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About the Role
As a Payroll Officer within the BDO finance team, you will report to the Payroll Supervisor and play a key role in the delivery of payroll activities for over 2,800 BDO employees across NSW, QLD, SA, VIC & WA. This role suits someone passionate about the end-to-end payroll process, continuous improvement, and committed to excellence within a geographically dispersed team.
Responsibilities
- Processing end-to-end fortnightly payroll, including data validation, approvals, and finalisation
- Generating new hire records
- Maintaining employee records
- Managing and reconciling termination payments, ensuring compliance with relevant legislation and internal policies
- Preparing and reviewing payroll calculations such as bonuses, remuneration adjustments, and backpays based on business requests
- Working closely with People & Culture, Finance, and other internal stakeholders to ensure payroll accuracy and resolve queries
- Monitoring and managing the payroll inbox, responding to employee queries in a timely and professional manner, and escalating complex issues as needed
- Maintaining payroll operations by following policies and procedures and contributing to process improvements
- Carrying out administrative payroll and other ad hoc requirements
Requirements
- Prior experience in payroll within a medium to large organisation
- Familiarity with payroll systems and software (Workday experience preferred but not essential)
- Understanding of payroll legislation, awards, and enterprise agreements is beneficial
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook
Skills
- Ability to work independently while contributing to a team-oriented environment
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with a customer-focused approach
- High attention to detail and commitment to maintaining confidentiality
- Organised and proactive, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines
- Eagerness to learn and adapt in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
- Problem-solving mindset and willingness to contribute to continuous improvement
Location
- NSW
- QLD
- SA
- VIC
- WA
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Prior experience in payroll within a medium to large organisation
Education Level
- Relevant qualifications in payroll, finance, or business administration are advantageous but not essential
Benefits
- Health and wellbeing benefits
- Social benefits
- Financial benefits
- Professional development benefits
- Fitness challenges
- Exclusive discounts to corporate health insurance
- Gym memberships
- Wellness facilities via our BWell program
- Travel perks
- Retail discounts
- Employee referral rewards
- Study support
- Enhanced family support
- Cultural leave
- Religious leave
- Options to purchase additional leave
- Community initiatives via our BCaring program
- On the job training
- Formal development programs
About the Company
- BDO is a global professional services firm connected to local markets.
- Our people work together to provide specialist expertise, helping businesses achieve their goals.
- We inspire others, to go further.
- We create together, to reach higher.
- We build trust, to lead purposefully.
- Whether you're building your future or starting your career with us, you won’t do it alone.
- From creating solutions for our clients to building careers for our people, we shape what matters.
- Working for BDO you will be part of a growing and market leading professional services firm.
- Our national and global footprint provides our people with opportunities to work on interesting client engagements, across diverse industry sectors and services.
- Our open and collaborative culture ensures access to Partners and professional mentors, to guide and accelerate your professional career, across a wide array of career pathways.
- Our culture is underpinned by our core values (One, Bold, Human, Heart and Strive).
Equal Opportunity
- We are proud to be recognised as an Inclusive Employer for 2025-2026 by Diversity Council of Australia and a 2024-2025 Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA).
- BDO is committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment practices. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support your application or interview process, we encourage you to contact our Talent Acquisition team at recruitment@bdo.com.au