senior payroll officer.

This exciting new senior payroll officer opportunity will focus on the end to end payroll processing of 1,200 + staff on a weekly and fortnightly basis.

You will work closely with the wider payroll team (5 people total) and report into an experienced payroll manager. This is a complex payroll working across 20+ awards so candidates who have worked in high volume, multi- award environments would be suited to this position.

You will be working across a range of systems including iChris & Employment Hero, experience with these systems are beneficial but not essential.

This is a 12 month fixed term contract position, full-time and based in St Leonards (close to public transport). Hybrid working is offered, 4 days in the office and 1 day from home. Salary on offer is $100,000 - $105,000 + super depending on experience.

Job responsibilities:

• Prepare and process end-to-end payroll on a weekly and fortnightly basis for over 1,200 employees across multiple entities/states.
• First point of contact for any payroll queries and resolves any issues in a timely manner.
• Ensure compliance with awards, fair work, ATO, etc.
• Interpret remuneration packages including allowances, bonuses, commissions, salary sacrifice and fringe benefits.
• Review payroll journals and reconciliations as well as prepare and lodge payroll tax, super and workcover reports.
• Maintain and update employee records on the iChris & Employment Hero payroll systems.

Candidate skills & experience

• Prior experience working in a senior payroll capacity will be beneficial e.g. 5+ years of end to end payroll processing.
• Ability to interest awards and must stay abreast of any changes.
• Experience working with complex payroll environments (e.g., multiple awards, shiftwork, penalties, overtime)
• Experience with iChris/Chirs21 and/or Employment Hero would be advantageous. Knowledge of Kronos would be a bonus.

If you are interested, please apply directly to the job posting or reach out to me via email or phone:

E: rachael.abbott@randstad.com.au
M: 0475 159 086

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