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Join the renewable energy revolution as a Payroll and Benefits Specialist at Field, and propel your career while powering a greener grid
Overview
Salary
£52000 - £65000
Location
Field, Fora Montacute Yards
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98% Remote- UK
Expires
Expires at anytime
Organisation summary:
Field is at the forefront of renewable energy infrastructure, focusing on battery storage to enhance grid reliability and sustainability. With a clear vision to be the leading clean energy entity in Europe, Field is expanding its horizons and invites you to be part of a dynamic team working towards a net-zero future. This is a unique chance to contribute to a company that values innovation and is dedicated to making a positive environmental impact now, not in the distant future.
- Role Summary:
- Manage efficient payroll services across three countries, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
- Oversee benefits benchmarking and management to maintain competitive offerings.
- Coordinate continuous salary benchmarking for all core teams.
- Lead process improvement and project delivery, with a focus on automation and data management.
- Role Requirements:
- Proven efficiency and exceptional attention to detail in previous work.
- Ability to handle multiple projects and operational tasks simultaneously.
- Resourcefulness and resilience in gathering necessary information.
- Independent worker with self-motivation and excellent communication skills.
- Experience in payroll or benefits across multiple countries is highly advantageous.
- Strong Excel skills and experience in conducting tailored benefits reviews.
- Broad understanding of salary benchmarking and international employment norms.
Benefits:
Salary range of £52,000 - £65,000, an Employee Share Scheme, enhanced parental leave, up to 10% company-wide bonus, hybrid working, Nest pension, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, a generous annual learning & development budget, a 'work from anywhere in the world' policy for one month per year, mental health support through Spill, green leave, office space in Shoreditch, London, dog-friendly office, weekly team lunch, regular socials, birthday carbon offset, and more benefits to come.
Payroll and Benefits Specialist
Department: Strategy & Operations
Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: UK - London
Compensation: £52,000 - £65,000 / year
Description
A bit about Field
At Field, we’re accelerating the build out of renewable energy infrastructure to reach net zero. We are starting with battery storage, storing up energy for when it’s needed most to create a more reliable, flexible and greener grid. At Field, we will show that batteries are a totally viable part of our energy infrastructure - now, not in some distant future.
We have ambitious plans to become the defining new clean energy player in Europe over the next few years, gradually expanding beyond batteries into new asset types.
Your mission
This is a new role, created to help ensure our focus on employee engagement, retention and reward is maintained as we grow. Joining a small but mighty People team, you’ll be our reward guru and a go-to person for all things pay and benefits related. This role would suit someone keen to build on their previous payroll experience by gaining broader exposure to a wider reward-based remit.
Key Responsibilities
Payroll management: coordinate the delivery of an efficient payroll service across three countries, including:
- working with external partners in Italy and Spain and internal colleagues in the UK, ensuring accurate and timeline information is provided within agreed timeframes each month
- collating the relevant documents and records to ensure all payroll changes are fully documented and the data transfer between partners is controlled
- checking the data output from all three payroll processes, ensuring any variances or discrepancies are identified, and explained or corrected
- handling all payroll related employee communications, including internal announcements, process changes and ad hoc query resolution
- working closely with peers in the Finance team to ensure full and accurate records are maintained to facilitate timely in-country reporting and legislative compliance
Benefits benchmarking + management: monitor the effectiveness of current benefits offerings, ensuring we remain competitive and broadly comparable in each country:
- completing benchmarking exercises in each geography in order to build a comprehensive understanding for market norms, legal minimums and candidate expectations
- making fully costed recommendations to senior leadership for consideration and approval
- sourcing suitable external partners to help us deliver effective, efficient and engaging benefits for all employees
- administering the employee share scheme, including creating and issuing subscription agreements, maintaining employee files and central records
Salary benchmarking: coordinate the delivery of a continuous cycle of salary benchmarking across all core teams and countries, including:
- working with the recruitment team to monitor and collate relevant candidate data, including salary levels, expectations, talent pool size, arising trends, etc
- gathering and collating salary data from external sources, including recruitment partners, white papers, competitors, etc
- sourcing and participating in relevant external compensation surveys, including the collation and submission of our employee data within required timeframes
Process improvement and project delivery: our processes are homegrown and we know there’s tons of room for optimisation, including automation and data management compliance. Some of things you’ll be getting involved with and leading on include:
- assessing our payroll management model and making a recommendation on when / whether this should be wholly outsourced and on what basis (global / local)
- completing a thorough market evaluation of external payroll partners, ensuring the application of rigorous selection criteria to identify the right partner for us
- managing the transition between partners when changes are made, ensuring absolutely continuity of service and accuracy of data provision throughout
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
A bit about you
- You have exceptional attention to detail and take proactive steps to ensure the accuracy of all your work output
- You pride yourself on working efficiently, with a raft of examples up your sleeve which show how you’ve increased your impact over the last few years
- You’re a plate-spinner - you like being involved in multiple projects at once and get a buzz from juggling a few different operational tasks in tandem
- You’re resourceful and resilient - not all the information you need is going to be at your fingertips, so you’ll need to enjoy the thrill of the hunt as you gather what you need
- You like variety - this isn’t an easy role, so you’ll need to be someone who thrives on challenge, likes to be always learning and isn’t afraid of a broad role remit
- You’re an independent worker who knows how to self-motivate to meet exacting deadlines
- You’re a clear communicator with an ability to wield the power of storytelling to influence others towards collaborative decisions
- You’ve done at least half of what this role entails before - you could come from either a payroll or benefits background across multiple countries, or just have experience in one country but with a generalist remit
The skills you’ll need
- strong excel skills with the ability the process large datasets with appropriate data accuracy controls
- previous experience conducting tailored benefits reviews, with the proven ability to conduct ROI assessments and make compelling commercial cases
- broad understanding of salary benchmarking best-practice, and frameworks that support niche / emerging industries
- exposure to and knowledge of international employment norms, benefits administration and / or payrollprocessing would be a huge advantage
Benefits
Salary: £52,000 - £65,000
Plus an Employee Share Scheme which offers generous financial rewards for your contribution to our continued growth and success
Other benefits include
- Enhanced parental leave, for all new parents:
- 6 months fully paid primary carer leave
- 3 months fully paid secondary carer leave
- 10 days fully paid leave for fertility treatment
- Up to 10% company wide bonus based on company performance
- Hybrid working (blend of home and office working to suit individual needs)
- Nest pension (8% combined contributions) on qualifying earnings
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays
- £2,000 annual learning & development budget to spend on whatever best supports your growth
- 1 month a year ‘work from anywhere in the world’ policy
- Spill: our mental health benefit allowing every Fielder access to equal and unrestricted therapy and resources
- Green leave: paid time off to do something good for the environment
- Fun co-working office space in Shoreditch, London
- Dog friendly office (with some regular furry friends already in the team)
- Free team lunch once a week
- Regular team socials
- Birthday carbon offset: a gift from Field to the world to celebrate your birthday
- & many more on the way!
