Our client is a multi-national oil and gas company, involved in a range of activities such as exploring natural gas and crude oil, refining, transporting and retail nationwide. They are now seeking a Payroll Administrator to join their team for an initial short term contract.

The purpose of the Payroll Administrator role is to;

• Administer the payrolls for all related companies
• Ensure integrity and security of employee information is maintained
• Ensure compliance with company, regulatory and statutory requirements relating to payroll, taxation, and the payment of superannuation
• Provide payroll advice and guidance on request to HR, employees and line managers.

Accountabilities:

• Validate new employee data setup, and process activation in payroll systems ensuring accurate and timely completion and correct payroll outputs
• Process employee master data changes within Payroll systems for monthly, award and international mobility employees
• Process employee master data changes for salaried employees, including mass data loads in the case of annual reviews and global data changes
• Undertake system leave administration for parental, study, purchase and other leave types.
• Own resolution of leave query and reporting requests
• Prepare and respond to ATO/Centrelink and ABS requests
• Provide payroll advice as required to employees and team leaders
• Manage payroll related queries including superannuation, allowances, incorrect pay amounts and if applicable car lease deductions queries
• Perform and close out time and attendance validations
• Ensure accurate data entry and processing activities are completed to allow for payroll processing to commence on time
• Remit / reconcile superannuation interfaces
• Calculate terminations and redundancies when required
• Support internal and external audit requirements
• Anticipate potential issues and make recommendations to ensure timely and effective procedures are in place to avert any issues
• Create and maintain procedures and work instructions for payroll
• Balance responsive customer service standards with competing processing and compliance priorities in a busy, dynamic payroll environment
• Keep up to date with all awards and payment instruments under an existing complex IR framework.

Education and experience:

• Expertise in end to end payroll administration/processing incorporating the use of time and attendance systems
• Ability to interpret Enterprise agreements and Award conditions
• High attention to detail and a strong commitment to service excellence
• Ability to operate under minimal supervision and plan own work
• Proven time management and organisational skills
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Confident user of HR systems
• Proficient in Microsoft suite of products
• HR or business qualification advantageous

To submit your application in strict confidence, click the 'apply' button. If you require further information, please contact Chris Aarons on 03 9864 6000.

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