Payroll Officer

Sharp & Carter; City of Brisbane; On-site; AUD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Sharp & Carter is seeking a Payroll Officer to join our collaborative team in Brisbane. You will manage end-to-end payroll processes, ensure accuracy, and provide timely support on deductions, entitlements and compliance.

We value strong Excel skills, attention to detail and a proactive, team-oriented mindset. This role offers stability within a respected firm and opportunities for professional growth in a busy payroll environment.

Qualifications

• End-to-end payroll knowledge and experience.
• Attention to detail is essential.
• Team player with collaborative mindset.

Responsibilities

• Accurate end-to-end payroll processing.
• Deductions and allowances including leave entitlements, terminations, redundancies, parental leave, and adjustments per statutory rules.
• Provide Award and EBA interpretation and advice.
• Monitor data in Time & Attendance system.
• Process month-end and assist with year-end requirements including superannuation and payroll tax.
• Ad hoc payroll support as required by the National Payroll Manager.

Skills

Attention to detail

Adaptive communication

Flexible work approach

Positive and friendly

Strong team-player

Excel proficiency

Tools

Payroll software

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. Your key responsibilities will include, however are not limited to:

• 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.