We are seeking someone with an eye for detail and excellent numeric ability to compile our payroll each week and assist with various aspects of our operational administration.
We’re Pulhams — a long-established, family-focused bus and coach operator based in Bourton-on-the-Water in the heart of the Cotswolds. With a heritage dating back to 1880, we’re proud to be a business that has grown for more than 140 years while still keeping a warm, community-driven feel.
We recently became part of the Oxford Bus Company within the Go-Ahead Group, which is helping us invest in our people, our fleet, and the future of our services. Today, we operate 160 buses and coaches from multiple sites, across a wide variety of work, including local bus routes, home-to-school services, private hire, educational trips, and UK and European tours.
It’s an exciting time to join us. We’re expanding, modernising, and developing new services while staying true to the family values that have shaped who we are. Joining Pulhams means becoming part of a friendly, ambitious team that takes pride in serving our communities and delivering a first-class travel experience.
- Prepare accurate data on a weekly basis for weekly paid employees, in a timely manner.
- Analyse and compare employee hours claimed through the clocking in and out system to hours scheduled by the allocations team, raising any anomalies for review before submission to payroll.
- Prepare accurate data within the required timescales for monthly payroll.
- Work closely with the HR department on areas including colleague absence, notification of starters / leavers, contract changes etc.
- Order uniform, as directed and manage distribution to colleagues in line with guidelines.
- Manage any issues with cash and change machines.
- Manage driver shorts & overs, by comparing takings to cash paid in.
- Organise the ‘SecurityPlus’ cash collection as required.
- Complete other administration tasks as necessary.
- Operate in line with the Company vision and values and encourage others to do the same.
This is a role which demands accuracy and detail, working as part of a busy team based in Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire. The successful applicant will need to be able to communicate confidently and collaboratively with colleagues, including those who have to face-to-face payroll queries, as well as email and phone queries.
If you wish to find out more or apply (with a CV), please email Jake Edwards (Recruitment Partner) at jake.edwards@oxfordbus.co.uk
Closing date for applications: 1st May 2026.