Seeking a motivated and experienced payroll professional.
**Your current company**
Hays is currently partnered with one of Geelong’s leading schools to recruit a Payroll Officer in a permanent capacity.
This organisation seeks to inspire its students and community to thrive and make a positive difference through its unique and transformational education.
**Your new role**
This role will provide an efficient payroll service for all campuses by ensuring timely and accurate payment of wages and salaries to employees.
Responsibilities will include:
- Preparing and entering timesheet data for fortnightly payroll, including full-time, part-time, and casual employees.
- Processing fortnightly payroll, including checking payroll information, distributing pay advice, and filing processed information.
- Supporting the Payroll Specialist with monthly payroll preparation and processing, as required.
- Setting up new employees in the system in accordance with contracts of employment.
- Updating and maintaining employee details in the payroll system, i.e., personal details, taxation, superannuation, bank account numbers, etc.
- Processing Workcover and Income Protection claims accurately and effectively.
- Providing information as requested and promptly answer payroll/personnel related enquiries from staff, management, and external organisations.
- Provide advice and reporting to staff on payroll matters and data.
- Supporting the Payroll Specialist in implementing a fully automated and integrated HRIS.
- Assisting the Payroll and Employee Engagement Departments with any other duties that may be required by the role.
**What you'll need to succeed**
To be considered for this role, you will have:
- Demonstrated experience in a payroll processing role
- Knowledge of payroll legislative requirements and award interpretation.
- Exceptional attention to detail and time management.
- High level of administrative and organisational skills.
- Ability to prioritise workload and work to strict deadlines.
- Ability to work both collaboratively as a member of a team and independently without supervision, when required
- Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook
- Experience with Frontier/iChris/HR21 would be an advantage but is not essential
- Experience in a school environment will be highly regarded
**What you'll get in return**
This role offers you an attractive annual salary of $70-75k plus super, full time hours and an ongoing permanent placement.
**What you need to do now**
At Hays, we value diversity and are passionate about placing people in a role where they can flourish and succeed.
We actively encourage people from a diverse background to apply.
**LHS 297508** #2742473
📌 Payroll Officer
🏢 Hays
📍 Australia