We are seeking an experienced Payroll Administrator to join our team in Farnsfield, East Midlands. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in managing payroll processes for our Student Accommodation sector, ensuring accuracy and compliance with UK regulations. This permanent, full-time position offers an opportunity to contribute to our organisation's success while supporting our employees' needs.
Key Responsibilities
Payroll Duties:
- Collate monthly payroll data across multiple sites (approx. 450 employees)
- Input and manage payroll data using Sage Payroll across four entities
- Work alongside a newly implemented HR system (Employment Hero)
- Liaise with outsourced payroll providers in Scotland and Ireland to ensure accuracy
- Process payroll payments including salaries, pensions, and HMRC submissions
- Complete and submit year-end returns (P60s, P11Ds, Annual Returns, etc.)
Administrative Duties:
- Administer pension schemes including NEST, People’s Pension, and Zurich
- Ensure compliance with pension regulations and legislation
- Act as a key point of contact for payroll and pension-related queries
About You
We’re looking for someone who is:
- Highly organised with strong attention to detail
- Able to work effectively under pressure and meet tight deadlines
- Proactive, confident, and able to communicate across all levels of the business
- Comfortable managing multiple priorities in a busy environment
Essential Requirements:
- Ideally a minimum of 4 years’ payroll experience
What’s on Offer
- Competitive salary up to £30,000
- Hybrid working model
- Opportunity to work closely with an experienced Payroll Manager
- Be part of a growing team as the second hire in the payroll function
- Supportive and friendly team environment
- Opportunity to work within a well-established and expanding organisation
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Discount platform
- EAP
Mezzino (www.mezzino.com) is a privately owned property company specialising in the management of student accommodation blocks. Established in 2010, we now manage over 13,300 beds in 52 schemes in 24 cities across the UK & Ireland.
We are responsible for the collection of gross rents in excess of £105m and oversee a property portfolio with a combined value in excess of £1.5 billion.
Mezzino has built strong relationships with universities and is regarded as a preferred supplier for quality student accommodation. We abide by the National Code of Standards for Larger Developments for student accommodation and are accredited by The Accreditation Network UK (ANUK). The Code enjoys the support of The National Union of Students (NUS), UK Government, the Association for Student Residential Accommodation (ASRA), and defines a benchmark standard for student accommodation in the sector in which we specialise. In addition, we are regulated in Ireland by the Property Services Regulatory Authority (PSRA) and in Scotland we are Safe Agent Qualified (SAQ), in Wales we are Rent Smart Wales (RSW) regulated, adhering to their code of conduct, and obliged to act in a professional manner with clients, customers, suppliers and relevant third parties. Mezzino is also regulated and fully compliant with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).
We aim to roll-out the Mezzino brand throughout the UK, Ireland and wider in to Europe by creating new partnerships with universities, colleges, specialist schools, landlords and developers. Over the course of the next 5 years we intend to secure the management of an additional 20,000 student beds.
