Your Company
One of our federal government agencies is currently seeking an experienced and dynamic Payroll Officer at the EL1 level to oversee the payroll team's day-to-day operations. This role involves ensuring the timely and accurate delivery of payroll functions, while also providing high-level advice to staff and various stakeholders.
Your new role
1. Manage daily payroll operations, ensuring timely and accurate processing for all staff.
2. Provide leadership, mentoring, and direction to the payroll team, ensuring high-quality output and professional development.
3. Supervise and allocate tasks within the Payroll ServiceDesk to ensure efficient workflow.
4. Ensure compliance with relevant enterprise agreements and legislation, including processing employee entitlements and delegations.
5. Administer complex payroll cases, such as long-term leave, suspension, terminations, and superannuation.
6. Conduct payroll-related compliance and improvement activities, driving efficiency and accuracy across processes.
Experience
7. Strong experience in managing payroll operations, ideally within a government or large-scale organization.
8. Expertise in using payroll/HR systems, with exposure to system transitions being highly regarded.
9. Excellent leadership and mentoring skills, with a proven ability to manage teams and workflows.
10. Comprehensive understanding of payroll-related legislation and enterprise agreements.
What you'll need to succeed
This position is exclusively open to Australian citizens who can obtain and maintain a Baseline Security Clearance. Successful candidates will be offered a 12 month non ongoing opportunity with possible extension for the right candidate.
Permanent employees are only insisted to apply for the role for a S26 transfer.
How to Apply
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At Randstad, we are passionate about providing equal employment opportunities and embracing diversity to the benefit of all. We actively encourage applications from any background.
At Randstad, we are passionate about providing equal employment opportunities and embracing diversity to the benefit of all. We actively encourage applications from any background.
skills
Expert Payroll officer
qualifications
11. Expertise in using payroll/HR systems
education
Bachelor Degree