AddressOur client is seeking a dedicated and experienced Payroll Officer to join their People & Culture team. This role offers the opportunity to utilise your skills in a supportive, inclusive environment where you will be responsible for maintaining accurate data in HR Management Systems and ensuring compliance with relevant awards/agreements. You'll have the chance to work closely with all team members, operational managers, and leaders, building effective professional relationships along the way. This position is perfect for someone who thrives in a collaborative setting and is committed to delivering high-quality service.
- Opportunity to work within a supportive and inclusive People & Culture team
- Role involves maintaining accurate data in HR Management Systems
- Chance to build effective professional relationships with various stakeholders
What you'll do:
As a Payroll Officer, you will play an integral role within the People & Culture team. Your primary responsibility will be maintaining accurate data in HR Management Systems, ensuring compliance with relevant awards/agreements. You will also be tasked with applying payroll conditions, benefits, policies, and procedures while providing support to managers and staff. Your ability to generate creative solutions will be crucial as you assist your team members across different teams. Additionally, you will initiate new starter onboarding programs, generate payroll reports, and maintain confidentiality at all times.
- Interpret and ensure compliance with relevant awards/agreements ensuring the payroll conditions and benefits are accurate
- Apply payroll conditions and benefits, policies and procedures and provide support to managers and staff with any queries in a timely manner
- Assist the Payroll Team Leader with the end of month, end of FBT year and end of financial year tasks
- Ensure accurate and timely process of fortnightly wages/salaries
- Review and administer changes in employment conditions providing letters or contracts outlining the changes in accordance with relevant awards/agreements
- Generate creative solutions to address problems and commits to follow through
- Assist team members and work across other teams to assist in the delivery of services to meet organisation and team goals
- Initiate new starter Onboarding program and support with any queries
- Generate payroll and statistical reports to provide relevant information to management
What you bring:
The ideal candidate for the Payroll Officer role will bring a wealth of experience, having spent at least 3 years in a similar position. You will have demonstrated end-to-end payroll experience within a medium to large organisation, showcasing your problem-solving abilities and technical expertise. Your experience with payroll software systems and Microsoft products will be essential in this role, as well as your understanding of industrial awards, agreements, and employment conditions. Your ability to provide high-level customer service, manage your time effectively, and build excellent relationships will set you apart.
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in a similar role
- Demonstrated end-to-end payroll experience working within a medium to large organisation
- Good problem-solving abilities and technical expertise
- Experience working with payroll software systems and Microsoft products
- Sound working knowledge and understanding of industrial awards, agreements, and employment conditions
- Demonstrated experience in providing high level of customer service to management and staff
- High degree of initiative, flexibility, time management and organisational skills
- Ability to work with minimal supervision in a pressured environment with competing demands
- Excellent relationship building skills to address and respond to internal and external requests
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples are encouraged to apply.
To apply please click apply or call Patrick Teixeira Dutra on 08 8216 35***for a confidential discussion.
