Payroll Officer

Permanent, full-time role with a flexible approach to the way we work
- Join a national engineering consultancy | Sydney Location
- Fun and inclusive company culture

**The Company**
Northrop Consulting Engineers is an employee-owned, multi-discipline consultancy that has been established for over 45 years. We have an open management structure that embodies a diverse, inclusive and flexible workforce for all our employees.

We currently employ over 500+ staff across ten offices in NSW, ACT, QLD, and VIC. We are essentially a people business that grows by creating opportunities for our people to help build the business and their career. When you join Northrop, you join a company that will support you to excel both professionally and personally.

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**About the role**:
Based in our Sydney CBD office, you will be joining a fast-paced, engineering consultancy. You will enjoy operating with an appropriate level of autonomy, reporting to the Payroll Manager you will be engaging with staff across all of our 10 locations in Australia.

This will be a pivotal role to help support the success of the whole team and the broader business. At Northrop, our people are our most valued resource. Our Finance Team play a key role in the success of our organisation and our strategic and operational efficiencies. The team works closely with all Northrop employees, and our external stakeholders, to ensure accurate information can be provided across all areas relating to finance and accounting.

The Payroll Officer will be a key support role in our Corporate Finance team. This position is responsible for providing an efficient and effective payroll service to all employees.

**Day to day responsibilities include**:

- Take control and maintain the payroll and accounting systems. This includes updating and maintaining employee records, change of employee conditions, salary sacrifice arrangements, and setting up of new starters.
- Prepare and update the payroll timesheet spreadsheet weekly with upcoming manual adjustments.
- Preparation of termination calculations for review.
- Prepare fortnightly payroll for review. Including processing timesheets, manual adjustments, annual leave, long service leave and time-in-lieu.
- Prepare fortnightly employee reimbursements for review.
- Prepare fortnightly PAYG payment for review.
- Process quarterly Superannuation payments.
- Assist with month-end reporting. Includes preparing month-end journals, payroll and employee expense reimbursement balance sheet account reconciliations,
- Monitor and ensure policies and processes are adhered to.
- Prepare monthly leave liability reports.
- Prepare ad hoc reports as needed.
- Actively maintain strong key relationships with all teams.

**What we’re looking for?**
- Technically competent in payroll and capable of interpreting and understanding payroll legislation
- Demonstrated experience in payroll and knowledge of awards, and superannuation requirements
- Intermediate to Advanced Excel skills (e.g. proficient with pivot tables, VLOOKUP, IF functions, basic macros, conditional formatting)
- System knowledge of Deltek Vision or Attache is desirable.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills with a proven ability to troubleshoot
- Highly organised with time management skills and the ability to multi-task
- Process driven with a high level of attention to detail and accurate data entry skills
- Highly effective interpersonal skills and a demonstrated ability to communicate with team members, stakeholders and clients
- Work effectively to meet deadlines, both independently and as part of a close team
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Demonstrate professionalism and objectivity in all work matters
- Maintains discretion and confidentiality

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**What does working at Northrop look like?**
At Northrop we are proud of our family feel and collaborative working environment. We are a people business and by joining Northrop you’ll be able to build and foster meaningful relationships with your colleagues, clients, and the community. Northrop believes that our employees are fundamental to the culture and success of the company.

Our people enjoy working for us because we offer a challenging, diverse but rewarding work environment. We believe in developing our people by offering mentoring, coaching, and supporting your journey to realise potential. You’ll be empowered to learn and develop to find your area of passion. At Northrop, we understand that the key to success is our people. Together we are creating a workplace that offers career development, employee benefits and values an inclusive culture.

We are also proud to have signed the Australian Engineers Declare a Climate and Biodiversity Emergency declaration, giving you the opportunity to respond to the challenge. Northrop is committed to embedding climate action into our projects and all aspects of our operations

**Benefits**:

- We practice flexible hybrid working and are