Payroll Officer

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MacKillop Family Services is seeking a Payroll Officer to join the South Melbourne payroll team on a permanent full-time onsite basis. You will run the fortnightly payroll in Aurion, manage time and attendance in HumanForce, and handle contracts, onboarding and offboarding, PAYG, super, payment summaries, reconciliations and month-end reporting while ensuring awards and legislation compliance. You’ll have solid support from a payroll/HR team and contribute to accurate, timely salaries and salary packaging. Requirements include a valid driver’s licence; MacKillop will fund a criminal history check, with WWCC and NDIS screening as applicable. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply. Shortlisting may start immediately; tailor your CV to highlight Aurion, end-to-end payroll and compliance experience, and contact Peter C for more information.

Reporting to the HR Manager – Payroll, the Payroll Officer plays a key role within a long-standing team ensuring the efficient and accurate running of the fortnightly payroll as well as administering and maintaining the payroll system. The software used by the team is Aurion for payroll, and HumanForce for time and attendance.

A Payroll Officer is one of the most critical roles in the HR team and MacKillop.

The role is responsible for the smooth, effective and efficient administration of the payment of the organisation's salaries, wages and salary packaging in a timely manner and without error. There are also a lot of legal and statutory compliance required to be administered.

You will be continually supported throughout your journey by very diligent and experienced team members within the payroll and HR team.

Duties include complying with the appropriate awards and legislations, processing contracts, on and off boarding and PAYG tax, Superannuation, payment summary administration, reconciliations, month-end reporting etc.

This is a Permanent Full-time opportunity based in South Melbourne, VIC within our Payroll Team. The position reports to the HR Manager - Payroll.

For more information, please contact:

Peter C at [email protected]

Our offer:

• Generous Salary Packaging (helps increase your take home pay)
• Ongoing Career Development, Education and Training
• Employee Assistance Program – free and confidential counselling, coaching and emotional support for work and personal challenges
• Click HERE to find out more about becoming a member of the MacKillop Family Services team and what further support we have to offer our employees.

You must have a:

• Valid and current Driver’s Licence;
• Satisfactory Criminal History Check (paid for by MacKillop);
• Valid Employee Working with Children Check;
• Valid and current NDIS Workers Screening Check (for risk assessed / client facing roles). MacKillop can assist successful candidates with their application.  

Our Commitment:

MacKillop celebrates and draws strength from diversity and respects the dignity of all people. Every person at MacKillop has the right to be safe and to be treated justly. We value every person’s ability, cultural or linguistic backgrounds, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, intersex status, relationship status, religious or spiritual beliefs, socio-economic status, and age.

It is our goal that MacKillop Family Services continues to evolve as a culturally safe, culturally competent, and welcoming organisation to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, young people, families, and communities.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are strongly encouraged to apply for this position.

Shortlisting for this position may commence immediately so please submit your application as soon as possible.