Payroll and Expenses Clerk - Birmingham

Newly created position to join our HR team based in Birmingham City Centre. This is a fast-paced role where you will specialise in ensuring the employee payroll is compliant and provide guidance to employees.  This is a pivotal and exciting role where you will join a growing business who are constantly striving to improve processes and employee service levels.

• Process payroll and pension for employees accurately and on time, utilising payroll software systems.
• Maintain payroll and pension records and ensure data integrity by accurately entering employee information, hours worked, deductions, and other relevant details.
• Calculate wages, overtime, and other compensation accurately based on timekeeping records and company policies.
• Review time sheets and attendance records for accuracy and completeness.
• Address employee inquiries related to payroll, taxes, and deductions promptly and professionally.
• Ensure compliance with government payroll regulations and tax laws.
• Prepare and distribute payroll reports to management as required.
• Collaborate with HR department to ensure accurate employee data and resolve discrepancies.
• Stay updated on changes in payroll regulations and industry best practices.
• Process and check employee's expenses, mileage and other travel-related and allowance type claims. They will deal with queries and produce relevant reports in a timely and efficient manner when required.

Essential Criteria:

• Minimum 2 years experience processing in-house payroll.
• Excellent skills in Microsoft Word and Excel. 

The Individual:

• Good verbal and written English.
  
• Positive, self-motivated and proactive team member.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Good time management and prioritisation of workload.

Why Richter?

At Richter, we pride ourselves on attracting and retaining the brightest and best, fuelled by a professional environment built on achievement, creativity and career satisfaction.

We find innovative solutions to modern problems. We do what we say we’re going to do – and we make a positive impact on our world through constant learning, innovative thinking, and passion for the work. We ensure that we offer personal development to all within our organisation which allows you to progress your career and offer the opportunity to be mentored by industry recognised Technical Leaders in their field, who will lend you their experience and ensure that the training you receive will give you the best possible chance of success.

Along with offering a competitive salary, you will become part of a collaborative, intelligent and friendly team in an excellent working environment. We welcome and encourage any aspiring engineer who shares our fascination with construction, design and a wonder for how things work, and who looks at the world with curiosity and vision.

Our Business

Richter was founded to execute projects as efficiently as possible, to the maximum ethical standard. We deliver engineering works with a deep consideration for every conceivable aspect.

We’re continually developing ourselves – as engineers, as a company, and as individuals – to construct in a way that protects natural resources, and create true harmony with the world around us. We’re here to inspire our peers in the industry to be bolder and think bigger – and support younger generations to pursue a career in engineering.

Richter is an engineering design consultancy specialising in temporary works design and construction sequences. Our team of civil, structural and geotechnical engineers have a wealth of experience working on buildings, bridges, geotechnical, marine work, refurbishments, railways, infrastructure and demolition. There is no construction challenge we cannot accept.

We have an impressive portfolio of projects, and are known for taking on and delivering the complex projects that others cannot with a company culture that drives forward our success. We are a collaborative organisation that supports each other as individuals and as a firm to deliver the best possible solution to the project, thus maintaining our reputation for innovation and lateral thinking to ensure we provide the most economical and least wasteful solution to engineering schemes.

You cannot build the world without Richter – we build to improve the way we all live. We engineer value, together.

Richter is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we welcome all qualified applicants. You will receive fair and impartial consideration without regard to sex, race, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status, genetic data, or other legally protected status. We recognise that not all disabilities are visible and will make reasonable adjustments to cater for diverse applicants in the selection and assessment process.