, ideally including weekly and hourly-paid employees
- Confident managing a high volume of payroll queries and stakeholder relationships
- Able to work independently, take ownership, and adapt in a growing business
- Bonus: experience in transport, logistics, operational environments, payroll system implementation, or HR support
- Calm and logical under pressure, with strong attention to detail
- Confident using basic office tools (word, excel basics)
- Comfortable working with digital systems and online platforms
- Able to communicate clearly in writing and by telephone
- Organised and capable of managing both reactive and planned work
Benefits:
- 20 days annual leave + bank holidays
- Predominantly office-based with the option to work from home on agreed days
- Free Parking on-site
- Full handover, training, and ongoing support
- Opportunity to grow with the business and help build a dedicated payroll function
- We also offer a range of workplace benefits, including free travel across the Central Connect bus network and other participating local bus operators, discounted day trips, holidays, coach hire and garage services / MOTs, free on-site parking and tea and coffee and free uniform
About Us:
Transport Made Simple is one of the UK’s largest independently owned bus and coach operators. Our vision is to deliver reliable, sustainable public transport, which meets the needs of the communities we serve, whilst being a great place to work too. Everything we do is underpinned by our four values of Growth, Excellence, Integrity and Efficiency, which guide our day-to-day operations and longer-term decision-making. We’re a team of 800 colleagues, with a fleet of 400 buses, coaches and minibuses, and we operate from a strategic network of 16 depots across East Anglia, the Midlands and Greater London.
Our Central Connect local bus network has an annual ridership of more than 10 million passengers, delivered in partnership with sixteen Local Transport Authorities. Alongside running local bus services, we provide home-to-school, rail replacement and Demand Responsive Transport services, operate corporate and event shuttle buses and run our own programme of holidays and day trips. We also hire out our buses and coaches to a range of clients, from schools, colleges and local businesses to major names in the travel and tourism industry, such as Leger Holidays, Flixbus and PGL.
Our solutions go beyond moving people - we also support commercial fleet operators across East Anglia with reactive and pre-planned maintenance solutions from our accredited workshops, offering heavy and light vehicle MOTs, bodywork repairs and resprays, heavy recovery and breakdown response, including 24/7/365 roadside tyre assistance provided by sister company Lion Tyres Essex.
Important Legal Information:
Transport Made Simple is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone is treated with dignity and respect. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation. Selection for employment will be based on merit, skills and experience.
In accordance with the Equality Act 2010, reasonable adjustments will be made for candidates with disabilities during the recruitment process and, where applicable, throughout employment. Please let us know if you require any adjustments at any stage.
All offers of employment are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks. These may include verification of identity, right to work in the United Kingdom, employment references and, where appropriate to the role, Disclosure and Barring Service checks.
Transport Made Simple processes personal data in line with UK data protection legislation, including the UK General Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Act 2018. Information provided during the recruitment process will be used solely for recruitment purposes and handled in accordance with our Privacy Notice.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should sufficient applications be received.
Pay: Up to £30,000.00 per year
Work Location: In person
