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Location:
Port Talbot
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Sector:
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Job type:
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Salary:
Up to £40000.00 per annum
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Contact:
Charlotte Singleton
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Email:
Charlotte.Singleton@yolkrecruitment.com
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Job ref:
BBBH41064
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Published:
about 5 hours ago
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Expiry date:
20 April 2026
HR & Payroll Specialist- up to £40,000
Yolk Recruitment is supporting a well-established manufacturing business in Port Talbot to recruit a HR & Payroll Specialist. This is a hands-on role combining end-to-end payroll delivery with broad generalist HR support for managers and employees across the site.
You'll be the main point of contact for UK payroll and a key part of the local HR team, supporting day-to-day people matters as well as wider HR projects and process improvement. This role includes line management responsibility for an HR Advisor.
What you'll be doing:
Payroll
- Running end-to-end UK payroll on a weekly, fortnightly and/or monthly basis
- Ensuring salaries, overtime, statutory payments and deductions are processed accurately
- Managing workplace pensions, including auto-enrolment
- Submitting RTI returns to HMRC in line with deadlines
- Processing starters, leavers, pay changes and contractual variations
- Dealing with payroll queries from employees in a professional and timely way
- Liaising with external payroll, audit and pension providers when required
HR Support
- Providing a proactive, first-line HR service to managers and employees
- Advising and coaching managers on employee relations matters, supporting informal resolution where appropriate
- Acting as a first point of contact for HR queries and providing practical, compliant advice in line with policies and current legislation
- Supporting the full employee lifecycle, including recruitment, onboarding, absence management, performance management, learning and development, pay and benefits, and employee relations, working closely with the Senior HR Advisor
- Reviewing HR processes and data to identify improvements and make recommendations to the management team
- Working closely with HR colleagues to drive consistency and good practice
- Ensuring appropriate controls are in place across key HR and payroll processes
- Supporting and delivering HR projects in line with agreed business priorities
What we're looking for
- Previous experience in a combined HR and payroll role
- Degree level education or equivalent
- CIPP qualification (or working towards)
- CIPD Level 3 (or working towards Level 5)
- Experience of managing auto-enrolment pensions
What you will get in return:
- Salary of up to £40,000
- Full-time (39 hours per week)
- Company Bonus scheme
- 25 days Holiday increased with length of service up to 30 days.
- Tech Loan Scheme
- Ikea Loan Scheme
- Cycle to Work Loan Scheme
- Private Medical Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Leave
- Flexitime
- Company Pension (3% ER Contribution) however Salary Sacrifice is available.