Payroll Manager - Hobart, Australia - Australian Payroll Association

Australian Payroll Association
Australian Payroll Association
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Hobart, Australia

1 month ago

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Lead a team of - Chris employee fortnightly payroll

  • Values driven organisation deliver excellence in customer service


  • Lifestyle opportunity

  • Competitive salary + salary sacrifice + relocation costs


Join the largest care provider in Tasmania providing residential care, lifestyle villages and community services with 21 locations and 1100 employees.

They are passionate about people and their quality of life.

Located in Hobart, you will be reporting to the CFO and lead a team of 2 payroll officers. They use Chris21 and run pays fortnightly and it's a fairly complex payroll with 1 EBA.


Your responsibilities for this role will include:

  • Manage and provide hands on leadership to the payroll team in the delivery of effective and efficient payroll operations.
  • Manage and review the preparation, balancing and reconciliation of PAYE Tax & collaborate with the finance team to reconcile FBT, superannuation and payment summaries
  • Work in partnership with payroll and rostering software vendors to realise benefits delivered through the identification of process improvements
  • Supervise and coordinate activities of the payroll team, including the management of payroll workload to meet operational requirements
  • Ensure the payroll team demonstrate a strong customer service focus; responding to pay queries in a timely manner and possess the capability and expertise to achieve high quality service.
  • Prepare relevant fortnightly, monthly and yearend reports as well as management reports when requested based upon information within the payroll system
  • Monitor the accurate processing of staff appointments, transfers, promotions, changes to employment conditions and terminations
  • Develop, review and improve payroll policies and procedures
  • Ensure all payroll information and records are maintained in accordance with statutory requirements
  • Support all internal and external audits related to payroll
  • Implement exception reporting and audit schedules, to enable a proactive approach to errors and ensure payroll can anticipate and rectify errors before they occur
  • Monitor and implement up to date information on changes to payroll and tax legislation and relevant industrial instruments

To be considered in the role, your skills and experience will include:

  • Extensive knowledge of payroll and rostering software (preferably Chris21 and Optima systems) and MS Office (especially Excel)
  • Minimum of 3 years' experience in a similar end to end senior payroll role
  • Current knowledge of general payroll practices. procedures and operations and related legislation
  • Solid financial acumen with indepth knowledge and experience of payroll calculation and processing
  • Team management experience

What success looks like in the role:

  • Accurate and timely completion of payroll processes
  • Minimise the number of pay enquiries and adjustments
  • Ensure policies and procedures are up to date and complied with at all times
  • All staff behaviour congruent with organisational values, behaviours and goals

Whats on offer:
Competitive salary and salary sacrifice - Relocation package and accomodation assistance. Great for a lifestyle change. Part of a compassionate age care provider.
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