Join us as a Payroll Coordinator on a 6 month fixed term contract and help ensure our people operations run smoothly, accurately, and efficiently with the purpose of supporting our colleagues throughout every stage of the employee lifecycle.
What you'll be responsible for:
Play a significant role in delivering exceptional payroll support across our organisation.
You’ll provide essential administrative support across payroll, benefits, and HR processes to ensure accurate and compliant people operations. You’ll maintain employee data, process starters, leavers and contractual changes, assist with monthly payroll preparation, and help administer company benefits.
You will also prepare employment documentation, support onboarding/offboarding, and maintain absence and personnel records. As a key point of contact for HR and payroll queries, you’ll deliver clear and consistent advice, escalating more complex issues when needed. You’ll also contribute to ongoing improvements within our people systems, processes, and knowledge resources, helping to enhance efficiency and support self‑service across the business.
This is a fixed term contract role for a period of 6 months. Applicants must be available immediately or at short notice.
What experience you'll need to have:
- Background of monthly payroll administration and coordination within a medium-large sized organisation
- Hold knowledge of UK payroll and HR processes (such as statutory pay, contracts, benefits)
- Experience of working with SAP/SuccessFactors
- Excellent administration skills with a high attention to detail and level of accuracy
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel with knowledge of reporting and reconciliations
- Understanding of HR administration and employee lifecycle processes along with ability to manage multiple workloads with strict deadlines
- A passion for healthy, sustainable products which are better for our consumers and the planet – you don’t have to be a vegetarian to work for Quorn!
The recruitment process:
Every application will receive a response regardless of being successful or unsuccessful. Our process will involve:
1st Stage - 45 mins/1 hour Microsoft Teams call with our Reward & Payroll Lead & Resourcing Partner
If you have any questions regarding any of the above or the application process, please feel free to reach out to our Resourcing Partner Jacob Senior.
What you'll get in return:
- A Competitive Salary
- 25 days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays (pro-rata'd for contract length)
- Generous Pension and Life Assurance Schemes
- Employee Assistance Programmes (we're a Gold Sponsor of GroceryAid along with our own internal Wellbeing Champions)
- Health & Wellbeing support with Digital GP services, free flu jabs, eye tests and discounted gym memberships
- Free Quorn products on-site to take home and share with your friends and family!
To apply for this vacancy, please follow the relevant link to submit your CV and Covering Letter. We look forward to receiving your application.
About Us
Quorn is a global company led by a clear purpose and ambition. By 2030, we will be a Net +positive business with 8 billion servings of our amazing Quorn & Cauldron products being consumed across the world.
At Quorn, we have a simple message, to create an inspiring range of irresistibly tasty meals which are not only great for you and your family, but for the planet and generations to come.
It is our collective differences that make Quorn special. Our heritage speaks to this, as pioneers of meat alternative products, we choose to embrace a different path which sets us apart.
We are committed to four core values which make us who we are. We are ‘Stronger Together’, we aim to ‘Make Lives Better’, we ‘Think Big & Act With Courage’ and we ‘Strive To Be The Best’.
Quorn is committed to promoting diversity across our workforce. We are dedicated to attracting and developing talent, empowered through an inclusive culture.
Our backgrounds, experiences and ideas are all valued so we can foster an environment where our differences make us ‘Stronger Together’.
All suitably qualified applicants will be considered regardless of gender, race, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, religion, and age.
Recruitment Agencies
Please note that we manage our recruitment directly and will not engage with any agencies on this or any other vacancies. On the occasion that we do require external support, we will engage our preferred suppliers who have an excellent prior track record in supporting the business when needed.
We do not accept speculative CV's and any communication from non-PSL agencies will be ignored and forwarded to our Resourcing Partner.
