End-to-End Payroll & Reporting Specialist (Public Sector)

Victorian-Institute-of-Forensic-Medicine; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

EAP

Peer support programs

Annual influenza vaccination program

HCFS health insurance discount

Flexible work

Job summary

Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine (VIFM) seeks a Payroll & Reporting Officer to deliver end-to-end fortnightly payroll across the employee lifecycle. You will maintain records, generate workforce reports, resolve queries, and ensure compliance with enterprise agreements and legislation.

You will work with Chris21 and HR systems in a collaborative People & Culture team, improving processes and service quality across the organisation.

Qualifications

• Experience in end-to-end payroll processing within a complex, public sector or regulated environment.
• Strong knowledge of payroll legislation, superannuation, and industrial agreements or awards.
• Proficiency with payroll data analysis and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Deliver end-to-end fortnightly payroll processing: new starters, terminations, variations, higher duties, leave, allowances, deductions, salary packaging, timesheets and superannuation.
• Maintain accurate payroll and employee records, ensuring data integrity and audit readiness.
• Prepare and contribute to payroll and workforce reporting to support operational and compliance needs.
• Respond to payroll enquiries and investigate discrepancies; escalate when required.
• Administer WorkCover payments with relevant stakeholders.
• Ensure payroll activities comply with enterprise agreements, legislation, policies and procedures.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of payroll processes, systems and reporting practices.
• Collaborate across People & Culture to deliver high-quality service.

Skills

End-to-end payroll processing

Payroll legislation

Data literacy

Chris21

HR systems

Audit/data integrity

Customer service

Tools

Chris21

HR systems

Job description

Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine (VIFM) seeks a Payroll & Reporting Officer to deliver end-to-end fortnightly payroll across the employee lifecycle. You will maintain records, generate workforce reports, resolve queries, and ensure compliance with enterprise agreements and legislation.

You will work with Chris21 and HR systems in a collaborative People & Culture team, improving processes and service quality across the organisation.