Job details
| Location: | Frankston |
| Salary: | Payroll Officer – $46.00 per hour + super | Senior Payroll Officer – $62.00 per hour + Super |
| Job Type: | Temporary |
| Discipline: | |
| Reference: | V-127300 |
| Posted: | 3 days ago |
Job description
- Experience with Aurion and strong payroll experience
- This role can either be a payroll officer or senior payroll officer position – pending experience
- Payroll Officer – $46.00 per hour + super | Senior Payroll Officer – $62.00 per hour + Super
Our client, a council in Melbourne’s southern suburbs, is urgently seeking an experienced Payroll Officer or Senior Payroll Officer (depending on your skills and background) to join their team immediately.
This is an exciting opportunity to step into a critical role as the organisation implements a new payroll system – Aurion. Your experience with Aurion and strong payroll expertise will be essential to a smooth transition.
Key Responsibilities:
- Deliver accurate, timely fortnightly payroll runs, including accounting journals, bank transfers and EFT payments.
- Ensure compliance with all industrial agreements, Council policies and legal obligations, including NES.
- Provide professional payroll support and advice to management and staff.
- Process reconciliations, payroll deductions and prepare year-end reports and terminations including ETP.
- Maintain integrity and compliance across payroll systems and support continuous improvement.
- You bring hands-on experience with Aurion and a track record in payroll processing within a complex environment.
- You have strong knowledge of awards, EBAs, and current payroll legislation.
- You’re proactive, detail-focused, and a strong communicator who thrives in a fast-paced environment.
- Local government experience and familiarity with Chris21 or similar systems are highly regarded.
- Immediate start for the right candidate.
- Be a part of a supportive team driving positive change during a key systems upgrade.
- Parking on site
At Charterhouse, we embrace, and value, diversity of culture, working arrangements, sexual orientation, and gender identity. On behalf of our client, we promote a workplace that actively seeks to include and welcome unique contributions of all people; to embrace and celebrate the value of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff, their skills and contributions to the workplace.