We are currently looking for talented individual to join our Human Resources department as a HR and Payroll Administrator. We are looking for a passionate enthusiastic individual that is excited to develop a career in HR.
This is an entry level role, and you can expect ongoing training, support and career development opportunities, and excellent support from the wider HR team.
Why join Menzies?
- We are a UK based recognised employer of choice with office locations in London, Surrey, Hampshire, and South Wales (Cardiff).
- Join our family of 500 employees. Be a member and not just a number!
- We offer a dynamic and rewarding environment with exposure to a diverse range of clients and industry sectors
- Our package and benefits are very competitive
- Work life balance is part of our organisational culture,
- We believe in developing our staff throughout their career
Key benefits we offer, but not limited to:
- Competitive base salary (we do yearly market research to ensure we offer a competitive salary to our employees and joining candidates)
- 33 days annual leave entitlement a year inc. bank holidays (31.5 days for trainees)
- Annual buy and sell leave scheme
- Private Medical Cover available to all employees (trainees can opt in for a salary sacrifice)
- Private Pension Matching Scheme: if employee contributes 2.5-5%, we match it and add another 3% on top!
- Employee Referral Bonus up to £10,000 for a successful placement
- Reimbursement of one professional subscription each year
- Dress for your day policy – you decide, not us!
- Life Assurance 4x your salary
- Group Income Protection – 75% of salary if long term sickness exceeds 6 months
- Agile Working is embedded in our culture: we understand that everyone works in different ways and need flexibility within their working day
- Learning and Development opportunities and Study Support throughout your Menzies career
- Career Coaching programme for Managers and above
- Better Place to Work Initiative: proactive benchmarking of the best DEI and wellbeing programmes to offer our employees and improve our employee experience
- CSR Programme: each office will be involved in various charity and sporting activities to help raise funds and give back to the local community.
- Employee Assistance Programme - our EAP is available for all Menzies employees and their families. As well as being a support line for mental health counselling, it also offers practical financial, legal and life management advice 24 /7 and is completely confidential.
- Paid sick leave – a generous scheme to help you when you are struggling with health issues
- Free flu jab, eyesight test and physical health checks
- Cycle to work scheme
- Enhanced Parental + Family Leave: We are a place where you can combine both a career and a family so those going on Maternity Leave can expect 100% pay for 3 months and 50% pay for the next 6 weeks, those going on Paternity Leave can expect 100% pay for 2 weeks (both subject to eligibility). We also have Adoption and Shared Parental Leave
- Volunteering Scheme with a maximum of 2.5 days given by the Firm to match 2.5 days devoted to qualifying schemes by the employee in any 12-month period.
- Season Ticket Loan
To find out more about Menzies benefits please read Here
Key responsibilities:
This role will be an integral part of an established but developing HR function and will provide an exciting and challenging role for someone who wants to join a fantastic team in a fast moving, growing Firm.
To provide administrative HR and Payroll support to the HR team in the delivery of the HR service to Menzies employees and Partners.
- Upload new starter information on to the HRIS (Cascade).
- Prepare all standard HR correspondence, including contract extension letters, successful probationary letters and change to terms and conditions letters. Escalating any non-standard letters to the generalist HR Manager.
- HRIS inputting with regard to maintaining up to date employee information in alignment with job changes.
- Update the payroll tracker with all relevant employee changes for that month.
- Support with monthly payroll processing, under the guidance of the Payroll Manager.
- Production of regular and ad hoc reports.
- Undertake other generalist admin projects under supervision of HR Manager(s).
- Undertake other generalist admin projects under supervision of HR Manager(s).
- Undertake research for ad hoc HR generalist projects as required.
- Raise the profile of HR positively within the Firm and contribute ideas to the HR team for continuous improvement and use initiative to consistently evolve and develop best practices within the department.
Th Person:
- A-level qualifications (or equivalent)
- Degree level qualification desirable but not essential
- Excellent attention to detail and organisation skills.
- Good analytical and data handling skills.
- Confident working in a fast-paced environment.
- Competent in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
- Exposure to HR or Payroll practices desirable but not essential
- Experience of working with HR software would be an advantage
- Experience of using Microsoft office is essential such as managing the outlook calendar, producing documents on Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Experience of building relationships through effective communication in email, face to face and on the phone.
- Experience of generating reports and presenting data.
- A team player
- Ability to build relationships
- Ability to work to tight deadlines
- Self-motivated and able to work under minimal supervision
- Excellent customer care skills
About Us:
Our focus at Menzies is providing a #BrighterThinking approach, going the extra mile to keep clients on-track to achieve their personal and business objectives. As a leading UK accountancy & advisory firm we have a passion for advising entrepreneurs and SMEs through our sector-led teams.
We apply the same principles to individuals within the firm. Our people are ambitious, self-motivated, and encouraged to develop their skill set and realise their potential.
#BrighterThinking is how we sum up the difference we make, as a firm, to our clients and in the way we hire and develop talent in Menzies. It’s finance and accounting expertise, combined with strategic commercial thinking and a promise to add real value across all areas of our client’s businesses.
Agencies:
When we require external assistance with our vacancies, we will reach out to our PSL supply chain, please be aware we operate a very strict PSL policy with close relationships with our suppliers and cannot respond to agencies outside of the PSL and we do not accept speculative CVs as an introduction. Please do not contact individual hiring managers or the Talent Acquisition team.