Role overview ID: 2025-7159 Entity: Vistry Services Region: Vistry Services Department: People Contract Type: Permanent - Full Time Job Location: West Malling, Kent Date Posted: 09.04.2025 We have an exciting opportunity for a Payroll Assistant to join our team within Vistry Services, at our West Malling office in Kent. As our Payroll Assistant, you will assist in in the accurate and efficient processing of the payroll for Vistry Group, circa 4,500 employees across the UK in 26 regional locations, over 200 construction sites and 3 factories manufacturing timber frame housing components. Let’s cut to the chase, what’s in it for you Competitive basic salary and annual bonus Salary sacrifice car scheme available to all employees Up to 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays increasing to up to 39 days with service 2 Volunteering days per annum Private medical insurance, with employee paid cover Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave Competitive pension scheme through salary sacrifice Life assurance at 4 x your annual salary Share save and share incentive schemes Employee rewards portal with many more benefits In return, what we would like from you Behave in line with our company values – Integrity, Caring and Quality Proven experience, preferably in a similar sized payroll environment to Vistry Be a good communicator via the telephone, Teams, and e-mail Be very organised and self-motivated with regards to managing your own workload. Be aware of team workloads and readily available to assist colleagues Be flexible, adaptable and somebody who can work well under pressure and deal with high volumes and tight deadlines Have good to excellent knowledge of Outlook, EXCEL and Word and a similar payroll system to ResourceLink More about the Payroll Assistant role Enter new employees to the system and ensure 1st payday is accurate, ensure that T&Cs are appropriate for role and entered correctly to system by our colleagues in the HR Administration team. Enter P45’s from new employees ensuring tax code, previous pay and tax figures and Student Loan notifications are entered correctly. Ensure that auto-enrolment has been actioned by the system and then issue auto enrolment documentation. Check National Minimum Wage and Real Living wage rules are adhered to for the new employee. Process leavers from the business, ensuring final payday is accurate. Produce and dispatch payslips and P45 forms after each pay run. Terminate holiday entitlement and associated holiday payment is correct. Ensure that any benefits or loans are administered correctly for the leaving reason and recovered from final pay. Update ResourceLink with any salary increases, promotions or role changes ensuring all T&Cs entered to the system by our colleagues in the HR Administration team are audited. Ensure that all bonus entitlement and life assurance data is accurate and reasons for change are entered. Monitor, check, and input employee specific variable data to the payroll system including Unpaid time away from Vistry Overtime and Extra hours Travel Allowance Reward payments, such as Long Service Statutory Absences Sick pay and absences Assist with checking colleague’s input ready for payroll cut-off and with processing any month end or tax year end tasks. Respond to employee queries and offer help and guidance on PAYE and payroll processes. Generate any PAL’s which are a result of errors or omissions from the previous months payroll. Raise early payments, issue notification to the employee and reconcile the advances to the payroll reports. Help and assist when required, when other colleagues within the team and the wider People Services team are absent from the business or working on projects. Be aware and have in depth knowledge of all policies that affect the output of the payroll. Review team pages on company intranet, DUG and advise manager of any changes or improvements that could be made. Finally, let’s tell you a bit more about us We build more than homes, we’re making Vistry. Being a responsible developer and award-winning employer means we live each day through our ethos - doing the right thing. Our behaviours reflect this, as well as our values of integrity, caring and quality. Shaping all we do; they empowerus to develop sustainable communities across affordable and private housing. We work in a partnership-led way, and you’ll recognise our renowned brands Bovis Homes, Linden Homes and Countryside Homes. Together with Vistry Works, our manufacturing operation,â¯and the functional support of Vistry Services, we’re a proud UK Green Building Council member, UK top five housebuilder with a five-star House Builders Federation (HBF) customer satisfaction rating, and winner of many awards including Top Employer, Global Top Inspiring Workplaces, and Best for Talent Attraction and Outreach. Join us in making Vistry. LI-WS1 Benefits Annual Leave Enjoy 28 days’ holiday plus all UK Bank Holidays. There are options to carry leave forwards and buy up to 5 days. Pension with Legal & General Eligible employees are auto-enrolled. You contribute 4%, we contribute 6%. Salary Sacrifice and options to increase contributions available. Volunteer Days With 2 paid volunteer days a year, you can give back to communities and charities. Why Vistry Joining Vistry is just the start of building your perfect career. In return for your passion and skills, we invest in your future, providing all the support and training you need to thrive in your career and realise your potential. Our work is rewarding in itself, but we also offer a range of financial, lifestyle, health and wellbeing benefits, plus plenty of recognition incentives. We value you and everything you help us build as we make Vistry together.