The Role

Unite Students have an exciting opportunity to join our fantastic People Team as a Payroll Administrator for a 6 month fixed-term contract in Bristol.

Reporting in to the Senior Payroll Advisor, the focus of this role is to provide excellent support and ensure the smooth running of payroll processes. The payroll team act as the first point of contact for our colleagues and external service providers for pay related queries. The team manage all salary related payments and deductions along with associated administrative activities within strict deadlines

What You`ll Be Doing

• Ensure accurate payroll payments are processed on a monthly basis within set deadlines
• Run monthly payroll reports and reconciliations in order to ensure that third party suppliers are paid accurately and on time, liaising with external agencies when required.
• Maintain accurate reports of payroll data using the payroll system (PeopleXD)
• Prepare and maintain control data and reconciliations
• Support our colleagues with pay related queries
• Work closely with Finance and People team colleagues to generate and implement ideas for continuous improvement to shared processes
• Create and maintain new process documentation
• Support team with system testing for legislative, company and project changes
• To follow the Data Protection Policy and associated policies, keeping information confidential and secure, in order to ensure employee and customer data is protected and handled appropriately in line with legislative requirements

What We`re Looking for in You

• Payroll experience highly desirable
• A passion for delivering excellent customer service
• Microsoft Office skills including Excel and Outlook
• Ability to organise workload to meet agreed deadlines
• Communication skills, both verbal and written
• Self-motivated and possessing the ability to work on own initiative as well as within a team
• An interest in employee benefits and/or people services administration

What You`ll Get in Return

• A discretionary annual bonus so you can share in the company`s success
• 25 days` paid holiday and an annual holiday buying scheme, with 5 additional days awarded for long service
• A generous pension scheme - employer contributions between 5% and 11% depending on how much you save
• Various benefits to support your health and wellbeing including a Healthcare Cash Plan, an Employee Assistance Programme, a Wellbeing platform and a Gym benefit that you can share with your family and friends
• Enhanced Family Leave including 18 weeks full pay for birthing parents and 4 weeks for non-birthing parents
• Lots of other great benefits including an annual ShareSave scheme, Employee Life Assurance, a discounts portal and more!

About Unite Students

Founded in 1991, Unite Students is a FTSE 100 business and the UK`s leading provider of purpose-built student accommodation. You can find us in 25 leading university towns and cities, with 74,000 students calling US home! We are driven by our values, culture, and a commitment to develop diverse and inclusive teams, filled with positive energy and new ideas.

Instinctive inclusion. We know that to create and maintain a happy healthy organisation, we have to work hard to ensure inclusion isn`t just what we do but who we are.

People make Unite Students. Employees, students and neighbours all contribute to building environments where we can all thrive.

Room for Everyone

We`re proud to be an employer that embraces individuality, and we`re passionate about building inclusive teams. We focus on creating a collaborative culture where you can be you, where your voice is heard, and where you can truly belong. We take great pride in being rated Gold Investors in People and are constantly striving to provide the highest standard of learning and development opportunities and professional pathways for our people. Building a home for success, for both our employees and students, requires exceptional people with a passion for creating room for everyone, doing what`s right, keeping US safe, and raising the bar. Join us as we build better experiences for students that live with us.

We are US.