Payroll Officer

**Work with us**:
Our organisation is a busy health hub in the middle of Richmond. North Richmond Community Health, which includes the Centre for Culture Ethnicity and Health, is a great place to work. You’ll find an environment where staff are inspired through meaningful work and supported by colleagues and management. We prioritise an inclusive and positive working atmosphere at North Richmond Community Health. With flexible working arrangements, we help ensure that people of all circumstances are well-represented in our staff.

As an employee, there are a number of benefits available:

- flexible working arrangements, including purchased leave
- wellbeing policy, with on-site subsidised fitness classes including pilates and personal training, work health checks and social events
- comprehensive and competitive salary packaging options.

We enjoy rich cultural diversity in our workforce. Approximately 55% of our staff were born overseas and over 75% identify with an ethnicity other than Australian. Over 65% of our staff speak languages other than English. We would like to hear from you if you have:

- superior skills in delivering culturally-responsive services in your given field
- keen ability to contribute to a respectful collegiate environment
- can contribute to innovation and service improvement
- effective relationship building skills to foster a harmonious workplace.

**North Richmond Community Health (NRCH) **is committed to making healthcare more accessible and culturally relevant. With the recent addition of Victoria’s first Medically Supervised Injecting Room, NRCH works with community members to support social justice principles which afford all people the right to dignity, respect, and the highest quality of care. NRCH provides a range of medical, allied health, dental and community services to clients from all backgrounds.

We are seeking a Payroll Officer to administer high quality, accurate, fortnightly payroll services (including salary-packaging options) for a staff of approx. 300 people employed under 8 different EBAs. You will work as part of a small, dedicated Finance team with close interaction with our People & Culture team as well as other members of our diverse staff delivering a large and complex range of services.

You will be committed to helping our people make healthcare more accessible and culturally relevant. We work with community members to support social justice principles which afford all people the right to dignity, respect, and the highest quality of care. We provide a range of medical, allied health, dental, community services and alcohol and other drug services to clients from all backgrounds.

This role calls for a Payroll professional who is experienced with iCHRIS Payroll and understands and can leverage the broader CHRIS human resources information management system. You will be part of an evolving organisation that is embracing change and technology in our efforts to boost the health and wellbeing of our community.

**Roles and responsibilities include, but are not limited to**:

- Responsible to manage end to end payroll functions for all NRCH programs
- Process all pay, timesheets, leave requests, variations, allowances, superannuation and termination payments accurately every fortnight
- Maintain correct pay scales/codes and other vital information in the payroll, finance and human resource information systems
- Manage all salary packaging processing
- Process superannuation and super upload on clearing house
- Reconcile PAYG and STP uploads to the ATO
- Liaise with People and Culture to ensure all new staff are set up accurately on various payroll and HR systems
- Actively participate (and lead where appropriate) in year-end processes including reconciliations, estimates and issuing annual payment summaries
- Provide appropriate regular (and ad hoc) payroll reports

**Key Selection Criteria**
- Demonstrated experience with iCHRIS payroll software
- Experience with digital Time and Attendance systems for payroll processing (ENTO Workforce)
- Bookkeeping or accounting qualifications or significant relevant payroll experience
- In depth experience in processing payroll services with mínimal supervision including payroll reconciliation/Audit and payroll journals/preparation of banking-related files
- Experience with handling staff queries regarding payroll and EBA/Award conditions
- Experience in process improvement and excellent attention to detail

**Desirable**:

- Experience in other functions of Finance (such as A/R and A/P) and/or
- Experience in Human Resources functions (such as coordination, administration, recruitment)

Please note it is a requirement for all employees of North Richmond Community Health to demonstrate evidence of mandatory immunisations/vaccinations prior to commencement of employment, based on the Immunisation Category this position falls under this includes 3 doses COVID-19 vaccine and the annual influenza vaccine.