Payroll Administrator| Silverwater | Full Time

The Company 

Southern Cross Protection (SXP) is a national security company, engaging thousands of security officers, servicing our clients throughout Australia. We provide intelligence-based solutions based on risk minimization strategies that are executed with precision to over 4000 clients nationwide.  We exist to protect our client’s, their people and assets! 

The Role 

We have a Payroll Administor position based in our Silverwater office reporting into the Head of People & Culture and working across Monday to Friday. This role will see you responsible for ensuring employees are pain in line with the businesses timeframes and supporting both the People & Culture and Operational Support Teams. 

The Tasks  

• Actioning of all direct staff terminations submitted by managers 
• Pay adjustments are implemented including corrections, bonuses, incentives, backpay and manual leave adjustments.
• Managing payroll enquiries within 24 hours or prior to next payroll adjustment deadline.
• Fortnightly payroll processing and closing the period, ensuring all files for payroll are correct and sent within designated time frames.
• Review and processing of all motor vehicle allowances, overpayments, annual leave cash outs or dedications including issuing letters for overpayments and sending through to for processing.
• Clearing timesheet and leave exceptions via WFS daily to ensure minimal disruption to payroll processing.
• Completing leave reviews to ensure accruals are accurate 
• Pay period close reporting on head count, pay adjustments, hours worked and other items within payroll.
• Actioning employee change requests with regards to bank accounts, superannuation changes, tax changes and or pay slip enquiries.
• Adherence to all statutory requirements.
• Assisting with Audits as required.

The Successful Candidate  

• Demonstrated prior experience in payroll preparation activity 
• Understanding of current Australian Payroll legislation
• Ability to work under pressure of time contraints and ability to prioritise payroll queries
• Proven experience with WorkForce (WFS) and Xemplo (HRIS) desirable
• Strong analytical and problem solving experience

The successful candidate will be part of an outstanding work environment in a Company who invests in their people, training and development with a focus on diversity and internal promotion.