Payroll Services Officer

St Vincent's Health Australia; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 87,000 - 89,000; Full time

Job summary

St Vincent's Hospital Sydney is seeking a Payroll Services Officer to join the Payroll, People and Culture team. This permanent full-time role supports payroll delivery for over 4000 staff and reports to the Payroll Services Team Leader.

The position offers flexible work with two days of work-from-home per week and opportunities to contribute to process improvements within a renowned health precinct. Applicants should have experience in a high-volume payroll environment and knowledge of health

Qualifications

• Experience working in an internal payroll team in a complex high-volume environment.
• Exposure to CHRIS 21 or similar payroll system.
• Exposure to an automated time and attendance system, preferably Kronos or similar.
• Experience with Health awards/agreements or worked in an area with complex award conditions across multiple agreements.

Responsibilities

• Provide payroll service delivery to over 4000 employees at the hospital.
• Report to the Payroll Services Team Leader and be part of a team of 7.
• Ensure high accuracy in accordance with health service policies and industrial frameworks.
• Act as a key point of contact for a range of internal stakeholders across the hospital.
• Participate in process improvement projects to enhance efficiency and quality of payroll service delivery.
• Work flexibly, with 2 days working from home each week.

Skills

Payroll processing

Analytical skills

Stakeholder management

Tools

CHRIS 21

Kronos

Job description

Job Description: Role title: Payroll Services Officer Role type: Permanent full time Role grade: Administration Officer level 6, (Year1/2) Department and location: Payroll, People and Culture, St Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst Salary: $86,896.63-$88,951.42 + super + salary packaging

Welcome to St Vincent's Hospital Sydney Join a team built on a proud legacy of world-class care, true compassion, and deep community roots. Founded by the Sisters of Charity and powered today by St Vincent's Health Australia, the Sisters' legacy of compassionate service is our living heartbeat. As Sydney's premier and iconic inner-city public hospital, we serve the entire population, providing world-class care to all people, including the most vulnerable in our community. Across our renowned precinct, we feature cutting-edge programs and surgery infrastructure, fostering clinical excellence and professional growth. Located in the vibrant heart of Darlinghurst, we are positioned just minutes from Kings Cross station, with direct, high-frequency bus connections from the east, and seamless links from Gadigal and Museum stations right to our doorstep. Read on to explore this exciting role and the fantastic perks waiting for you here.

About the role

• Be part of a team providing vital payroll service delivery to over 4000 employees at the hospital.
• Report to the Payroll Services Team Leader and be part of a team of 7.
• Ensure high accuracy in accordance with health service policies and industrial frameworks.
• Act as a key point of contact for a range of internal stakeholders across the hospital.
• Participate in process improvement projects to enhance efficiency and quality of payroll service delivery.
• Work flexibly, with 2 days working from home each week.
• Enjoy better work/life balance with access to an extra 12 Accrued Days Off each year.

About you

• Experience working in an internal payroll team in a complex high-volume environment
• A friendly attitude coupled with strong analytical skills
• Exposure to CHRIS 21or similar payroll system
• Exposure to an automated time and attendance system, preferably Kronos or similar
• Experience with Health awards/agreements or worked in an area with complex award conditions across multiple agreements

What we can offer you

• Exceptional Rewards: Competitive pay and not-for-profit salary packaging to maximise your income
• Seamless NSW Health Mobility: Smooth transfer of your qualifying service and leave entitlements
• World-Class: Be part of a renowned precinct alongside the Garvan & Victor Chang institutes
• Excellence: Premier heart/lung transplant program, advanced robotics, & pioneering HIV/AIDS initiatives
• Cutting-Edge Oncology: Deliver advanced cancer care and trials at the renowned Kinghorn Cancer Centre
• Community: Support vital programs for First Nations, homelessness, mental health, & drug and alcohol care
• Professional Advancement: Accelerate your career with study leave and Curran Foundation scholarships
• Health & Wellbeing: Fitness Passport, discounted private health, & cultural recognitions and celebrations
• Sponsorship / work rights for Australia
• Please note, visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
• For this role you must be an Australian or New Zealand citizen or have an Australia visa that grants you the work rights necessary for the role.

Equal opportunity

We celebrate diversity & inclusion and are committed to equal employment opportunity for everyone. As part of our commitment to reconciliation, we encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to apply and join us in delivering care that heals body, mind, spirit and community.

Reconciliation Action Plan

At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

St Vincent's Health Australia has been serving Australians with compassionate health and aged care since our first hospital was established in Sydney in 1857. Founded by the Sisters of Charity more than 180 years ago, St Vincent's is a clinical, research and education leader delivering private hospital, public hospital and aged care services across NSW, VIC and QLD. Our founder, Mary Aikenhead's vision, commitment and inspiration lives on in us and the work we do. From modest beginnings, St Vincent's Health Australia is today the nation’s largest not-for-profit health and aged care provider, offering services in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria, including public and private hospitals and aged care facilities. The St Vincent's family comprises 22,000 outstanding nurses, researchers, cooks, doctors, executives, administrators, cleaners, volunteers and more.