Apprentice Payroll Coordinator

Swarm Recruitment is working with Whitworth Bros Ltd to recruit a Level 3 Payroll Administrator Apprentice. This is a great opportunity for someone looking to kickstart their career in Payroll within a long-established thriving growing company.
About the Employer
Whitworth Brothers ltd have been milling quality flour for over 130 years and are still growing strong.Their world class mills coupled with continued investment in their people and their estate mean they are a market leading business that helps to feed the you're behind the wheel delivering our goods, keeping production running smoothly, orsupportingoperations from head office, you'll play a vital role in their success.
What You'll Do

Working with the Payroll manager to ensure the smooth running of the payroll process, for all companies within the Group, ensuring deadlines are met and payments to employees are accurate
Assisting with the various annual pay reviews throughout the year
Checking Starters and Leavers including pro-rata payments
Check payroll calculations such as Statutory Payments (SMP. SPP, and SSP), National Minimum Wage
Assisting with the payrolling of benefits calculations
Assisting with monthly reporting and payments for our third parties, such as Unions, and Pension providers
Handling requests from employees with pay queries / system access
Compile information for the annual/ad hoc audits
Support the administration of the employee benefit programmes including new joiners and leavers to the schemes as well as gathering and preparing required data for the benefit providers at annual renewals
Assist employees or third-party provider with benefit related queries
Update record and resolve any issues related to benefits
Processing staff expenses and credit card claims, liaising with employees and their managers for this as requiredB
Ensuring employee records on the Company systems are kept up to date
Working closely with colleagues across HR and Finance and assist them with other tasks, as required

IT skills
Organisation skills
Administrative skills
Number skills

Qualifications

Essential - GCSE - English - 4
Essential - GCSE - Math - 4

Course Information
Course: Payroll administrator (level 3)
Level: 3
Route: Legal, finance and accounting
Apprenticeship Level: Advanced

Initially a 2-year contract and we anticipate a full-time role permanent after the apprenticeship depending on performance