Payroll Specialist

Carrington Care; Camden; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary Packaging

Carrington Day

Employee discount

Parental leave

Wellbeing program

Immunisation program

Job summary

Carrington Care is seeking a collaborative Payroll Manager/Specialist to lead payroll operations for ~800 employees across service streams, ensuring timely and compliant processing.

In this onsite role, you will govern payroll controls, collaborate with HR and Finance, drive continuous improvement, and provide strategic reporting on labour costs and forecasts to support organisational decisions.

Qualifications

• Experience leading payroll teams.
• Experience ensuring payroll compliance and governance.
• Strong knowledge of Fair Work Act and NES.
• Experience with payroll systems and data controls.
• Experience in not-for-profit or aged care environment preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead payroll team to deliver accurate, timely and compliant payroll services across Carrington.
• Manage the payroll team, maintaining an appropriately skilled and resourced team delivering to services standards.
• Manage end-to-end payroll delivery for approximately 800 employees across all service streams.
• Ensure payroll practices comply with obligations, in collaboration with HR, including Enterprise Agreement & underpinning Awards, Salary Packaging, etc.
• Provide advice and subject matter expertise on payroll provisions, system configuration, data integrity and access controls.
• Provide strategic reporting and commentary, including payroll forecasting, labour cost reporting & trends, to support organisational strategy.
• Maintain a payroll business continuity plan, including risk exposure analysis & cross-training.

Skills

Leadership

Payroll management

Compliance

Payroll systems

Data controls

Forecasting

Stakeholder engagement

Audits

NDIS check

Enterprise Agreement

Job description

Are you a collaborative Payroll leader who is passionate about the efficiency, compliance & integrity of payroll processes? Carrington has an exciting full-time Payroll Manager/Specialist opportunity available!

• Deliver accurate and timely payroll processing while leading & growing your direct report


• Drive governance & continuous improvement with an exciting systems optimisation project coming up


• Join a growing local for-purpose organisation committed to care & best practice
  

About Us

Carrington is a not-for-profit centre of excellence for retirees, providing a focus on person-centred quality care and health services to consumers of Independent Living, Residential Care and Community Care. At Carrington, we are committed to providing quality care for our Consumers so they can live a happier, healthier more independent life.

The Opportunity

As the Payroll Manager you will be accountable for the governance, compliance and delivery of payroll services across Carrington’s workforce. You will collaborate with internal teams to ensure the organisation meets its compliance obligations and supports organisational financial integrity through effective oversight of payroll operations and internal controls, robust reconciliation, reporting and workforce cost oversight. Reporting to the Executive Manager - Finance & IT and working collaboratively with Finance & HR, this full-time onsite opportunity enjoys a remuneration package comprised of base salary + leave loading, superannuation & NFP Salary Packaging. This role has one direct report to lead & grow.

Responsibilities:

• Leading the payroll team to deliver accurate, timely and compliant payroll services across Carrington


• Managing the payroll team, maintaining an appropriately skilled and resourced team delivering to services standards


• Managing end-to-end payroll delivery for approximately 800 employees across all service streams.


• Ensuring payroll practices comply with our obligations, in collaboration with HR, including our Enterprise Agreement & underpinning Awards, Salary Packaging, etc.


• Providing advice and subject matter expertise on payroll and industrial provisions, as well as owning payroll system configuration, data integrity and access controls.


• Providing strategic reporting and commentary, including payroll forecasting, labour cost reporting & trends, to support organisational strategy


• Maintain a payroll business continuity plan, including risk exposure analysis & cross-training.

About you

• Demonstrated leadership or management experience & skills, ideally in a payroll management role.


• Experience overseeing end-to-end payroll operations within a medium to large organisation, including supporting payroll reconciliations and financial reporting processes.


• Proven ability to interpret and apply industrial instruments and legislative requirements in a payroll environment & strong working knowledge of the Fair Work Act, National Employment Standards and Enterprise Agreement interpretation.


• Advanced proficiency & knowledge of payroll systems and payroll data controls.


• Demonstrated analytical & problems solving skills, including data interpretation, reporting and discrepancy resolution


• Excellent communication & stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to provide clear advice to managers and stakeholders


• Willingness to obtain NDIS Worker Check


• Experience operating within a regulated environment (aged care, health or not-for-profit preferred).


• Experience operating under an Enterprise Agreement framework.


• Demonstrated involvement in payroll system enhancements, upgrades or process optimisation initiatives.


• Exposure to internal or external audit processes relating to payroll compliance and controls.

Enjoy our Benefits

• Access to full not-for-profit Salary Packaging, making up to $18,550 of your income tax-free!


• Annual review with performance-based increases


• Enjoy our “Carrington Day” – an Additional Christmas Public Holiday each year


• 15% employee discount at our onsite Rocksalt restaurant


• 10% off full price shoes at a local shoe store


• Paid parental leave including superannuation


• Wellbeing program providing a comprehensive wellbeing, safety and mental health support for you and your family 24/7


• Staff immunisation program

We will not respond to unsolicited emails from recruitment agencies or applications from outside Australia