Senior Payroll Officer

• Permanent Full-time position
• Unique opportunity, based in the riverside precinct at the iconic Adelaide Festival Centre
• Base Salary $78,324 plus superannuation 

About the Adelaide Festival Centre 

About Adelaide Festival Centre

Established in 1973, Adelaide Festival Centre is South Australia’s principal performing arts venue and a leading Asia Pacific cultural centre. Adelaide Festival Centre produces a bold, exciting and extensive program of festivals, events and performances all year round, to inspire educate and entertain audiences from a variety of ages and cultures. 

Adelaide Festival Centre prides itself on providing support and development and maintaining a positive work environment for all employees.  As the home of performing arts in South Australia, we aim to uphold exceptional customer service to external organisations and patrons. 

Adelaide Festival Centre operates four theatres in the Adelaide CBD – the Festival Theatre, Dunstan Playhouse, Space Theatre and the newly redeveloped Her Majesty’s Theatre. 

About the vacancy 

Working within the Finance and Business Improvement Team, the Senior Payroll Officer works autonomously to provide an end-to-end payroll service including administering and maintaining the Adelaide Festival Centre payroll system and ensuring staff are paid on time and correctly, inclusive overtime and penalties in accordance with the relevant industrial instruments.

The Senior Payroll Officer processes superannuation, PAYG, payroll tax and deductions, and is responsible for maintaining compliance with all other statutory and legislative reporting requirements.

Responsibilities

• Act as the payroll system subject matter expert for Adelaide Festival Centre.
• Develop and maintain currency of knowledge in the areas of best practice payroll, superannuation, salary packaging and entitlements and penalties administration, public sector policy and legislation and imparting key changes quickly and effectively to key stakeholders as appropriate.
• Manage and administer the payroll and time and attendance systems including new staff, terminations, staff changes and changes to employment conditions.
• Process the fortnightly payroll accurately and on time including following up exceptions with relevant managers.
• Process payment through the bank.
• Maintain the integrity of the payroll system and associated processes through accurate and complete administrative and payroll processes, data entry, record keeping and document management.

Competencies and Skills

• Sound understanding of the functionality of the payroll system with particular understanding of Sage Micropay an advantage.
• Sound interpersonal skills, including the ability to communicate, both written and verbally, listen and assess the needs of customers and liaise with a wide range of people, both internal and external to the organisation.
• Excellent literacy and numeracy skills.
• Sound understanding of legislative requirements impacting on payroll processes (e.g., payroll tax, superannuation, income tax).

Benefits and Culture

Adelaide Festival Centre offers a range of benefits to its employees including salary packaging and staff price tickets to shows, festivals and productions.

Adelaide Festival Centre is located on Kaurna Yarta. We respect First Nations people around Australia and acknowledge the Kaurna people as the traditional custodians of the Adelaide Plains. We honour their spiritual relationship with their country, and we do so in the spirit of reconciliation. Adelaide Festival Centre is committed to being an inclusive, supportive workplace and an employer of choice for First Nations people. Adelaide Festival Centre has recently had its ambitious Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan approved by Reconciliation Australia.

Adelaide Festival Centre is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. First Nations people and people with disability are strongly encouraged to apply.

The public sector is diverse and desires to increase in diversity and to create opportunities for more South Australians.

The South Australian public sector supports flexible ways of working including part-time working arrangements wherever reasonably possible. 

If you believe this job is suited to you, don’t miss this opportunity to apply.

Applications

All applications will be treated in strict confidence and must include a cover letter stating your potential contribution to this role, the relevant skills and experience you can offer Adelaide Festival Centre, together with a current resume identifying relevant career, personal and educational achievements.

For more information about Adelaide Festival Centre and a copy of the position description, please visit the ‘employment page’ on our website: www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au. Enquires can be directed to Abhishek Shaw, Manager, Finance and Business Improvement at *************@adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au

Please submit all applications via SEEK by 4:00pm Friday 19 January 2024.