Payroll Officer

• Payroll Officer: SAP Employee Central Payroll
• Contract length: 4-month initial contract
• Pay rate: Up to $400/day + super
• Cient: NSW Government
• Sydney CBD based - Hybrid working

An opportunity is available for an experienced Payroll Officer to join a NSW Government organisation for an initial 4-month contract. Working within a busy payroll function, you will support day-to-day payroll processing while also contributing to system testing and transition activities. The environment is deadline-driven and requires someone who can quickly get across complex payroll requirements and work accurately with large volumes of employee data.
Applicants must have hands-on experience with both SAP Employee Central (EC) and SAP Employee Central Payroll (ECP).

Role Responsibilities:

• Processing payroll transactions accurately and within required deadlines
• Supporting fortnightly payroll processing and associated activities
• Maintaining and validating employee and payroll data
• Undertaking payroll reconciliations, audit checks and issue resolution
• Preparing and validating payroll reports and compliance documentation
• Responding to payroll enquiries and resolving payroll-related issues
• Supporting system testing, data validation and documentation as part of ERP/payroll transition activities
• Identifying payroll discrepancies and contributing to process and system improvements
• Ensuring payroll activities comply with relevant legislation, awards, policies and employment conditions

Skills and experence required:

• Hands-on SAP Employee Central (EC) experience
• Hands-on SAP Employee Central Payroll (ECP) experience
• Demonstrated end-to-end payroll processing experience
• Experience working within a complex, high-volume or multi-award payroll environment
• Strong knowledge of payroll legislation, awards and employment conditions
• Experience with payroll reconciliation, data validation and troubleshooting
• High attention to detail and the ability to work to strict payroll deadlines
• Strong communication and customer service skills
• Previous government or large complex organisation experience will be highly regarded

This is a great opportunity for an experienced SAP payroll professional to join a collaborative government team during an important period of payroll and systems activity. Please note: candidates without SAP Employee Central AND Employee Central Payroll experience will not be considered.