Payroll Officer (Temp)

FourQuarters Recruitment; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 69,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sickness cover

Temp-2-Perm potential

Job summary

FourQuarters Recruitment is partnering with a well-established business in Melbourne CBD seeking an experienced Payroll Officer to oversee the fortnightly payroll for approximately 100 employees. This end-to-end role requires immediate availability and ownership of payroll processing within a friendly SME environment.

The position offers a c.$50-60 p/hour (negotiable) for sickness cover, with potential for Temp-2-Perm.

Qualifications

• End-to-end payroll handling for fortnightly cycle.
• Experience with various employment types (FT, casual, temporary, seasonal).
• Strong organisational and time-management capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end fortnightly payroll for ~100 staff.
• Process payroll for full-time, casual, temporary and seasonal employees.
• Review and validate timesheets and attendance records.
• Maintain payroll records and data changes.
• Calculate wages, overtime, allowances, deductions and leave entitlements.
• Handle new starters, terminations and payroll adjustments.
• Process superannuation and comply with statutory obligations.
• Prepare and lodge Payroll Tax returns and reconciliations.

Skills

End-to-end payroll

Fortnightly payroll

Organisation & time management

Deadline driven

Payroll tax knowledge

Job description

Payroll Officer | c.$50-60 p/hour (negotiable) | Melbourne CBD | Sickness Cover | Potential for Temp-2-Perm
Four Quarters have exclusively partnered with a well-established business seeking immediate support and require an experienced Payroll Officer to oversee the fortnightly payroll for c.100 employees.

This is an end-to-end role, covering all aspects of payroll up to submissions. As such, this position is bestsuited to someone who is immediately available and seeking to take ownership of payroll processing within a friendly SME environment.

Job Specification:

• Manage the end-to-end processing of fortnightly payroll for approximately 100 employees.
• Process payroll for a mix of full-time, casual, temporary and seasonal workforce employees.
• Review, validate and process employee timesheets and attendance records.
• Maintain employee payroll records, ensuring accuracy of employee data and employment changes.
• Calculate wages, overtime, allowances, deductions and leave entitlements.
• Manage new starters, terminations and payroll adjustments.
• Process superannuation contributions and ensure compliance with statutory obligations.
• Prepare and lodge Payroll Tax returns and assist with reconciliations.

Desired Skills / Experience:

• At least 1 years’ experience running end-to-end payroll
• Definitiv experience desired but not essential
• Organisational and time management skills with the ability to work to deadlines
• Experience dealing with fortnightly payroll
• Knowledge of payroll tax