AddressSenior Payroll Officer
REF: WesCEF582846
- Join WesCEF as a Senior Payroll Officer and develop your leadership skills while sharing your payroll knowledge.
- You'll play a key role in ensuring high quality payroll delivery across our diverse portfolio of businesses.
- Permanent - Full Time, based in Murdoch.
About WesCEF
Wesfarmers Chemicals, Energy & Fertilisers (WesCEF) is a division of Wesfarmers that harnesses the potential of essential chemicals, minerals, energy and fertilisers through the ingenuity and commitment of our exceptional people.
Our businesses operate across domestic, national and international markets and our products and services are essential in driving growth and transformation across vital industries.
Our award-winning Decarbonisation Journey is a source of pride for our 1500 team members whose focus on sustainable solutions to complex challenges is matched by their unwavering commitment to safety.
Join us. Together we can harness potential to create a prosperous future.
The Opportunity
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Senior Payroll Officer to join our collaborative payroll team and play a key role in the end to end payroll process. You will work closely with the Payroll Manager to assist in leading the efficient operation of the payroll team.
You will provide coaching, advice, and support to our Payroll Officers on various payroll and systems matters, whilst supporting internal and external stakeholders. You will lead regular payroll reporting, and streamlining systems and process, by ensuring payroll compliance with our modern awards and Enterprise Agreements and all other legal statutory obligations.
Together with the broader HR team you will support best practice business processes and play an integral role in delivering our vision of 'Connecting People to Business Success.' This is a role where your excellence in customer service, and ability to explain and apply policies and procedures whilst displaying tact, diplomacy and assertiveness will be key to success.
While this role is initially based in Murdoch, please note that our Murdoch office will be relocating to Perth CBD in late 2025.
Your key responsibilities will include:
- Processing weekly and monthly payrolls accurately and on time.
- Prepare, balance and reconcile payroll tax, PAYG, super and other deductions.
- Responding to customer queries and providing efficient and accurate expert advice.
- Seeking improvement opportunities in payroll processes and efficiency of systems.
- Maintaining the HR / Payroll systems databases to ensure data integrity.
- Ensuring compliance with relevant legislation and statutory reporting requirements.
- Involvement in annual remuneration tasks, system upgrades and ad hoc project work as required.
- Seek to continuously improve the efficiency of the payroll function across our processes, systems and practice.
About You
You thrive in a busy payroll environment and are adept in managing regular deadlines. You are proud to contribute your end to end payroll experience with a high level of attention to detail and accuracy. In addition you possess:
- Demonstrated experience using Chris21 system - mandatory.
- Advanced knowledge of relevant employment and statutory legislation (for example, award interpretation, withholding tax, payroll tax, PAYG).
- Strong problem solving skills.
- Ability to work well under pressure whilst providing high level support to the team.
- Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
- Excellent customer service and strong communication skills.
We value our employees by offering:
- Competitive remuneration with allocation of Wesfarmers shares and participation in our annual incentive plan.
- Employer parental leave payment up to 18 weeks.
- Ongoing professional development and career opportunities across our diverse businesses and the Wesfarmers Group.
- Salary sacrifice opportunities, including novated lease vehicle packaging.
- Access to employee benefits across Wesfarmers including staff discounts at Bunnings, Kleenheat, Kmart, Target and Officeworks and Wesfarmers Arts sponsored events.
Why WesCEF
We are committed to building an engaged and talented workforce that is representative of the people who live in the communities where we operate. Fostering an environment where diversity of thinking, skills and experiences are embraced, delivering innovation and better business results. We welcome and encourage people from diverse backgrounds and particularly, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to apply.
We're proud of how we develop and support our team, including offering flexible working hours. Therefore, when you apply, please let us know if you are seeking flexibility.
WesCEF operates across multiple locations, with our two major hubs being in Kwinana and Murdoch. We're excited to share that our Murdoch office will be relocating to Perth CBD in late 2025.
Applications close: 5pm AWST Sunday 14th April 2024.
Our recruitment process considers your alignment to our company values and the requirements of the role. We also have several checks which may be conducted to demonstrate your suitability for the role including but not limited to psychometric assessment, police checks, medical, drug and alcohol testing, right to work check, qualifications, due diligence and/or reference checks.
We reserve the right to commence the recruitment process prior to the closing date. Therefore, It is recommended to apply as soon as possible.
Agency applications will not be accepted.
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