Payroll Officer

healthAbility

City of Melbourne

On-site

AUD 70,000 - 80,000

Part time

14 days+

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Job summary

A community health organization in the Melbourne area is seeking an experienced Payroll Officer for a part-time position to join their dedicated multidisciplinary team. Responsibilities include processing payroll, handling queries, and managing compliance with employment agreements. The ideal candidate will have over three years of payroll experience and strong MS Office skills. This organization values employee wellbeing and offers a supportive work culture.

Qualifications

3+ years' experience in processing end to end payroll.
Ability to accurately interpret enterprise agreements and awards.
Experience in month-end activities and payroll reconciliations.

Responsibilities

Process end to end payroll and ensure compliance.
Data entry for timesheets and leave requests.
Handle payroll queries and manage email inbox.

Skills

End to end payroll processing

Interpreting enterprise agreements

Data entry

Customer service focus

MS Office proficiency

Organizational skills

Tools

Chris21 or similar payroll system

Business Central Finance system

Job description

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healthAbility, as the name suggests, plays a unique and valuable role in the health system. We work to address the root causes of vulnerability, prevent disease and promote lifelong health outcomes, empowering people in our community to live their best life.

Our role is also supporting people to self-manage long-term health conditions, such as diabetes and mental health challenges, with multidisciplinary teams delivering community-based programs in a comfortable setting. We also support people, including older people and people with disability, to stay living at home longer and to live well in their community.

Our broad range of primary health services, care management and in home and community support services can be tailored to an individual’s needs and with major hubs in Box Hill and Eltham, these services can be delivered locally, in the Eastern and North Eastern suburbs of Melbourne.

Why work with us?

Although our clients are at the heart of what we do and we strive to positively impact our communities and those who need it most, the wellbeing of our employees is just as important.

When joining healthAbility’s supportive, kind, caring and ethical culture, you are welcomed by multi-disciplinary teams passionate about the health and wellbeing of clients and communities, from prevention through to specialist care, and passionate about continually learning and building on their areas of expertise. We embrace this passion and are values driven, offering careers with meaning and environments that are flexible, evolving, creative and connected.

healthAbility is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We promote a workplace that actively seeks to include, welcome and value unique contributions of all people. This means we encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, people with disabilities, LGBTIQ+ and from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply for this job, with age being no barrier.

The Opportunity

We are looking for a Payroll Officer to join our supportive and professional multidisciplinary teams in a flexible part time (0.8FTE) capacity.

Responsibilities

Processing end to end payroll.
Successful delivery of all payroll activities in a reliable, timely and efficient manner and ensure compliance with relevant award determinations and/or Enterprise Agreements.
Data Entry of timesheets, leave requests, additional hours for staff who don’t have access to Kiosk.
Onboarding new employees into the system and entering variations to employment records.
Interpret enterprise agreements (EA’s), awards, and employment contracts correctly.
Answering and resolving payroll queries across the organisation and managing payroll email inbox.
Provide accurate information to staff and management and respond to queries relating to all payroll matters proficiently.
Demonstrate a strong customer focus in all dealings with internal and external customers.
Processing of end of month reports, uploading of journals to Business Central Finance system, balancing of PAYG tax, processing of Annual leave and long service leave provisions, closing and clearing monthly balances.

Desires Skills and Experience

Demonstrate 3+ years’ experience in processing end to end payroll using Chris21 or similar payroll system.
Able to understand and interpret enterprise agreements (EA’s), awards, and employment contracts correctly.
Outline your experience in end of month activities such as uploading payroll journals, running leave provisions, Processing Superannuation and other month end tasks.
Ability to identify discrepancies, analyse and provide solutions to reconcile accounts and Experience in calculating back pays and answering complex queries such as employees leave entitlements.
Proficient computer skills in MS Office applications (Word and Excel), and high level of computer literacy and expert knowledge of Payroll/HRIS.
Excellent organisational skills including the ability to determine priorities, meet regular deadlines and take follow-up action.

Please apply here by submitting a cover letter addressing the key selection criteria with your CV. Thank you for your time and interest and please note, only shortlisted applicants will be contacted directly.

Any enquiries can be made to Rakesh Chidura at rakesh.chidura@healthability.org.au

Please note: healthAbility will be closed for its annual shutdown from 24 December 2025 to 4 January 2026 (inclusive). Applications received during this period will be reviewed starting 5 January 2026.

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