Payroll Specialist

1 week ago

West Melbourne, Australia Australian Red Cross Lifeblood Full time

Payroll Specialist

**Date**:29 Jul 2025

**Search suburb or city**: West Melbourne, VIC, AU, 3003

**Company**:Australian Red Cross Lifeblood
- **Be the go-to expert ensuring precise and timely payroll processing**:

- **Permanent Full-time opportunity**:

- **Offering salary circa $105K + Super + Salary Packaging and more**:

- **West Melbourne location + WFH**

**Discover life-giving possibilities**

Lifeblood is more than just a job or a career, it’s an opportunity to be part of something that matters. As an organisation, our purpose is simple: life giving donations, for life changing outcomes. Together, we want to help you build a fulfilling career with Lifeblood.

**About the role**

Lifeblood is seeking a Payroll Specialist to ensure precise and timely calculation of salaries, wages, and entitlements. This role involves meticulous record-keeping, distribution of payroll reports, and adherence to statutory obligations.

You will partner and support your client group on employment obligations to ensure accurate payroll outputs while providing expert guidance on payroll legislation and processes.

**Sound interesting? Here’s what we’re looking for**:

- Extensive proven payroll expertise at an advanced level in a large organization with multiple agreements - over 4000 employees.
- Seeking a competent and proactive team player who is eager to learn, enjoys working collaboratively, and embraces challenges with responsibility and accountability. Able to work independently as well as part of a team and engage effectively with stakeholders across the portfolio.
- Desirable to have competence in all functions of the CHRIS21 payroll system including reporting, or a strong ability to quickly learn and adapt to new payroll systems.
- Detailed knowledge of end-to-end payroll processing for fortnightly pay cycles, ensuring accurate calculations, timely processing, and compliance with relevant agreements.
- Expertise with a Time & Attendance system (preferably Time Target).
- Strong working knowledge of the calculations and treatment of terminations, redundancies, or other special events.
- High level of skill in numeracy, problem solving, and attention to detail, with the ability to prioritise tasks efficiently and meet strict deadlines.
- Up-to-date knowledge of relevant legislation in payroll, taxation, superannuation, and other relevant areas.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.

**Benefits and Wellbeing**

We place our employee's well-being at the forefront and express gratitude and care for one another. As an Australian Workplace Equality Index recognised employer and one of Australia’s menopause-friendly organisations, we celebrate diversity and support all our people.

In addition to being a part of an organisation that is the heartbeat of the nation, you will have access to the following:

- Ability to purchase additional annual leave
- Access to salary packaging with an option to package up to $15,900 for living expenses and $2,650 for meals and entertainment
- 14 weeks paid parental leave - no waiting period for either parent
- Our dedicated employee assistance program - Sonder that you can access 24/7 from an app on your phone
- Plus, many more

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