Join a well-established Australian organisation and play a key role in delivering accurate, compliant and high-quality payroll services across the business. We are seeking an experienced Senior Payroll Officer to support payroll operations during a busy transformation period.
This is an excellent opportunity for a payroll professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment, enjoys working collaboratively, and has strong attention to detail.
About the Role
Reporting to the Payroll Manager, you will be responsible for end-to-end payroll processing and a broad range of payroll administration, reporting and reconciliation activities. You will also work closely with HR and Finance to support employee lifecycle activities and compliance obligations.
This is a 6 month contract offered as either full time (5 days per week) or part time (3 or 4 days per week) depending on your preference.
Key Responsibilities
- End-to-end payroll processing
- Payroll reconciliations, journals and reporting
- Workers compensation administration and audit coordination
- Processing terminations, redundancies and new starters
- Superannuation, payroll tax and employee deduction administration
- Monthly payroll accruals and general ledger reconciliations
- Payroll forecasting and variance analysis
- Employee leave and salary packaging administration
- Fleet administration support
- Processing employee expenses
- Responding to payroll queries and ad hoc reporting requests
Supporting HR administration and employee documentation
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About You
You are a detail-oriented payroll professional with strong technical capability and a proactive, team-focused approach.
To be successful, you will bring:
- Previous payroll experience in a medium to large organisation
- Experience using Empower/Micro-Pay payroll systems preferred
- Strong knowledge of payroll legislation and compliance requirements
- Advanced Excel skills including VLOOKUPs and Pivot Tables
- High levels of accuracy, confidentiality and attention to detail
- Strong organisational and time management skills
- The ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
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Agencies please note: this recruitment assignment is being managed directly by Blackmores Talent Acquisition team. We will reach out to our preferred agency partners if required. Your respect for this process is appreciated.
