Payroll Officer | Remote | Part-Time – 3 days per week.
Capecare Head Office is based in Busselton, Western Australia.
About Us:
Capecare is recognised as a leading provider of aged care and accommodation services for seniors across the Southwest region of Western Australia. Located in Busselton on the beautiful shores of Geographe Bay and a second location in the heart of Dunsborough, Capecare takes great pride in meeting the changing needs of today's ageing community by delivering an outstanding model of care for clients and families choosing their services.
About the Role:The Payroll Officer supports the accurate and timely delivery of the fortnightly pay run by undertaking end-to-end payroll processing, data entry, and quality checks in accordance with company policies, awards, and legislative requirements. The role is responsible for resolving day-to-day payroll queries, maintaining employee records, and preparing documentation to support payroll outcomes.
Working under the direction of the Payroll Coordinator and based in our Busselton Facility, the Payroll Officer assists with tasks such as validating timesheets, processing new starters and employee changes, calculating entitlements, and ensuring payroll data integrity. The position also contributes to troubleshooting standard payroll issues and escalating more complex or sensitive matters to the Payroll Coordinator as required.
The Payroll Officer plays a key role in supporting overall payroll deliverables by ensuring accuracy, confidentiality, and compliance in all payroll activities, and by collaborating closely with the Payroll Coordinator to meet deadlines and service expectations across the organisation.
Part-Time: 3 days per week ( Monday, Tuesday and flexibility on the third day).
**Hours of work: 8 am - 4 pm AWST (flexible).
Your key responsibilities will include:**
* Perform payroll processing in accordance with organisational procedures on a fortnightly basis.
* Process workers compensation wages in accordance with the directions of the People & Culture Manager/HR Coordinator.
* Supports the resolution of complex payroll issues such as cessations, terminations and end of financial year matters, overpayments and tax adjustments in accordance with awards, agreements and related legislation.
* Ensures that benefits and entitlements calculated comply with policy, procedures and controls and are in line with the industrial parameters established by relevant legislation, agreements and awards.
* Assists in reviewing payroll documentation and developing and implementing appropriate procedures and guidelines.
* Provides a comprehensive advisory service with relevance to all payroll matters to staff and clients.
* Monitors payroll transactions to ensure that appropriate system adjustments are made prior to errors or overpayments occurring documents any incorrect transactions and ensures corrective action is undertaken.
* Maintains current awareness of system issues and undertakes testing of fixes when required to minimise the impact on the day-to-day operations of payroll.
* Maintains awareness of relevant trends and issues concerning the deliverables of the position and the team.
* Assists with payroll system testing, audits and implementing solutions identified during the testing, as required.
* Performs other duties as required.
To be successful in this role, you'll need:
* Relevant tertiary qualifications in business or finance.
* Aged Care experience highly preferred.
* Excellent working knowledge of MS Office software programs
* Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills are essential to interact and build relationships
* Strong relationship management/business partnering skills essential.
* Must be well organised and capable of being responsive to needs at short notice.
* Self-managing and autonomous.
* Australian work rights (unfortunately, sponsorship is not available).
What's in it for me?
* Great work-life balance with job flexibility.
* A competitive remuneration package that includes not-for-profit salary packaging up to $18,550 (tax-free) – increases your take-home pay by decreasing the amount of tax you pay
* A very family-friendly and supportive organisation.
* The chance to make a meaningful difference across multiple services.
How to Apply?
Please submit your application with a cover letter and CV via SEEK, outlining your experience.
**Applications close EOD Sunday 25th January
If you would like to have a confidential chat about this unique opportunity or seek further information, please reach out to our Recruitment Coordinator, Rachel Ash on or**
Please note screening and interviews may occur sooner, and Capecare reserves the right to close applications early. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.