Payroll Specialist

7 days ago


Geelong, Australia HAYS Full time

Seeking a detail oriented and experienced payroll professional for this unique opportunity.

**Your new company**

Hays is currently partnered with one of Geelong’s leading schools to recruit a Payroll Specialist in a permanent capacity. This organisation seeks to inspire its students and community to thrive and make a positive difference through its unique and transformational education.

**Your new role**

Working closely with the Finance, Information Services and Support & Employee Engagement teams, this role will see you utilise your exceptional organisational skills and broad payroll knowledge to assist with the implementation of a contemporary fully automated and integrated payroll solution. You will also be responsible for over-seeing the day-to-day processing of the existing payroll.

Responsibilities will include:

- Delivery of the monthly and fortnightly payroll
- Developing a deep and broad understanding of the EE and Payroll requirements of the School (4 campuses) and its circa 430 permanent and 300 casual employees (including Award and Enterprise Agreement requirements).
- Develop, own and implement the project plan to support the transformation of current processes within Payroll
- Map the as-is processes and identify the core to-be processes to support an integrated, automated and contemporary Payroll solution.
- Work collaboratively across all employee groups within the school to implement the required changes
- Other duties as requested by the Associate Director of Finance.

**What you'll need to succeed**

To be considered for this role, you will have:

- Tertiary qualifications in accounting or finance
- Demonstrated experience in a payroll function
- Project Management/Coordination experience (documentation creation/UAT Test scripts)
- Knowledge of payroll and HR function concepts (leave accruals, overtime, Award and Agreement interpretation etc.)
- Knowledge and experience with a variety of payroll systems
- A natural problem solver with a passion for process improvement and automation
- Exceptional attention to detail and time management
- High level of administrative and organisational skills
- Well-developed report writing skills
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with a proven ability to liaise and collaborate with people at all levels within the organisation, including external services providers.
- Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook (knowledge of the Synergetic database would be an advantage but is not essential)
- Ability to work as a member of a team and independently without supervision.
- An ability to plan and prioritise the workloads of staff to delegate and adjust schedules to meet service demands and deadlines.

**What you'll get in return**

This role offers you an attractive annual salary of $100k plus super, full time hours and permanent placement.

**What you need to do now**

At Hays, we value diversity and are passionate about placing people in a role where they can flourish and succeed. We actively encourage people from a diverse background to apply.

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