Payroll Specialist - Contract role

About the business and the role

Our client is looking for a payroll specialist with proven experience in working across different awards and delivering within on a temporary basis

Job tasks and responsibilities

Reporting to the Payroll Manager, you will be responsible for assisting with the following:

• End of Financial Year

• Interpretation and explanation of all reportable and non-reportable payment summary figures

• Awareness and understanding of organisational taxation status and its implications.

• Awareness and understanding of superannuation maximum contribution base and concessional contributions caps.

• Assistance in regard to calculating and processing backpays and overpayments, including overarching coordination of relevant stakeholders.

• Ensure processes facilitate the integrity of the Payroll System, Personnel Information and related data is maintained against relevant source documentation.

• Ensure compliance with relevant legislation, regulatory and statutory requirements and the company policies and procedures related to payroll production, including conducting audits as required.

• Reviewing and testing systems upon application of new legislation, as well as payroll software upgrades.

• Review and analyse payroll processes and procedures

• Contribute to process improvement

Skills & Experience

• Proven experience in working across different awards

• understanding of termination/redundancy payment calculations

• Comprehensive understanding of awards

• The ability to solve problems

• Excellent communication skills

• Advanced excel skills essential