Payroll Officer

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About St Vincent de Paul Society Victoria: for more than 170 years we have provided practical and compassionate support to people across Victoria. The organisation runs services including soup vans, education programs, home visitation programs and VincentCare Victoria to assist vulnerable communities.

Role overview

This role supports both project and business-as-usual payroll functions, reporting to the Payroll Manager. Initially, you will support the implementation of the Dayforce HCMS platform by testing payroll configurations, validating parallel pay runs and ensuring compliance with awards and legislation. After go-live, you will focus on delivering accurate and timely fortnightly payroll processing, reporting and providing responsive support to employees and managers across Victoria.

Responsibilities

• Support Dayforce implementation through system configuration, testing, and resolving discrepancies with HR, project teams and vendors.
• Perform parallel payroll testing by comparing Dayforce with the current system and document outcomes.
• Validate pay components including leave, superannuation, tax, deductions, and allowances; maintain variance logs.
• Conduct Excel-based reconciliation and reporting.
• Assist with go-live preparation, cutover planning, hypercare support and knowledge transfer.
• Process accurate and timely fortnightly payrolls, including employee movements and payroll events within Dayforce.
• Maintain payroll records and ensure accurate processing of timesheets, leave, and adjustments.
• Ensure payroll compliance with PAYG, superannuation, FBT, long service leave, and assist with statutory reporting and workers compensation.
• Generate, reconcile and contribute to payroll reports and audits; support ad hoc reporting requests.
• Provide responsive, professional support to employees and managers on payroll queries and procedures.
• Identify and implement payroll process improvements post-Dayforce implementation, collaborating with Finance, IT, and HR.

About you

You will have experience with Dayforce or a similar HCMS/payroll system, demonstrated payroll expertise across multiple awards and strong analytical skills to support both implementation and ongoing payroll operations.

• End-to-end payroll processing experience in a complex, award-based environment, with knowledge of PAYG, superannuation, workers compensation and FBT.
• Experience supporting payroll system implementations or upgrades, including parallel pay runs and resolving system configuration issues.
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills (VLOOKUP, pivot tables, formula-based reconciliations) and experience creating payroll test scenarios and validation reports.
• High attention to detail and accuracy; able to troubleshoot and resolve payroll discrepancies independently.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; able to engage stakeholders across HR, Finance and IT.
• Commitment to the values and mission of the St Vincent de Paul Society; adaptability and resilience in changing project environments.
• Team-oriented with a customer service mindset; able to manage sensitive payroll queries with discretion.

Why work with us

• Salary packaging (salary sacrificing) options in the community sector with tax benefits above salary.
• We make a difference in the lives of many people each year.
• Family-friendly environment and a culture that supports work-life balance.
• Contribution to an organisation committed to social justice; hybrid working model.

Location: Box Hill
• Hybrid model (Monday to Friday)

Contract type: Full-time, 2-year maximum term

Applications close: 30 September 2025 at 12:00 am. Submissions may be reviewed as they are received. SVDP reserves the right to close the advertisement at any time.

Pre-employment checks: reference checks, national criminal history, right to work, and a working with children check.

St Vincent de Paul Society Victoria is committed to child safety, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disabilities, and people of all backgrounds and identities.

How to apply

Please send your updated CV and a cover letter outlining your suitability for the role. No agencies please.

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