Applicants of previous vacancies are strongly encouraged to re-apply. 

POSITION SUMMARY

The Payroll Officer will be responsible for providing high quality payroll services in relation to areas including, though not limited to, application of taxation rates, leave, on-boarding, off-boarding workforce metrics reporting, stakeholder engagement, assisting with internal and external audit report requests and day-to-day payroll processing. 

The successful candidate is required to abide by the APS Values, Code of Conduct and Employment Principles, and demonstrate commitment to the principles and practices of WHS, equity and diversity in the workplace.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

As the Payroll Officer you will:

• Administer the payroll function, including payroll processing and associated activities, salary disbursement, overpayment recovery and leave management;
• Deliver accurate and quality reports within appropriate timeframes that comply with relevant legislation;
• Reconcile payments and administer fortnight, monthly and annual reports;
• Assist the APVMA to meet its taxation, superannuation and other legislative obligations through processing, preparation and analysis of related reports, forms and other documentation as requested;
• Drive the APVMA’s payroll system administration;
• Undertake user acceptance testing of software upgrades and development of internal workflow forms;
• Provide quality advice to employees and management on conditions of service matters, including researching, interpreting and applying a wide range of legislative provisions and APVMA policies and guidelines as they apply to payroll;
• Under limited guidance, investigate and resolve complex and sensitive issues in relation to conditions of service; and
• Assist with the management of the HR reporting and workforce metrics functions, including high quality design and delivery of regular and ad hoc reports, and where appropriate, comments and/or analysis.

SELECTION CRITERIA

To be considered for these roles you will need:

Essential:

• At least five years payroll experience obtained through working in medium to large organisations.
• Strong understanding of HR legislation and payroll practices (e.g. super, tax, mat leave, long service leave) and relevant enterprise agreements and industrial instruments.
• Experience in the practical operation and management of a Human Resource Information System (HRIS).
• Experience in workforce data and data integrity.
• Demonstrated experience in scoping, reviewing and implementing continuous improvement initiatives.
• Proven communicator underpinned by strong written and verbal skills, plus an eye for detail which translates to high quality, accurate outputs.
• Well-developed interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively across staff of all levels whilst being flexible, adaptable, having a positive outlook, and exercising diplomacy and confidentiality when required.

Desirable:

• Aurion Administration and Aurion payroll experience.
• Previous Australian Public Service payroll experience.
• Previous software implementation and user acceptance testing experience.