Senior Payroll Officer

### Job DescriptionClemenger BBDO Australia is looking for an established Payroll professional to join our finance team in Sydney as the Senior Payroll Officer for 4 well known agencies.**About the Role**To be successful in this role you will bring your payroll expertise, financial best practices and knowledge of process and experience. You will also be comfortable liaising with business leaders to provide guidance and advice for any payroll related questions or concerns.You will be covering 300 staff in both our Melbourne and Sydney offices, and show the following approach to your work:* Be process driven.* Have the ability to prioritise tasks and the determination to see tasks through to the end* Strong attention to detail and exceptional organisation skills* Confidence and openness in dealing with management and agency staff* Adhere to tight internal controls ensuring all information is properly recorded and analysed* Proactively break down tasks and initiate action* A proactive attitude* Exceptional team player* Works well under pressure to meet deadlines* Ability to work autonomously* Exceptional people skills (both internal and external)**Responsibilities*** Permanent staff payroll - Responsible for payroll for approximately 300 permanent staff* Point of contact for: staff payroll queries AND managers, employee queries (i.e. probation periods, termination of staff)* Leave – Annual leave, Sick leave & Long service leave reconciliations, monthly provisions and forecasts* Month end reporting – payroll expense account variances, monthly staff report, payroll expense accruals, payroll journal processing* Reconciliation of PAYG tax obligations* Reporting – Recruitment/Compensations/Training/Severance**Skills Required*** Payroll – minimum of 5 years' experience* Superannuation knowledge* Strong Excel skills**Please note: All applicants must have the right to work in Australia.****Clemenger Group is an equal opportunity employer and committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. We welcome people of all backgrounds and can assist with your application if you have a language or cultural special consideration, disability or impairment, or use assistive technology – simply contact us via careers@clemenger.com.au.**The easiest way to use the Job Search is to enter one or more words as Keywords and the Job Search will find jobs with any of your keywords in the skills, position title or location. However, the job search has more advanced searching capabilities that allows you to include, exclude or even match words together.A keyword is any word you wish to pinpoint in your search. It may be a skill you have, a company you wish to work for, or the name of a particular project you want to look for.#### Spaces and Case SensitiveLeave one space only between words and do not include commas (**,**). The search field is not case sensitive. **Example:** *Account Management*#### Intelligent Alias MatchingThis technology looks for and matches all commonly used/abbreviated terminology to ensure you get the maximum results to your search. **Example:** *Accounts Receivable*, the search will look for accounts *rec* and *acct rec*#### Include a "Key" WordTo include a word in your search, place a plus sign (**+**) directly in front of the word you wish to include. Do not leave a space between the plus sign and the word. F. **Example:** *Accounts +Management*#### Exclude a "Key" WordTo exclude a word from your search, place a minus (**-**) sign directly in front of the word you wish to exclude. Do not leave a space between the minus sign and the Please place all exclude "KEY" words at the end of your list **Example:** *Accounts -Management*#### Match Words that must Appear TogetherTo search for two words together, place double quotes (**" "**) around the words. **Example:** *"Accounts Clerk"*### Location #J-18808-Ljbffr