Established in 1981 with a single store in the Northwest of England, the JD Group is a leading omni-channel retailer of Sports Fashion, Outdoors and Gyms with our colleagues working in stores across several retail fascias in many markets around the world.
JD Sports Fashion Plc was listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1996 and has been a FTSE100 publicly quoted company since 2019 and continues to grow in the UK and internationally.
We want to be the leading global omnichannel retailer in the sports and outdoor industry. To be a part of this successful company and help us to achieve this you will have the desire to ingrain our strategic goals of being a people-led, innovative and customer-focused organisation which provides operational excellence whilst identifying new areas of growth as part of our day to day objectives.
Payroll Officer
Responsible to: Payroll Manager
Department: People Services
Location: JD Sports Fashion PLC, Hollins Brook Way, Bury, BL9 8RR
Hours: 40 Hours Per Week, Monday to Friday.
The Role
The Payroll team supports our colleagues across the business by ensuring their pay is
processed seamlessly. Our aim is to deliver a first class service so our colleagues can keep
doing what they do best!
The Payroll Executive role is integral to making this happen. You will be responsible for
overseeing payroll for some of our 30,000 colleagues, working with the payroll associates to
meet key deadlines, and to make sure payroll is delivered right first time and in the right way.
You will be a key player in supporting the team and the wider business. You will be responsible
for processing payrolls and will be able to break down processes and complex queries in a way
that is understandable for the team and for our colleagues across the business. Putting the
colleague first is at the heart of what we do.
Key Duties/Responsibilities:
- Complete assigned payrolls accurately and on time, ensuring all processes are
followed in line with internal policies and legislative requirements.
- Take ownership of your own payroll(s), managing all aspects from start to finish,
including investigating and resolving complex queries from colleagues across the
business.
- Provide support to other team members with their payrolls when required, fostering a
collaborative team environment.
- Break down payroll processes and complex queries in a way that is understandable for
both the team and colleagues across the business.
- Continuously seek ways to improve payroll processes and accuracy
- Support key stakeholders and departments across the business, providing data and
reports as required.
Desirable skills:
- Experience of working with Dayforce payroll software
- Experience of training colleagues on new skills and processes
- Expert excel skills.
- Exposure and experience of continuously improving processes.
- CIPP or similar accredited
- Experience in ROI legislation
We know our colleagues work tirelessly to make JD Sports the success it is today and in turn, we offer them some amazing benefits including staff Discount On JD Group and other brands within the organisation and personal development opportunities to learn and develop at work.
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