Payroll Advisor

About the Company

Our client is a Victorian State Government department responsible for delivering essential services and supporting positive outcomes for the Victorian community.

With a focus on effective service delivery, workforce support and continuous improvement, the department provides a professional and collaborative environment where experienced payroll professionals can make an immediate contribution.

About the Role

Reporting to the Payroll Service Lead, you will play a key role in ensuring payroll transactions are processed accurately and in accordance with the VPS Enterprise Agreement, relevant legislation and departmental policies.

You will be responsible for processing a range of complex payroll transactions through SAP SuccessFactors, while providing accurate and timely advice to employees and managers on payroll, employment conditions and benefits.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Processing fortnightly complex payroll transactions through SAP SuccessFactors
• Processing salary overpayments and preparing documentation for recovery
• Managing redundancy and separation payments
• Processing WorkCover-related payroll transactions
• Processing superannuation, including Defined Benefits transactions
• Ensuring payroll entries are supported by appropriate documentation and evidence
• Providing accurate advice to employees and managers regarding payroll, employment conditions and benefits
• Responding to payroll queries through service management systems, including Salesforce
• Investigating and resolving payroll issues using effective problem-solving and analytical skills
• Maintaining accurate employee data within SAP SuccessFactors
• Supporting payroll data remediation, back payments and other payroll corrections
• Maintaining accurate records in accordance with legislative, privacy and information management requirements
• Contributing to continuous improvement of payroll processes, systems and practices

About You

You are an experienced payroll professional with strong attention to detail and proven experience managing complex payroll transactions within a large and structured environment.

You will bring hands-on experience with SAP SuccessFactors, particularly Employee Central Payroll and Employee Central, together with a strong understanding of Australian payroll legislation and compliance requirements.

Ideally, you will have experience working within a Victorian Public Service payroll environment and applying the VPS Enterprise Agreement and relevant Victorian public-sector employment conditions.

You will also demonstrate:

• Strong transactional payroll processing experience
• Hands-on experience with SAP SuccessFactors ECP and Employee Central
• Experience processing complex payroll transactions including overpayments, back payments, redundancies and separations
• Strong knowledge of Australian payroll, taxation and superannuation requirements
• Experience with payroll data remediation and maintaining data accuracy
• Experience processing WorkCover payments
• Experience with Defined Benefits superannuation will be highly regarded
• Strong understanding of the VPS Enterprise Agreement and Victorian public-sector payroll conditions
• Excellent communication and employee advisory skills
• Strong analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving capability
• Ability to manage competing priorities and adapt to changing requirements
• Experience using Salesforce or a comparable service management platform will be advantageous
• Government or large, complex payroll experience will be highly regarded

Please apply with current resume in Microsoft Word format only (.doc or .docx). If you would like to have a confidential discussion, please contact Krunal Patel on [email protected], quoting reference JN -082026-44021. Want to know more about Davidson? Visit us at www.davidsonwp.com