Junior Payroll Officer - Part Time

Kickstart Your Career – Entry-Level Payroll Opportunity (No Experience Needed!)

Looking to kickstart your career? Whether you’ve just finished school, college or uni  this is a great opportunity to join our central payroll team at XPO Logistics.

We’re hiring a Junior Payroll Specialist to support our busy payroll department. You’ll receive full training and gain hands-on experience in a key business area, helping ensure our employees are paid accurately and on time  supporting a leading transport and logistics solutions provider.

We’re looking for enthusiastic, reliable, and motivated individuals to join us on this hands-on entry-level role. No experience? No problem. We’ll give you all the training you need. It’s ideal for someone who is career-driven and looking to progress in the world of payroll, with opportunities to take on more responsibility and move into senior roles as your skills and experience develop.

This is a part time position, 19 hours per week (Monday 9am – 5pm, Tuesday 1pm – 5pm, and Friday 9am – 5pm). As the business continues to grow and expand, this role has the potential to become full time, with plenty of opportunities to learn, develop, and grow your career.

Pay, benefits and more:

We are looking to offer a salary of up to £12,350 per annum based on part time hours – 19 hours per week.  Also, we offer 25 days of holiday (plus bank holidays) pro rata and the option to buy additional days. You’ll have access to various high street discounts, access to XPO University, a cycle to work scheme, a workplace pension and many other perks.

What you’ll learn to do on a typical day: 

• Manually entering payroll information into ADP Global View [SAP GV] payroll system
• Editing and loading spreadsheets.
• Ensure employees’ data is maintained, including absence records, entitlements, ensuring accurate calculations are made for any statutory payments.
• Dealing with pay queries in a timely manner.
• Updating employee payroll records, including P45, new starter declarations, tax, NIC data and any other relevant employee changes
• Complete payroll reports for record keeping purposes and site / managerial review.
• Pension adjustments/ report reconciliation.
• Updating the ticketing system.
• Proactively build and maintain good relationship with allocated sites, including occasional site visits to support with payroll related issues.

What you need to succeed at XPO:

• Essential: Willing to learn and wants build career within payroll.
• Essential: Analytical & mathematical mindset and approach
• Essential: Excellent communication & numerical skills
• Essential: Good problem solver
• Essential: Able to work well in a team & independently.

We strive to create an inclusive environment for all our colleagues, where everyone feels welcomed, empowered and where you can bring your true self to work. You may not feel you tick all of the boxes we have written above, so even if your experience doesn’t precisely match the job description but you feel you have the skills needed, please feel free to reach out to our recruitment team for an initial discussion. Your skills and passion set you apart and we welcome diverse people and perspectives at XPO. We encourage applications from people of all different backgrounds and identities. To empower you to do as well as possible during the recruitment process, if you require any changes or amendments to our application and interviews, please don’t hesitate to let us know.  

XPO is a leading provider of world-class solutions to the most successful companies in the world. We help our customers manage their goods most efficiently using our technology and services. Our greatest strength is our global team – energetic, innovative people of all experience levels and talents who make XPO a great place to work.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All employees may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.