Payroll Officer

Appreciating Talent; Sydney; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Appreciating Talent is seeking a payroll professional to manage end-to-end payroll for Australia and New Zealand. You will handle employee master data, salary payments and deductions with a strong eye for accuracy and deadlines.

Ideal candidates have 2–3 years of payroll experience, knowledge of Australian payroll rules, taxation and superannuation. MYOB experience is a plus, and you will contribute to month-end reconciliations and internal controls.

Qualifications

• 2–3 years' experience in end-to-end payroll for AU/NZ
• Experience with MYOB is a bonus
• Strong knowledge of payroll legislation, taxation, superannuation and statutory reporting requirements
• Experience with reconciliations and month-end processes

Responsibilities

• Maintain payroll systems, employee master data and payroll records.
• Manage end-to-end monthly payroll for Australia and New Zealand.
• Process salaries, allowances, bonuses, deductions and payroll adjustments.
• Handle new starters, terminations, redundancies and leave payments.
• Maintain accurate leave balances and accruals.
• Implement salary adjustments and bonus payments.
• Maintain payroll coding and general ledger allocations.
• Manage salary packaging and novated lease deductions.
• Reconcile payroll-related GL accounts and statutory liabilities.
• Support payroll-related month-end journals and close processes.
• Prepare monthly payroll reconciliations, including wages, PAYG withholding, superannuation, payroll tax and leave provisions.
• Maintain appropriate internal controls across payroll processing and approvals.

Skills

Payroll processing

Attention to detail

Confidentiality

Month-end processes

Taxation knowledge

Superannuation

GL coding

Lodgement deadlines

Tools

MYOB

Job description

The Company:
A leading actuarial consulting and strategic analytics firm operating across Australia and New Zealand, with a strong reputation for industry expertise, innovation and excellence. The business has received multiple industry awards and is widely recognised for its contribution to the insurance sector.

The Role:

• Maintain payroll systems, employee master data and payroll records.
• Manage the end-to-end monthly payroll for Australia and New Zealand.
• Process salaries, allowances, bonuses, deductions and other payroll adjustments.
• Process new starters, terminations, redundancies and leave payments.
• Maintain accurate leave balances and accruals, including annual leave, personal leave and long service leave.
• Implement approved salary adjustments and bonus payments.
• Maintain accurate payroll coding and general ledger allocations.
• Manage salary sacrifice, salary packaging and novated lease deductions.
• Reconcile payroll-related general ledger accounts and statutory liabilities.
• Support payroll-related month-end journals and close processes.
• Prepare monthly payroll reconciliations, including wages, PAYG withholding, superannuation, payroll tax and leave provisions
• Maintain appropriate internal controls across payroll processing and approvals.

The Candidate:

• 2 to 3 years' experience in managing end-to-end payroll processing across Australia and New Zealand payroll.
• Experience with MYOB is a bonus!
• Strong knowledge of payroll legislation, taxation, superannuation and statutory reporting requirements.
• Experience with payroll reconciliations, general ledger coding and month-end processes.
• High attention to detail, confidentiality and accuracy, with the ability to meet fixed payroll deadlines.