Barnett Waddingham Hiring for HR Assistant – Reward & Benefits at Bristol Full Time

Overview:
We are looking for a highly numerate and analytical person with excellent Excel skills to provide support to our Total Reward team. This role might suit a recent graduate or somebody who has already gained some experience in an HR role but who is looking to further their reward experience.

This is a long-term temporary position starting as soon as possible and continuing in to the new year.

The Total Reward team covers all aspects of remuneration and benefits for our employees – from company-wide processes such as the annual salary review, bonus and flexible benefits through to managing the payroll and general day-to-day employee pay and benefit queries. The wider HR team are based across our office with the main presence in Cheltenham, Bristol and Birmingham. It provides a full HR service to the Firm encompassing Resourcing and Talent Acquisition, HR Operations, Total Rewards & People Solutions, Organisational Development & Talent and Employee Experience & Engagement.

In this role, the HR Advisor (Reward & Benefits) will help support both seasonal and ad hoc tasks including flexible benefits, calculations and payroll. It will be a varied role where no two days are the same. Depending on the level of your experience, the job title may be advisor or assistant.

The successful applicant will work on a hybrid basis, sharing time between home and the office (Birmingham, Cheltenham or Bristol) although in the early days, we would expect more time in the office in order to help you settle in to your new role and support your learning and development.

We are looking for somebody to join our experienced team us as soon as possible.

Responsibilities:
This is a varied role and will require the ability to complete calculations (we will provide training if you haven’t donen this before), manipulate data and work to deadlines. You will be working in an experienced team so will have the opportunity to further develop your skills and knowledge. We have a bespoke HR system but a lot of the work you do will be on Excel spreadsheets so you should enjoy this type of work and be good at it!

You will provide support in these areas as required:
Benefits:
Support the company’s flexible benefit programme, Choices 4me, and answer employee queries

Run and check reports from HR system to flexible benefits system on a monthly basis and ensure selection windows are operated correctly each month

Check payroll data to ensure correctly processed

Process monthly benefits invoices, checking against membership data

Support benefit calculations for leavers, sabbaticals and family leave

Support communication and engagement program with employees on benefits

Analysis of benefit data to determine take-up and savings

Calculations/Database

Support HR team for any benefits queries or payroll calculations

Holiday calculations for changes in working patterns and updating database for holiday changes

Payroll

Understand tax positions of benefits and how salary exchange operates

Collate information and ensure any payroll transactions (e.g. starters, leavers, maternity, changes to pay, unpaid leave, salary review, bonus etc.) are processed accurately and submitted to the outsourced payroll provider by the payroll deadline

Check payroll reports produced by outsourced payroll provider

Answer employee queries on payroll matters

Analysis of payroll data and processes to identify opportunities for improvement

Work with Finance team to ensure yearly reporting (e.g. P11D, P60s) is carried out on time and in line with HMRCs deadlines

Technical Competencies

Highly competent in Excel – including manipulating data and reporting

Strong numerical reasoning skills

A knowledge of payroll and flexible benefits is desirable but we will provide training if you do not have this

Demonstrable problem solving and decision making

Ability to communicate technical information to a varied audience

Experience Required

Ideally, some experience of reward and employee benefits but more essential is the ability to pick up new skills, absorb new information and work confidently with spreadsheets

Ideally, some experience working in an HR team but again, more essential is a positive work ethic and an understanding ofthe need for absolute discretion and confidentiality in the work you undertake

Qualifications:
Ideally, educated to A-Level standard with at least 1 numerate subject at grade B or higher

What’s in it for you?:
Core & Flexible Benefits:
Competitive discretionary annual bonus

Core benefits paid for by BW including life assurance, group income protection, private medical cover and 25 days holiday per year with holiday trading

A generous pension scheme where we contribute 8% of your salary from day one of your employment

Employee Assistance Programme to support you and your family through any concerns or challenges you may experience

A comprehensive range of voluntary benefits to suit your life stage and lifestyle including a tech scheme, cycle to work scheme, dental cover, healthcare cash plan, health assessments, critical illness cover, extension of private medical cover or life assurance to family members, gym membership, travel insurance and a broad range of discounts at hundreds of retailers including supermarkets, fitness centres, travel and leisure companies

Fresh fruit, hot and cold drinks provided free of charge in all of our offices

Giving Something Back:
1 paid volunteering day per year as a commitment to our Corporate Social Investment

Support your favourite charity with the “Give as You Earn” option

Match-funding for individuals raising money for a recognised charity

Our corporate social investment programme is an integral part of what we do and is focused on ensuring that our overall impact is a positive one. We recognise that we have an impact that goes beyond our core activities.

Values: our values are PRINCIPLED, RESPECT, QUALITY AND PARTNERSHIP – they are important to us and we want them to be important to you as well.

Wellbeing: employee wellbeing has always been important to us and our approach is to create an environment where individuals will be engaged at work, successful in what they do and able to achieve their full potential, benefiting both their self and the business. BW offer a great range of employee benefits as we believe it’s important individuals are supported in making choices which are flexible enough to meet their needs and help support their wellness.

Diversity: we are committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce where people from all backgrounds, beliefs and perspectives can thrive, feel welcome and develop to their full potential. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of their race, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, disability, religion/belief, age, pregnancy and maternity, and marriage and civil partnerships. Our recruitment processes are designed to be fair and consistent and enable candidates to compete on a level playing field. We recognise that diversity today means more than race and gender. This is why we created an environment where a variety of different voices are encouraged and heard through our employee network groups. The groups work together to build an inclusive and diverse place for us all to work. We have attained the Disability Confident Committed status and are actively working towards the next level, Disability Confident Employer.

Your progression: we offer career progression opportunities and a focus on training and professional development to provide you with the tools and skills to thrive. We also offer study support for relevant professional or skills qualifications.

Other activities: we have clubs, sporting events, social, cultural and belief groups across our offices if you’d like to join in and meet like-minded people.

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Postal applications should be sent to: Talent Acquisition, Barnett Waddingham, St James’s House, St James Square, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL50 3PR

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