Salary £26,707.00 At the University of Hull, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world's talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in the University of Hull workplace. This includes people from global minority backgrounds; people who have a declared disability; LGBTQI+ people; and women particularly for our Grade 9 and 10 roles. Excited to grow your career? We value our talented employees, and whenever possible strive to help colleagues to grow and progress in their future careers. We recognise that our people are our biggest asset. We hope you’ll be as excited as we are by what lies ahead. Let's continue our journey. With great on-site facilities and numerous awards in recognition of our achievements within the Professional Services World, we want to continue growing and nurturing our existing staff as we endeavour to take on our next challenges as a University. This job description is currently not available to view while we review and update content on Workday. If you need access to the current version, please submit a request to the People Services Team through the Support Portal. If you need to discuss the job description due to updates to the role or for recruitment purposes, please make this clear on your request and a member of the team will be in touch. Thank you for your patience during this update The Role: Finance Assistant (Payroll & Pensions) About: The Finance Directorate has an opportunity for a Finance assistant to join our Payroll and Pension team. The post holder should have experience of working within the payroll environment and preferably an understanding of pension administration. Working to tight deadlines the post holder will also need to be agile and support their colleagues as required. The University is now operating in a new Finance, Payroll and HR System (Workday), System knowledge of workday and service now would be advantageous but not essential as training will be provided. As a small team we work closely with colleagues in other departments and external providers such as the pension schemes. Duties: · Assist in processing the payroll (gross to net) in an accurate and timely manner · Assist in the maintenance of master data of employees and contracts held within the payroll and pension environments · Assist in the maintenance of employee data such as NI, tax records and bank details · Assist the payroll and pension manager with interfaces relating to other systems both internal and external · Complete all paperwork, both manually and online, for new starters, leavers and amendments · Access and interpret information from the University HR and Payroll system This post is offered on the University of Hull pay Band 4 - UO16 to UO19 - £26,707 to £28,778 per annum. The post is offered at full time (36.5 hours) continuing. Please note the post will close at 00:01am on Monday 5th January 2026. To avoid disappointment, please ensure that your CV and cover letter are uploaded before this time. For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Krista Harrison, Pension and Payroll Manager, krista.l.harrison@hull.ac.uk If you would like to be part of our future or have any queries, then please get in touch today - Talent@Hull.ac.uk If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us! Introduce yourself to our recruiters and we'll get in touch if there's a role that seems like a good match Our Work Experience is the combination of everything that's unique about us: our culture, our core values, our company meetings, our commitment to sustainability, our recognition programs, but most importantly, it's our people. Our employees are self-disciplined, hard working, curious, trustworthy, humble, and truthful. They make choices according to what is best for the team, they live for opportunities to collaborate and make a difference, and they make us the #1 Top Workplace in the area.