AO3 Payroll Officer

Davidson is currently partnering with a Queensland Government organisation to recruit an experienced AO3 Payroll Officer to join a busy payroll services team.

This is a great opportunity for an experienced Payroll Officer or Payroll Administrator who is confident working in a high-volume payroll environment and enjoys providing accurate, customer-focused payroll support.

About The Role

As a Payroll Officer, you will support the accurate and timely processing of employee salaries, payments, deductions and entitlements.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Processing a range of operational payroll transactions and employee changes
• Reviewing and verifying payroll information to ensure accuracy
• Processing salary adjustments, allowances, deductions, leave and other employee entitlements
• Interpreting relevant awards, agreements, legislation and payroll procedures
• Responding to payroll enquiries from employees and internal stakeholders
• Investigating and resolving payroll discrepancies
• Maintaining accurate employee and payroll records
• Preparing payroll correspondence and reports
• Using Microsoft Excel and payroll/HR information systems
• Working to strict payroll deadlines and service-level requirements

About You

To be successful, you will ideally have:

• Previous experience as a Payroll Officer, Payroll Administrator, HR Officer - Payroll or similar
• Demonstrated experience processing payroll in a high-volume environment
• Strong understanding of payroll processes, employee entitlements, awards and/or enterprise agreements
• Experience using payroll or HRIS platforms such as Aurion, Chris21, SAP, TechnologyOne, UKG, Workday, Preceda or similar
• Aurion experience will be highly regarded but is not essential
• Strong attention to detail and ability to work accurately to deadlines
• Good Microsoft Excel skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Confidence responding to employee and stakeholder payroll enquiries
• Previous government or shared-services payroll experience would be advantageous

The Opportunity

• $51.12 per hour + Superannuation
• Brisbane-based Queensland Government opportunity
• Work within an established payroll services team
• Opportunity to further develop your government payroll and Aurion experience

If you are an experienced payroll professional looking for your next opportunity within Queensland Government, we would love to hear from you.