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Payroll manager

Sydney
Clyde UK Services Company
Payroll Manager
Posted: 31 July
Offer description

The Human Resources team in Australia is a high performing and collaborative team made up of HR generalists, payroll, recruitment, learning and D&I specialists, and we are looking to add someone with solid payroll and HR reporting experience to its capability.

Purpose of your role

This job description provides an overview of the core responsibilities for an employee in the role of Payroll Manager for the Australian offices. Responsibility for the day-to-day payroll function, ensuring that all salary payments are processed accurately and completely for all employees across Australia, as well as fulfilling duties associated with HR reporting and data analytics.

Reporting to HR Manager Australia.

Key responsibilities and objectives

* Processing end-to-end monthly payroll for salaried and casual employees
* Preparation of all manual ad hoc pay runs
* Set up of new starters
* Managing and updating employee records
* Calculation and processing of termination payments
* Providing excellent customer service in answering all payroll queries
* Assisting Finance and HR teams in the provision of payroll data, reports, etc. as required
* Preparing reports, monthly reconciliations and general ledger related activities.

HR Reporting

* Develop and maintain HR metrics for the firm across remuneration, performance & talent, including Mercer data submissions
* Assist with the firm's annual WGEA remuneration reporting and conduct gender pay gap analyses
* Assist in the annual remuneration review process, prepare firm wide data, provide analysis.

Essential skills and experience

* Experience in a payroll function, operating and running payrolls autonomously
* Excellent knowledge and understanding of termination and redundancy calculations and payments
* Ability to interpret and analyse Awards including the Legal Services Award
* Reporting and Analysis - compilation of routine reporting and analytical schedules as well as preparing or validating input data
* Preparation of data metrics and commentary to meet business needs
* Professional services experience (preferred but not essential)
* Ability to multi-task, work well under pressure and meet deadlines
* Ability to communicate professionally and effectively at all levels, both in person and via telephone/ email
* Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel (essential)
* Demonstrate initiative, with the ability to anticipate needs and design and deliver process improvements
* Experience with payroll systems.

Business Services Competencies

Clyde & Co is committed to providing extensive, personal and professional development opportunities for our people enabling them to be highly effective in their current role as well as assisting them to fulfil their career aspirations.

The competencies are used to inform all aspects of Business Services career development. They vary across levels and different business areas and fall under the following areas:

* Technical Excellence
* People and Team
* Client/Stakeholder Relationships
* Service Delivery and Commercial Awareness
* Personal Effectiveness.

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When you work at Clyde & Co, you join a team of 490 partners, 2,400 lawyers, 3,200 legal professionals and 5,500 people in nearly 70 offices and associated offices worldwide. Our values are the principles that guide the decisions we make, unite us in our endeavours and strengthen our delivery, for both our clients and our firm. We work as one, excel with clients, celebrate difference and act boldly. We are committed to operating in a responsible way by progressing towards a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities and clients it serves. We are devoted to providing an environment in which everyone can realise their potential, using its legal and professional skills to support its communities. We do this through pro bono work, volunteering and charitable partnerships, and minimising the impact it has on the environment, including through our commitment to the SBTi Net-Zero standard and the setting of ambitious emissions reduction targets.

We offer a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning and wellbeing initiatives.

Clyde & Co is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. Our core values encourage us to support fairness, celebrate diversity and prohibit all forms of discrimination in the workplace to allow everyone to excel at work. Therefore, we welcome and encourage all applications from suitably qualified individuals, regardless of background or identity.
Please take a moment to read our privacy notice carefully. This describes what personal information Clyde & Co (we) may hold about you, what it's used for, how it's obtained, your rights and how to contact us as a data subject.

If you are submitting a candidate as a Recruitment Agency Partner, it is an essential requirement and your responsibility to ensure that candidates applying to Clyde & Co are aware of this privacy notice.


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We're a global law firm working with businesses at the heart of global trade and commerce. But we're so much more than that. Our collective drive, our pursuit of excellence and our ambition to do our best for our clients, and each other has fuelled our growth for over 90 years. Find out more about our firm.


Working with us

It's an exciting time to work with us. With challenging cases, impactful client projects, growing teams and new offices, you'll work in a fast-paced environment with rewarding outcomes. Collectively, we strive towards our shared goal of consistently delivering exceptional outcomes and bringing the best out in each other. Explore where you could work with us.


Early career opportunities

Our early careers programmes differ from any other law firm, because of our rich learning experience coupled with our opportunities to work directly with clients. In return, we ask you to bring your ambition and collaborative mind to support the firm's continued success and growth. Apply to our early career opportunities.


Where we work

With over 65 offices in 26 countries, wherever you're based, you'll be empowered to accelerate your career doing interesting, stimulating work, achieving your potential and delivering exceptional outcomes. Discover where we are based.


Life with us

Here, you're in good company. With over 5,500 individuals with offices in every time zone, our drive for success is continuous, reaching across the globe. Our people stay with us because we invest in strong relationships and value shared success. Learn more about life with us.

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