Payroll Officer

Genuine people focused business work with a collaborative & passionate team.

• Competitive salary & employee benefits | 2 paid mental health days a year.
• Professional development opportunities available

Our Business

About the role

CE Group has gone through a large period of growth and is looking for an experienced Payroll Officer to support the projected increase of growth to ensure we deliver consistency in service delivery to our most valuable asset - our people.

If you are comfortable working in a changing and refining environment you will be like a duck to water, as no two days are the same.

The role will join an established finance and HR team, and involve taking leadership of the payroll with key tasks involving:

• Overseeing the endtoend weekly payroll processing for approximately 200 company staff.
• Preparation of PAYG, Payroll Tax, WorkCover, Portable Redundancy Fund, Long Service Leave, and Superannuation payments.
• The ability to interpret complex awards and EBAs.
• Calculation and processing of termination payments
• Management of payrollbased adjustments such as back pays, WorkCover, and taxation requirements
• Senior stakeholder engagement with staff.
• Develop and strive for process improvement to improve efficiencies.
• Providing accurate information in response to employee queries.

About you
You will someone who has proven experience in a similar Payroll Officer (autonomous) position along with the following skills and attributes:

• More than 5 years experience of end-to-end weekly payroll processing (in-house) (experience using COINS preferred, ADP, Kronos, or similar desirable)
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
• Proven process improvement initiatives.
• The ability to work under pressure to achieve deadlines.
• Extensive and current knowledge of payroll legislation and compliance including payroll, tax, PAYG, Workers' Compensation, FBT, Terminations & STP reporting.
• Experience with and are comfortable in interpreting Awards/EBA's/Employment contracts.
• Solid Payroll reporting experience.
• Can work to resolve queries relating to payroll across the organisation.
• Can be relied upon to treat the payroll function with confidentiality.
• Can work collaboratively with teams across the business including Finance and Construction

Why CE Group?
CE Group is currently incorporated in 5 countries across the region and is growing.

Our team is amazing at what they do and we have a great time doing it We offer a flexible work-life balance, opportunities for personal and professional development, and travel across our beautiful region.

We have offices located on the Northside and Southside of Brisbane, Mackay, and the Gold Coast and this role can be accommodated at any CE Group office location.

All locations are located away from the CBD, free from traffic jams and frustrating commutes

CE Group is committed to positive mental fitness and provides 2 paid mental health leave days per year in addition to annual and personal leave.

• Competitive salary packaging commensurate with experience and qualifications.
• A great company culture with the flexibility to arrange your own hours.
• A highly experienced Senior Management team to support you in your role.
• A genuine opportunity to contribute to the longterm future success of this great company.

CE Group is an equal-opportunity employer and encourages applicants from diverse backgrounds. An unrestricted right to work in Australia is essential.

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