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Position details
- Clerk Grade 5/6
- Full Time, Temporary up to 6 months
- Close to transport & hybrid work arrangements available
About the role
The Senior Payroll Advisor provides a broad range of operational and administrative support to the Payroll teams to enable efficient and effective service delivery of the fortnightly payroll to employees. This role is responsible for consulting with key stakeholders, conducting accurate and timely administrative and coordination activities, providing support for projects and process improvement initiatives, leveraging sounds knowledge of business priorities to ensure payroll solutions are fit for purpose and support the delivery of business operations, and running the payroll, ensuring payments are made in accordance with legislative requirements and timeframes.
On a day-to-day basis you will be responsible for:
- Providing the full range of payroll services including onboarding and offboarding of employees, updating changes to employee details, generation of the fortnightly payroll and reconciliation of payroll data on a fortnightly, monthly, and ad hoc basis,
- Responding to and resolving complex enquiries and issues, escalating to other team members including escalating to other team members if required to ensure the provision of accurate information and advice to the business and the timely and effective resolution of issues.
- Developing, implementing, and monitoring work systems, procedures and methods, and coordinate and manage records and databases, adapting processes and techniques as required, to facilitate efficient payroll operations and streamlined processes and ensure data is stored correctly in line with agency and legislative standards, policies and procedures
- Gathering and collate information for, and prepare documentation and reports on business unit performance, and make recommendations to improve efficiency, cost management and service delivery
Our ideal candidate will have the ability to manage competing priorities, a track record of delivering quality administrative outcomes and strong stakeholder management skills. You will also hold current knowledge of public sector payroll legislation, awards policies and processes.
Download the role description.
About us
At the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) we work with the NSW community to drive improvements in student achievement.
We achieve this by supporting all school sectors with high-quality syllabuses, assessment (including managing the HSC and NAPLAN), teaching standards (e.g., accrediting teachers) and school environments (including setting and monitoring school standards).
To find out more about the important work we do for NSW visit our website.
Ready to join us?
Select apply and attach an up-to-date résumé and a cover letter (maximum 2 pages). Also address the 2 targeted questions below in your online application:
Targeted Question 1
Please provide an example of when you have had to deal with competing deadlines and priorities while maintaining accuracy and confidentiality. What systems and methods do you use when managing workload? What was the result? (Maximum 300 words)
Targeted Question 2
Describe a time where you needed to quickly solve a new and/or challenging problem using your payroll knowledge to help a team member. What was the problem you needed to solve, How did you handle the situation and what was the outcome? (Maximum 300 words)
Advice on applying for NSW Public Sector roles
If you need reasonable adjustments for the recruitment process and workplace, please reach out to the contact person above.
Close date: Tuesday 25 June 2024 at 11.59pm AEST
Thank you for your interest, we look forward to receiving your application.
Important information
We particularly welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with a disability, people of all ages, genders, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, the LGBTQIA+ community, veterans and refugees.
Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. For ongoing roles, you must be an Australian or New Zealand citizen or an Australian Permanent Resident. Australian Temporary Residents may be considered for a fixed term contract for the length of their visa, depending on the requirements of the hiring area and the position.
A Talent Pool (valid for 18 months) may be created for future ongoing and temporary roles.
