Payroll Officer

**PAYROLL OFFICER
**Position Title**: Payroll Officer **Reports To**: Senior Payroll Officer

**Supervising**: N/A **Liaises With**: Employees, finance department, external stakeholders
**Employment**
**Instrument**: Award Free

**Classification**: N/A

**Our Vision**:Care without Compromise**
**Our Mission**:_“Mayflower with staff works as one to enhance quality of life choices in all _**

**_aspects of care delivery”_**
**Our Values**:_Compassion _**We care for those in need with empathy and understanding

**_Excellence_** We strive for quality and distinction
**_Integrity _**We are honest, ethical, and sincere
**_Respect_** We recognise the value, uniqueness, and dignity of every

**Position Purpose**: The Payroll Officer's responsibilities include payroll processing process,

remitting payroll taxes and related processing, maintain accuracy and integrity
of payroll system data, and to assist staff and management with all payroll
related queries.

The Payroll Officer also prepares reports including monthly, quarterly, and
year-end payroll statements in consultation with the Senior Payroll Officer.

**Qualifications**
**checks and**
**licences**:
**Mandatory**
- Some formal training in Payroll
- NDIS Worker Screening Check
- Full COVID vaccination

**Desirable**
- Qualification in Payroll, Finance, Business Management

(Administration)
- Driver’s license

**Key Selection Criteria**
**Essential**
- Experience in a similar role
- Experience using time and attendance and payroll software
- Exceptional customer service and relationship building skills
- High level of attention to detail and accurate data entry
- Excellent time management & organisational skills
- Ability to work autonomously and within a team

**Desirable**
- Payroll related experience within the health/community care sector
- Experience reviewing payroll processes and creating efficiencies

**PAYROLL OFFICER
**- Experience using HumanForce payroll and time & attendance modules

**Responsibilities/Duties**
Quality Service - Complete end-to-end fortnightly payroll processing
- Process reconciliations, accruals, PAYG, superannuation and payroll

tax returns
- Maintain employee pay and conditions in the payroll systems

including setup and termination of employee profiles
- Support the implementation of opportunities to improve and

streamline processes to achieve business requirements
- Support management and the wider employee base to effectively use

Reporting and
Documentation
- Prepare reports as directed including leave liability, staffing levels,

and condition reports
- Balances and reconciles fortnightly payroll output, including

generation of documentation to Finance
- Undertake administrative tasks related to the day-to-day and cyclical

personnel/payroll functions
Communication - Action pay related queries and request from employees and external
stakeholders in a responsive and holistic manner
- Assist with communications for employees when changes to pay and

conditions arise including pay adjustments and classification changes
under direction
Leadership - Model positive working relationships and information exchange
within the team and across the organisation
- Compliance - Operate in accordance with legislative and quality standards- Adhere to the ATO and Fair Work compliance requirements

Skills and
competencies
- Remain aware of relevant legislative standards and guidelines
- Participate in meetings and in-service training sessions
- Pursue ongoing development and contribute to continuous

improvement
- Work Health Safety - Comply with the OHS Act 2004- Take reasonable care to ensure your own safety, not place others at

risk by any act or omission, follow safe work practices and
procedures, use and care for equipment as instructed, not wilfully
and recklessly interfere with safety equipment, report hazards and
injuries, and cooperate with Mayflower to meet OHS obligations

**PAYROLL OFFICER
**Key Performance Indicators**
- Fortnightly pay processing is completed on time and without error
- Payroll systems are accurately updated and maintained
- Payroll function achieves full legislative and organisational compliance
- Queries and requests are responded to quickly and resolved to a satisfactory level