Payroll Officer | The Barossa Council Page **1** of **5**
Position Description**
**Classification**:General Schedule Officer Level 3 / 4
**Department**:Organisational People and Culture
**Current Occupant**:
**This Position Reports To**:People and Culture Coordinator
**Reporting To This Position**:Nil
**Location**:Nuriootpa Office
**Date Last Reviewed**:August 2024
**Approved by**:Director Corporate Services and Business Innovation
**Corporate Objectives**
All Employees of Council contribute to Council's strategic goals and objectives. The Barossa Community Plan
2020 - 2040 lays the foundation for all strategic decisions made by Council and is supported by a Corporate Plan.
The Community Plan provides a clear strategic direction across a range of areas, as well as serving as an
overarching guide to measure our decision making and successful delivery of service. The Community Plan shows
commitment to the values of Land and Place, Community, Leadership and Achievement with targets that reflect
five key themes:
Natural Environment
and Built Environment
Health and Wellbeing Business and Employment
Community and
Culture
Infrastructure
**Customer Service**
Council values its customers and strives to provide the right people, efficient processes and systems to deliver a
quality customer experience. Every role within Council serves an internal or external customer and we are
committed to ensuring that customers are at the centre of everything we do.
**Staff Values and Vision**
- Our organisational culture is built upon our values of Inclusiveness, Progression and Resilience, with our ultimate _
- vision being that 'Our service uplifts our community'._
Inclusive We approach our work with a collaborative and respectful mindset.
Progressive We show curiosity and explore sustainable and innovative ways of working.
Resilient We are receptive and responsive to growth and change.
Payroll Officer | The Barossa Council Page **2** of **5**
**Position Overview**
This position is responsible for delivering operational compliance and efficient payroll processes to the
organisation in accordance with the Local Government Act 1999, relevant industrial instruments, regulations and
Council's policies and processes. The Payroll officer is responsible for providing customer focused and efficient
service to all employees regarding payroll matters as well as supporting the Organisational Culture and People
(OCP) team more broadly to achieve Directorate and organisational goals and objectives.
**Key Responsibilities**
**Payroll and Administration**
- Provide end to end payroll support to the organisation to ensure efficient, effective and correct pay and
administration; provide high-quality customer service to all employees, teams and departments.
- Accurately carry out all aspects of payroll data entry, reconciliation, tax, superannuation, Income
Protection Insurance and Return To Work obligations from a payroll perspective in accordance with
regulations, policies and processes relevant to this position.
- Maintain integrity of Payroll System at all times, by ensuring that is up to date and that appropriate
approvals have been received for any changes in line with Council's policies and processes.
- Ensure accurate input of all payroll adjustments including entitlements, annual salary increments, taxation
updates, back pay, payroll codes in accordance with guidelines and processes.
- Undertake payroll transactions including accruals, payroll posting, on-cost posting, payroll journal
adjustments, timesheet posting, checking general ledger account balances, leave balance reports,
deductions reports, and processing of journals as required in line with Council processes and policy.
- First point of contact for staff regarding payroll queries and administration required to deliver timely and
accurate advice and support as required.
- Carry out various reporting and deductions tasks including superannuation reporting, LSL reports, ATO
requirements, end of year processing, payment summaries and payment transfers as required.
- Prepare PAYG Tax payment and reporting requirements for ATO including payroll Master file Audit report.
- Monitor, maintain and effectively triage the payroll inbox, ensuring work is completed in a timely manner
- and within applicable payroll period to meet Organisational Culture and People team outcomes.
- established principles, work processes and policy.
- Calculate and administer salary packaging for motor vehicles, termination payments including
- breakdown reports to employees.
- Administer Council's Return to Work and Income Protection claim management processes in
- accordance with approved policies and practices.
- Support the OCP team with relevant project and administrative processes, including onboarding of new
- employees, uniform administration and leave management reports.
- Undertake continuous improvement administrative and project support activity in relation to t