Nisbets Job Banner

Payroll Administrator

Avonmouth, Bristol, UK Req #116
05 March 2025

We are seeking a detail-oriented candidate to join our team as a payroll administrator.

Experience is preferred but insight and training in all aspects of payroll will be given.  The successful candidate will support the processing of all aspects of payroll, including starters, leavers, sickness, overtime, and statutory payments. You will work closely with the Payroll & Benefits Officer and Manager, utilizing Dayforce (HR and Payroll system) to ensure smooth and accurate payroll operations.

The role will allow for hybrid working after a period of training.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Verify details of new starters added to the system by the people team, ensuring correct payment, tax code, NI letter, etc.
  • Process leavers, ensuring all necessary deductions are made and P45 forms are sent timely.
  • Follow the payroll checklist monthly, ensuring tasks such as expenses, overtime, fines, court orders, salary changes, sickness calculations, statutory leave calculations, and more are completed.
  • Adhere to pension regulations and assist with administering the pension scheme, running reports, and ensuring accurate information is sent to finance.
  • Ensure strict deadlines are met, obtaining correct authorisations for payments to colleagues, HMRC, and third parties.
  • Collaborate with the Payroll Officer and Manager to ensure smooth payroll operations.

Capabilities, Skills and Experience Required:

  • payroll experience with the ability to perform manual calculations using basic rates and HMRC information is desirable but not essential.
  • knowledge of HMRC rules and regulations regarding payroll legislation, including starters, leavers, statutory payments, and reporting requirements is desirable but not essential.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills to handle varied customer queries.
  • High level of numeracy skills for performing manual calculations and providing accurate advice.
  • Proficiency in Excel for data presentation and analysis.

About Us

Nisbets is committed to providing equality of opportunity for all colleagues. We aim to ensure our workplaces are free from discrimination and that not only colleagues but also our potential future colleagues are treated fairly and with dignity and respect.
Therefore, please inform us of any reasonable adjustments that we may need to make to the application or interview process. 

Here at Nisbets, we aim high and we dream big. From a one-man operation in 1983, to the UK’s market leader today – it’s always been our determination to hit whatever goal we set ourselves, no matter how big. And we’ve done it time and time again.

We’re looking for experts. Passionate, forward thinkers who obsess about our customers as much as we do. We need strivers, trailblazers and problem solvers who are as determined to grow, develop and succeed as we are.

We’re determined to take the next step. But we need your help to do it. It’s all about you.

If you’re looking for a forward-thinking business on which to leave your mark; where your work is valued; Where you’ll test your skills and then develop them further than you thought you could - Nisbets is for you.

You’ll be pushing the boundaries with us, day in day out. You’ll work in a fast-paced, ever changing environment. You’ll collaborate with a wide range of other experts around the business, bringing big ideas to life, and play a leading role in taking our journey to the next level.

We are a  business with heart. From the small indie diner to the Michelin-star restaurant, Nisbets deliver the equipment they need to excel.  If you join our team you’ll be working in a family-owned business that isn’t afraid to let you grow. That understands the value of innovation. And that puts our impact on the environment, our commitment to ethical trading and our determination to being a fully transparent business at the forefront of all we do.

Ready to take the next step with us? Apply today.

Other details

  • Pay Type Salary
Location on Google Maps
  • Avonmouth, Bristol, UK