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Companies House is an award-winning employer, with an Investors in People Gold Award, we are at the fore front in ensuring our staff reach their full potential in building brilliant services on cutting edge technology.
We offer a flexible and welcoming culture that promotes a healthy work life balance as well as a proactive approach to wellbeing that allows us to be our best at work. We'll support you to meet other commitments and help you find a better work-life balance. We’re keen to create an environment that works for everyone.
At Companies House we recognise that people are the key to our success so offer a fantastic benefits package including flexible working, 30 Days Annual Leave, 8 Bank Holidays and 1 Privilege Day as well as enrolment into the Civil Service Pension with a contribution rate averaging 27%.
The team you will be joining are friendly, passionate, and experienced individuals who work collaboratively together to ensure they are providing an excellent service across the whole of Companies House.
You’ll be part of our high profile and busy Payroll team within Companies House. Focusing on ensuring that our employees are paid the right salary and benefits on time. That employees are added to the payroll when they join and are removed from the payroll when they leave.
Our team prides themselves on delivering an excellent customer service to the department.
With a solution focused approach: you will be supporting all payroll and pension related enquiries and issues. We work alongside our HR function to ensure that we can deliver improvements to our services and operational delivery.
We are working in a Hybrid way and currently attending the office once a week which will be the expectation with this role.
Administration of payroll changes and queries, including, change of hours, work patterns, annual leave, and flexi
Checking accuracy of employee’s payslips and ensuring the correct deductions and payments are made.
As our Payroll Support Officer, you’ll have fantastic attention to detail and really enjoy working with numbers.
Confident in your communication skills, we’re looking for someone who is prepared to use their own initiative and enjoys working as part of a team.
Having a continuous improvement ethos, you’ll look for ways to develop and improve common issues.
Desirable to have some payroll experience.
About us
Our aim is to be the best registry in the world achieved through brilliant people working on brilliant systems delivering brilliant services. We are currently delivering an organisation wide transformation programme focussing on a complete redesign of our digital services, target operating model and culture. This change will need different skills, capabilities and mindset where adaptable, bold and curious behaviours are the norm and empowerment is encouraged and utilised.
To find out more about the great things we're doing at Companies House please have a look at our blog posts and podcasts. and watch our video to find out more
Companies House values its people, their contributions and has created a real sense of community where people seek to create strong connections. Our commitment to learning and development is exceptional, and we believe passionately in the employee experience with is prevalent through the engagement, wellbeing and development strategies which have resulted in Platinum Investors in People and MIND index awards.
We encourage professional development, celebrate success and live our values to effect real change.
We are an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Everyone in Companies House brings something different, and so will you. We are committed to ensuring that we are representative of the citizens that we serve. To fulfill our commitment to recruiting and attracting diverse talent we welcome applications from underrepresented groups.
We are proud to be a disability confident leader. Our recruitment process is fully inclusive of all physical and mental disabilities and as such we can make adjustments as needed through our process. These could include having an interview buddy, extra time at interviews/assessments and receiving interview questions prior to interview, to name a few. We will be happy to discuss any niche and person-centred adjustments, please contact the Recruitment team by emailing recruitmentCH@companieshouse.gov.uk
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Candidates will be required to supply a CV and Personal Statement. The Personal Statement should be no more than 1250 words and address any experience, technical skills and Behaviours outlined in the person specification. These will also be explored at interview.
You can find more guidance on completing your application here.
Companies House uses a blended interview technique, allowing us to find out more about you. We use the Success Profile framework and may include Strength based questions in the interview.
Our recruitment process is underpinned by the principle of recruitment based on fair and open competition with decisions made on the basis of merit, as outlined in the Civil Service Commissioners’ Recruitment Principles.
As part of our commitment to a diverse and inclusive workforce, we ask candidates to provide an anonymous application. Please remove all identifying personal information from your CV, personal statement and application including: name; address; date of birth; dates of education.
We are proud to be a disability confident leader. Our recruitment process is fully inclusive of all physical and mental disabilities and as such we can make adjustments as needed through our process. These could include having an interview buddy, extra time at interviews or assessments and receiving interview questions prior to interview to name a few. If you are unsure what may be appropriate for your specific needs, please reach out and we will be happy to have a conversation about how we can best support you. Please contact the recruitment team if needed and a member of the team will be in touch – infopoint@companieshouse.gov.uk.
Any move to Companies House from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax-Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/.
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