Join a successful industrial and professional services union representing over 94,000 members in Victoria. We aim to empower nurses and midwives to maximise their influence of their profession, their working environment, the health care system and the broader community.

The Finance Assistant (Payroll) role will achieve the following outcomes:

• Prepare and process payroll run each fortnight, including benefits and taxes consistent with ATO statutory requirements.
• Prepare and process payroll for casual staff including Sessional Teachers from timesheets in a timely manner.
• Ensure the processing of new hires, temporary workers, transfers, promotions and terminations is accurate and timely.
• Understand and adhere to proper taxation of employer paid benefits and deductions
• Prepare monthly / fortnightly HR reports, payroll reports, sick leave/annual leave spreadsheet for management and other additional reports as required.
• Prepare variance report for each pay run and supporting documentation as required by management including Annual Leave / Sick Leave balance report.
• Ensure Annual Leave / Sick Leave is not applied in arrears unless approved by Secretary/HR.
• Continually review and analyse current payroll, benefits and tax procedures in order to recommend and implement changes leading to best-practice operations.

Key Selection Criteria

• Tertiary qualifications in Finance, Accounting or Payroll administration

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in Payroll Processing and reporting including EBA benefits, allowances, deductions, awards, tax, payroll tax
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in Payroll software – processes, reporting, setups, Summary and year end reporting to ATO
• Autonomous and strong knowledge of federal and state regulations and full understanding of PAYG tax and salary packaging / adjustments
• Sound knowledge of Payroll tax and other payroll statutory reporting requirements

Remuneration

Annual salary of $ $78,129 per annum plus 15% Super.

Additional incentives

5 weeks of annual leave, additional public holidays, paid Christmas closedown; and generous employment conditions including ADOs.