Payroll Officer

Agrifutures; City of Brisbane; On-site; AUD 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Agrifutures is seeking a Payroll Officer to join a collaborative team in Brisbane. You will leverage strong payroll knowledge to ensure efficient end-to-end payroll processing and compliance with awards and EBAs.

You will work within a supportive payroll team, receiving guidance to become a long-term contributor to the business’s success. The role is suited to those at various stages of payroll careers who want to grow with the organisation.

Qualifications

• Strong payroll knowledge and skill set will be applied to end-to-end payroll processing.
• Excellent attention to detail is required to ensure accuracy across payroll data.
• Adaptive communication style to maintain professional, friendly interactions.
• Flexible work approach to meet changing demands of a fast-moving environment.

Responsibilities

• Accurate end-to-end payroll processing.
• Processing deductions and allowances including leave entitlements, terminations, redundancies, parental leave, and other adjustments.
• Providing Award and EBA interpretation and advice.
• Monitoring of data in the Time & Attendance system.
• Processing month-end and assisting with year-end requirements including superannuation and payroll tax requirements.
• Ad hoc payroll support as required by the National Payroll Manager.

Skills

Attention to detail

Payroll knowledge

Adaptable communication

Flexible work approach

Team player

Excel proficiency

Payroll software experience

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Payroll system

Job description

The Position

An opportunity has become available for a motivated and driven Payroll Officer to join a collaborative organisation. You will apply your strong payroll knowledge and skill set to ensure the successful and efficient management of the end to end payroll process.

This role provides you the opportunity to work in a thriving organisation who have strong employee tenure. Working in a collaborative payroll team, you will be supported and guided to ensure you are a long-term and successful member of the business.

Whether you are new-ish to payroll, or have a long career in payroll, please reach out to learn more.

Key Responsibilities

Reporting to the Payroll Manager, this position is an integral role in the payroll team and requires a highly organised and skilled professional who can work collaboratively and efficiently.

• Accurate end-to-end payroll processing;


• Processing deductions and allowances including leave entitlements, terminations, redundancies, parental leave, and other adjustments in line with statutory requirements;


• Providing Award and EBA interpretation and advice;


• Monitoring of data in the Time & Attendance system;


• Processing month-end and assisting with year-end requirements including superannuation and payroll tax requirements;


• Ad hoc payroll support as required by the National Payroll Manager.

Skills & Experience

As the suitable candidate for this position, you will be passionate about all things payroll. In addition, you will also:

• High attention to detail;


• Adaptive communication style to ensure an open, professional and friendly manner;


• Flexible work approach to meet the varying demands of an ever-changing and fast-moving environment;


• Positive and friendly work ethic;


• Strong team-player;


• High computer literacy in all Microsoft office applications (particularly Excel) and experience using a large payroll system.