People & Payroll Analyst (12 month maternity cover)

** Open to internal M Group employees only **

Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career; with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive. 

Where will you be working?

At M Group Energy, we’re enabling the energy essential to support our lives.

We provide an end-to-end service, delivering solutions in electricity transmission, distribution, renewable energy, EV, metering and home decarbonisation.

This role will be within our Metering team, you’ll join the leading provider of metering services in the UK energy retail sector, we provide efficient and flexible services for gas, electricity and water meters.

Our meter readers install, maintain and manage meters to make sure customers are billed correctly and energy usage patterns are monitored.

Want to come and be a part of it?

What will you be doing?

You’ll be reporting to the Senior People Analyst and will manage the weekly and monthly payroll set up to build up an accurate and clear picture of employee gross pay. 

Your key responsibilities will involve carrying out day to day people & payroll tasks including collating timesheets from different areas of the business and creating files for all absence types, processing absence data, supporting management of joiner, mover & leaver processes. You’ll be liaising with key stake holders across the business, improve processes to streamline daily procedures and contribute to key people change initiatives. 

Prioritisation and time management skills are crucial due to the nature of the role, you will regularly be required to accurately process payroll data within an agreed timescale.

What you’ll bring

• You’ll be proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• You’ll be familiar with complex excel functions 
• You’ll be comfortable in handling large volumes of data in a fast-paced environment 
• We’ll want you to have exceptional organisational skills with attention to detail
• You’ll have Interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and written) 
• We’ll need you to have time management skills with the ability to shift priorities when needed 
• You’ll have the ability to handle confidential information
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills 

Desirable 

• Payroll knowledge 
• HR knowledge 
• Advance excel qualification

What’s in it for you?

We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include;

• Matched or contributory pension scheme 
• Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year   
• Employee assistance programme  
• My Rewards portal, access to 1000’s of retail discounts  
• Life assurance 
• Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes 
• Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave  
• Reward and recognition scheme 

In addition, this role offers;

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays