Payroll Officer

Payroll Officer - Help Desk- HS – Mercy Health Australia
Employment Type: Permanent full time
Hours: Monday to Friday, 76 hour fortnight
Salary: $90,000 package
Location: Richmond

Contact: Rubaiya Anika (HS Team Leader) [email protected])

Submit Resume, cover letter, and all relevant qualifications.

About the opportunity

As a Payroll Officer on site, you will work in our friendly and supportive payroll team and be responsible for accurately processing and managing payroll fortnightly. You will work closely with our HR & finance team to ensure compliance with all relevant regulations and provide exceptional service to our staff.

Key Responsibilities

• Accurately process end-to-end payroll for 2000+ employees on a fortnightly basis.

• Maintain and update employee records in the payroll system.

• Handle payroll-related queries from employees and provide timely resolution.

• Prepare reconciliations for leave balances and backpays.

• Collaborate with HR and finance teams to streamline payroll processes and enhance accuracy.

• Interpret complex EBA's and Awards.

• Process terminations.

What you’ll bring

It takes a special kind of person to work in healthcare or community services. If you are genuinely interested in helping others, you will build something here and find your place in a team of 10,000 hearts.

To thrive in this role, you will have:

• Excellent payroll knowledge, time management, organizational and communication skills, with the ability to adapt and problem solve.

• A compassionate and positive approach to customer service.

• The ability to nurture friendly, respectful relationships and contribute to a collaborative team environment.

You will also be required to provide evidence of, or be in the process of obtaining:

• A current Police Record Check.

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Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

We acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung peoples, traditional Custodians of the Land in which our Head Office is based, on traditional lands of the Kulin Nation and recognise their deep connections to the land, sea, and culture. We extend this acknowledgment to the many Traditional Lands that we operate across Australia, and pay our respects to Elders past and present.

The team at Mercy Health is as wonderfully diverse as the patients, residents, clients and communities we support. We’re proud to be recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA). Mercy Health strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, sexualities, genders, abilities and cultural backgrounds.