Payroll Officer

Work with an organisation who are humble, human, and dedicated to helping others
- Our people ARE our impact
- Benefits to support you, such as salary packaging and five weeks paid leave

**About the Organisation**

At Lives Lived Well (LLW), we’ve been treating and supporting people whose lives are affected by alcohol and other drugs for over 50 years. We also support people with mental health and gambling concerns and those transitioning from correctional centres. We’re growing fast and building a reputation as a trusted, innovative provider, focused on clinical excellenceand we’d love you to be part of it.

Are you ready to join us and help make a difference where it matters most?

**Your opportunity**

In this position you will be responsible for administering timely, accurate and relevant processing and recording of payroll and also assist the finance team in other areas of accounting. We currently employ 511 staff who are paid on a fortnightly basis.

You will join an impactful Finance team that is well established and recognised by our internal stakeholders, and which is deeply committed to supporting our workforce.

**Your key duties and responsibilities in this position will include**:

- Timely and accurate processing of end-to-end payroll including salary packaging.
- Respond to staff payroll queries in a timely manner.
- Assist managers by providing necessary reports
- Manage workers compensations and maternity leave payments
- Prepare monthly reconciliations of payroll GL Codes
- Participate in organisation-wide collaborative planning activities and other meetings
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of systems and processes ensuring services meet professional and industry standards and project work as required
- Other tasks related to payroll and finance assigned from time to time.

This is a full-time, ongoing role based in Spring Hill Brisbane CBD.

The base remuneration for this role is approximately $85,000 to $92,000 per annum, depending on knowledge, skills, and experience, plus superannuation, leave loading, Long Service Leave via Qleave and 5 additional days of paid Wellbeing Leave.

You will also have the opportunity to take advantage of salary packaging to increase your take home pay.

**What you’ll bring**

To succeed in this role, there are some essentials you’ll need:

- Essential: _
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance and a good understanding of accounting principles and practices or a similar combination of qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience
- At least 3 years’ experience as a Payroll Officer in a medium to large organisation with a minimum 300 employees
- Strong knowledge of the SCHADS and Nursing Awards and the ability to interpret these awards
- Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Demonstrated ability to be organised, prioritise work and consistently meet deadlines
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- The ability to work well as part of a team and independently.
- Desirable: _
- Experience using ADP/ Kronos payrolls systems.
- Experience being part of a payroll system implementation/upgrade project.

What matters most is that you’ll live and breathe our values, which means:

- You are humble, human, and full of hope.
- You show up and share.
- You ask: Why not? And what’s next?
- You leave a positive wake.

Why? We believe that through these values, we do our best work - for each other, for clients, and for the communities we work in. And it’s a promise we make to you about the kind of experience you will have working for us.

**Why work for Lives Lived Well?
**Well, it’s about people, purpose, impact, and growth.

We think you’ll love working with our talented people across services that are as diverse as the communities we work in. We’ve grown significantly, with no plans of slowing down.giving you a real opportunity to go further

**So, what does that means for you?**
- You’ll grow as a person and as a professional, extending your knowledge and skills beyond the norm and be exposed to the latest practice in this field.
- You’ll be trusted with autonomy in a supportive, respectful environment.
- You’ll make a lasting difference - on clients, the community and a team that cares as much as you.

**But it’s more than that.**

You’ll join a curious team that thinks differently and seeks new ways. We look to the evidence. We explore new ideas. And when we reach “better”, we ask, “What’s next?” Which means you’ll need to be comfortable with change - you’ll enjoy variety, the agility, and the opportunity to achieve more, faster.

And while you support others, we’ll support you, with some great benefits including:

- An extra five paid leave days per year to support your wellbeing and work-life balance.
- Salary packaging to increase your take-home pay
- Paid parental leave of 8 weeks.
- An employee assistance program (EAP) for you and your fami