Culina Group is a leading UK 3rd party food & drinks logistics provider offering dedicated and shared user warehousing and distribution solutions.

At Culina we have a winning culture, we believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive… A place where you're valued, challenged, and inspired!

We have an exciting new opportunity to join our Team as a Payroll Supervisor. This role will initially be based at Tattenhall, moving to our brand new site in Birchwood once complete.

The Payroll Supervisor will report into the Payroll Manager, and supervise a team to deliver Bi-weekly, Lunar and Monthly payroll for over 3000 employees.

Key Duties of the Payroll Supervisor:

• Support the Payroll Manager to deliver an effective and efficient payroll function
• Cover all aspects of payroll.
•  HMRC reporting compliance and provision of management information
• Effectively supervise the team , offering guidance and direction to enhance the payroll process, helping to mitigate risk and minimising the occurrence of error and ensuring the team’s business continuity in the event of staff absence
• Support the Payroll Manager to control accurate and timely reporting under Real Time Information and provision of P45 and P60 information to employees
• Deputise for the Payroll Manager to ensure the correct reconciliation of PAYE/NIC, Net Pay, Union deductions, Pension Contributions, AEO, CSA and salary sacrifice
• Deputise for the Payroll manager to ensure ongoing compliance with pension auto-enrolment obligations across the business
• Maintain a sound knowledge of current payroll issues, regulation and best practice; and support the Payroll Manager to modify payroll processes to maintain compliance and achieve continuous improvement
• To ensure New Starter/Leavers are processed in accordance with terms and conditions

• Itrent / Resource Link/Earnie IQ
• CIPP Qualified or QBE
• Previous supervisory experience is essential and must be able to demonstrate a proven track record of supervising a payroll team
• Proficient in using IT, including Microsoft Office and accounts and payroll software
• Extensive knowledge of PAYE/NIC and statutory payments such as SMP, SAP, SPP, SSP
• Excel is a key management information tool for us, so a sound knowledge of spreadsheet writing and analysis of data is essential. Ability to develop pivot and lookup functions is desirable
• Be pro-active in developing and improving the provision of management information around payroll and time and attendance
• Experience in using the Kronos time and attendance system would be an advantage

As part of our drive to make Culina Group a great place to work. We are proud to be an inclusive and diverse organisation where we are committed to employee development and recognising success for hard working performers.

Our dedicated learning and development programmes are open to every employee to give you the opportunity to shape your own future within logistics and continue to work in an environment where team culture thrives.

Our People are the driving force behind our success, which is why we offer a wide range of benefits which include:

• Annual Leave – Competitive holiday entitlement of 24 days + 8 Bank Holidays
• Pension scheme – we want colleagues to enjoy a comfortable retirement so we offer a great contribution of 4% employee and 4% employer
• Life Assurance -  x 2 your annual salary 
• Wellness – Via our Employee Assistance Programme we offer immediate access to a confidential telephone counselling and legal information service that operates 24 hours a days, 365 days a year
• Eye Care Vouchers – We can provide you with substantial savings with free eye tests and discounts on prescription glasses
• Reward & Recognition – We recognise that employees have gone the extra mile via Employee of the month and year, special recognition and long service awards.
• Everyday discounts - via our benefit platform you will have access to over 50 retailer discounts for everyday savings!

If you meet the requirements for the above role and are looking for your next career opportunity please apply now and become a part of our #WinningTeam!