Payroll Consultant

Randstad is proud to be partnering with our client who is a highly established agricultural business with 200 years of history operating within Australia. Due to an internal promotion, they are seeking an experienced Payroll Officer or Senior Payroll Officer to join their tight-knit payroll team on a full-time and permanent basis.
What’s on offer?

• Competitive salary package on offer
• Hybrid working arrangements - 2 days WFH
• Full-time and permanent
• Brisbane inner suburbs location surrounded by many cafes and restaurants easy access to public transport options and street parking options
• Excellent team culture within the broader finance team and across the office - work with outgoing and social colleagues
• Work with a business that values their employees and promotes from within where possible

About the role:
Reporting into the Payroll Lead you will be responsible for full end-to-end payroll processing on a fortnightly and monthly basis for 500 employees. Your duties will include:

• Setting up new starters and processing terminations
• Sorting and organising payroll paperwork from various locations
• Accurate recording and maintenance of timesheets and leave entitlements
• Ensuring employees receive approved benefits and allowances
• Accurate recording and allocation of payroll costs
• Interpretation of awards and EBAs for timesheets
• Distribution of pay advices and reports to employees and locations
• Generating statistical information on costs, retention, transfers, etc.
• Managing taxes and associated payroll costs, meeting deadlines
• Handling superannuation processing and lodgment monthly
• Reconciling and transmitting EFT files to financial institutions
• Ensuring payroll operations meet company standards
• Maintaining personnel files and filing weekly
• Communication with personnel at all levels
• Updating HR Business Partners on payroll concerns and information

About you:
You are an experienced Payroll Officer or Senior Payroll Officer with a high level of attention to detail. In addition, you have:

• 5+ years of experience in a similar position
• Strong understanding of end-to-end processing including and payroll tax
• Experienced and comfortable with using with a system that requires some manual work
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Proficiency with Excel
• The ability to utilise critical thinking and problem solving
• Full and unlimited Australian working rights

This is a truly exciting opportunity that will not be available for long. To be considered for this position please hit ‘Apply’ or with any questions please get in touch for a strictly confidential discussion:
Allyce McAnally
Principal Consultant
0466 772 563
allyce.mcanally@randstad.com.au
Other opportunities?
Randstad is currently partnering with multiple organisations across a wide variety of industry sectors. If this position is not quite what you are looking for we encourage you to still submit an application or call us to learn more about other opportunities we may have available and not advertised.
At Randstad, we are passionate about providing equal employment opportunities and embracing diversity to the benefit of all. We actively encourage applications from any background.
Skills
Payroll
Education
Primary School/Junior High