Payroll Officer - Melbourne, Australia - Australia Wide Engineering Recruitment

Description

Global payroll team - great culture

• Hybrid - WFH/Kilsyth Office
• Monday to Friday - 38 hour week
• $115K plus super
• Immediate start
• ADP experience highly regarded

The Company:
Working towards a brighter future and whose daily actions consider what is important to their people, their customers and our planet.

The Role:
Reporting to the Global Payroll Manager you will be involved in payroll processing activities for specific payroll groups including the preparation, processing and balancing of payroll.

Responsibilities:

• Supporting payroll processing activities utilizing internal or external payroll technologies
• Administering and reviewing allowances and withholdings, taxes and other income and deductions
• Ensuring payroll is prepared according to internal processes and payments are calculated and paid accurately and timely
• Ensuring proper taxes and other deductions are withheld
• Reviewing the issuance of checks and preparing off-cycle or replacement checks
• Maintaining payroll system information
• Reviewing information prepared for general ledger entries and other accounting and financial reporting activities associated with payroll
• Leading the review and preparation of data necessary for the filing of payroll-related tax returns
• Ensuring generation of year-end reports
• Serving internal and external resources on payroll-related inquiries
• Leading continuous improvement projects and initiatives
• Supporting the development and maintenance of payroll process documentation
• Ensuring compliance with internal controls on payroll systems and compliance with tax and other payroll-related legislation

Skills/Qualifications

• Understanding of local legislation and statutory payments in Australia; the ability to learn the following countries: China, South Korea, Japan, India, Singapore
• Administering Time & Attendance
• Complete appropriate SOX reconciliations and maintain records for audit purposes
• English language skills, written and spoken
• Good Excel and Word skills (ability to produce pivot tables etc.)
• Ability to work to tight deadlines and work within a team
• Experience with ADP Celergo Payroll System is a plus
• Payroll or strong HR or Finance

NOTE: A medical will be required before commencement.

You must be either an Australian Citizen or a holder of an Australian Permanent Residency Visa to be eligible to apply for this position.