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About the Role

This is an opportunity to take ownership of end-to-end payroll across a diverse national workforce while working alongside HR and Finance to deliver a high-quality payroll service. If you're a payroll professional who enjoys solving problems, improving systems, and ensuring every employee is paid accurately and on time, we'd love to hear from you.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end payroll processing across multiple payroll cycles.
• Ensure payroll compliance, reporting, and system improvements.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives in payroll.
• Process end-to-end payroll across multiple payroll frequencies, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
• Interpret Awards, Enterprise Agreements, and company policies to ensure correct employee payments.
• Manage payroll activities across the employee lifecycle, including onboarding, transfers, leave, and terminations.
• Calculate leave entitlements, superannuation, PAYG, redundancy, and other payroll adjustments.
• Maintain accurate employee records within the payroll system.
• Investigate and resolve payroll queries and discrepancies in a timely manner.
• Process back pays, WorkCover payments, and payroll adjustments.
• Prepare payroll journals, reconciliations, and month-end reporting.
• Produce payroll reports, including headcount, staff movements, leave liabilities, payroll comparisons, and compliance reporting.
• Partner with HR and Finance to ensure payroll data integrity and compliance.
• Support payroll system improvements, testing, and process enhancements.
• Contribute to payroll continuity by providing backup support across the payroll function.

Requirements

• At least 5 years' experience in an end-to-end Payroll Officer role.
• Strong knowledge of Australian payroll legislation, taxation, superannuation, Awards, and Enterprise Agreements.
• Experience processing complex payrolls across multiple pay cycles.
• Strong experience using payroll systems.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and strong reporting capability.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• High attention to detail and exceptional numerical accuracy.
• Ability to work independently while managing competing priorities.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to build positive relationships across the business.
• A continuous improvement mindset with experience identifying and implementing payroll efficiencies.
• Prospective candidates will be required to provide proof of legal work rights.
• Prospective candidates may be required to undertake relevant, role-appropriate pre-employment screening.
• Provide any reasonable adjustments to participate in the recruitment process.

Skills

• Payroll processing
• Payroll compliance
• Payroll reporting
• System improvements
• Continuous improvement
• MicrOPay experience
• Microsoft Excel
• Analytical skills
• Problem-solving skills
• Attention to detail
• Numerical accuracy
• Independent work
• Time management
• Communication skills
• Relationship building

Location

• Sydney

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• 5 years' experience in an end-to-end Payroll Officer role

Benefits

• Ongoing professional development and career growth opportunities

About the Company

• Kanji Group is a growing Australian business with a national footprint.

Equal Opportunity

• Kanji Group is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from people of all backgrounds, experiences and identities.