Looking to start your career in Payroll?

At JD, we are looking for Payroll Associates to join the Payroll Head Office team in a temporary basis. 

·       Job Title – Payroll Associate *6 months FTC*

·       Location – BL9 8RR 

·       Working rota – Mon-Friday 

·       Working hours – 40h a week

What You'll Be Doing:

As a Payroll Associate, you'll be doing the following: 

• Together with the team, effectively process payroll for circa 35,000 on a weekly, lunar and monthly basis, with a right first-time approach
• Supporting the regular upkeep of our employee data and payroll systems
• Support all colleagues by investigating and resolving queries, via our ticketing system and on the phone
• Assisting the management team with ongoing projects in the department

What We're Looking For:

• A desire to learn and continuously improve
• A keen eye for detail and accuracy
• Being able to keep our colleagues at the centre of all you do
• Able to organise your time to meet key deadlines both by yourself and as part of the team
• Excellent communication skills to be able to break down pay queries to make it understandable for our colleagues

The Company:

The JD Group is a leading omnichannel retailer of Sports Fashion, Street & Premium Fashion, Outdoors and Gyms with over 90,000 colleagues over 4,500 stores across several retail fascia's in over 36 countries around the world.

We are an equal opportunities employer who embraces and values differences. We recognise the importance of an inclusive workplace culture in which everyone can thrive irrespective of their background or identity.

To be a part of this successful and continuously growing company, you will have the desire to ingrain our strategic goals of being a people first, a digital leader and customer focused organisation which provides operational excellence and is continuous with identifying new areas of growth into our day-to-day.

We know our employees work tirelessly to make JD Sports the success it is today and in turn, we offer them some amazing benefits:

• Incremental Holiday Allowance
• Staff Discount on qualifying purchases across Group retail stores and online
• Exclusive Colleague Bike Discount scheme
• Discounted Gym membership
• Personal development opportunities to learn and develop at work
• Access to Apprenticeships and accredited qualifications

Interested?

If you are interested in this position, then press the Apply Now button.

Due to the high volumes of applications our opportunities attract, it takes time to review them all. If you don't hear back within two weeks of your application, please consider your application to have been unsuccessful on this occasion

Applications that meet the skills criteria will be contacted for a 1st stage meeting with the talent team. Shortlisted candidates will then be invited to interview with the hiring manager.

Thank you again for your time.

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