Payroll Officer

• Permanent payroll opportunity | $85,000-$95,000
• Early finishes at 3pm or 3:30pm
• Potential WFH flexibility once established

Join a well established independent school in Brisbane’s northside as their new Payroll Officer. Joining the finance team and reporting to the Head of Finance, you’ll take ownership of fortnightly payroll for approximately 300 employees.

The opportunity

You’ll manage payroll across teaching and support staff, including full-time, part-time, term-time and casual employees. This is a hands-on position where accuracy matters, alongside the ability to build relationships and help staff understand their pay and entitlements.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Processing end-to-end fortnightly payroll, including casual timesheets.
• Maintaining employee records and calculating leave, backpay and termination payments.
• Managing superannuation, PAYG, STP and year-end finalisation.
• Reconciling leave accruals and preparing payroll reports and monthly journal information.
• Responding to staff queries and applying enterprise agreement and award provisions.
• Supporting payroll budgeting and identifying opportunities to improve processes.

About you

You’ll bring practical payroll experience, strong attention to detail and confidence managing deadlines independently. You’ll be comfortable interpreting awards and enterprise agreements, investigating discrepancies and communicating clearly with a range of colleagues.

Intermediate Excel skills are required. Previous school payroll experience would be an advantage, though candidates from other industries are encouraged to apply.

A Blue Card will be required to commence in this role.

What’s on offer?

• A permanent, full-time position within an established school community
• Salary of $85,000 - $95.000 per annum
• Your choice of 7:00am–3:00pm or 7:30am–3:30pm hours
• Flexible working arrangements once you are up to speed
• A dedicated payroll position reporting directly to the Head of Finance.

Apply now or contact Melissa at C3Talent on 0423 219 938 for a confidential discussion.