**Insurance for Individuals**
Youi has challenged the Australian insurance industry and we have worked hard to build a strong brand and an agile and innovative culture. Our unwavering commitment to our people (1,700 across three countries) and being a outstanding company to work for is key to our success. We are now entering an exciting new chapter of growth as we work towards achieving our Big Hairy Audacious Goal (BHAG).
**About the Role**
We are currently recruiting for a strong Payroll Officer to join our established Payroll team. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Payroll Officer to be involved in the payroll process from end to end, including analysis and ensuring accurate entry/recording, processing, and continual auditing of our payroll and employee records database.
**Key responsibilities will be**:
- Accurate processing of fortnightly payroll
- End-to-end processing of all selected (manual and electronic) approved wage records in a timely and accurate manner ensuring compliance of all policies, procedures and legislative requirements
- Preparing fortnightly payroll reports inclusive of posting to General Ledger and maintaining payroll and leave liabilities
- Ensure the operational aspects of payroll processing and associated activities, overpayment recovery, leave management and reporting are accurate and delivered within appropriate timeframes
- Prepare complex payroll information for data input and assist with checking, quality control and maintenance of records to ensure accuracy, service quality and data integrity
- Assist the Payroll Team to ensure the business meets its taxation, superannuation and other legislative and statutory obligations through processing and preparation of returns, related reports, forms and other documentation as requested
- Provide a responsive, accurate client advisory service on payroll matters, resolve difficult enquiries and assist in identifying payroll errors and implementing corrective action where required to ensure employee payments are processed accurately and database integrity is maintained
- Diploma or equivalent certificate in Finance/Accounting will be highly regarded
- Competence and experience in the use of payroll packages, preferably Chris21 payroll software
- Excel skills - Intermediate
- 2 - 3 experience in a similar role
- Knowledge of Australian & NZ legislation affecting employees, incl. tax legislation, leave entitlements, etc
- Demonstrated working knowledge of relevant Industrial Acts, Superannuation Guarantee Legislation, Awards and Agreements
- Unquestionable integrity and the ability to maintain confidential information
- Impeccable attention to detail
- Must have the demonstrated ability to effectively handle a large volume of work
- Demonstrated ability to consolidate data from multiple systems to produce analytics
- Experience with variable payroll payments (i.e. commission/performance based) would be beneficial
**Culture & Benefits**
At Youi, we believe that coming to work should be fun. So, we pride ourselves on an awesome culture and working environment. With a smart casual dress code, multi-award-winning health and wellbeing program, birthday and volunteer leave, training and development opportunities, stunning Sunshine Coast location and a culture of high-performance, if you’re looking for a career that mixes the serious side with a slice of fun, think Youi.
📌 Payroll Officer
🏢 Youi
📍 Sunshine Coast