The posting
To enable the flow of highly capable and valued people to fulfill the mission and vision of Hillsong Church in the face of increasing change and complexity.
To serve Hillsong employees through effective on-boarding, accurate and timely processing of payroll and courteous response to queries. To ensure compliance with all legal/regulatory obligations and timely reporting internally and externally as appropriate.
• Health Insurance/HMO • Enjoy unlimited MadMax Coffee • Diverse learning & growth opportunities • Accessible Cloud HR platform (Sprout) • Above standard leaves
On-boarding New Staff and External Liaison
• Receive, interpret and process recruitment data into the On-Boarding module for Australian payrolls. • Provide fringe benefits on-boarding documentation to new and existing employees as needed. • Transfer relevant information from the On-Boarding module to the payroll systems in a timely and accurate way. • Identify and action necessary workflows pursuant to discussions with Payroll software Providers, Superannuation Funds, Workers Compensation Insurers, Salary Packaging and Benefits and legislation. • Process terminations & assist exiting staff with all queries including provision of Employment Separation Certificates, final payslips etc • Respond to written and verbal enquiries from individual employees.
Payroll Preparation & Processing
• Monitor and review approved employee variations, time sheets and leave forms before entry to the payroll system. • Monitor correctness, eligibility and timeliness of all payments. • Prepare and process fortnightly pays across numerous entities. • Calculate termination and other ad-hoc payments as required. • Process deductions and payments to outsourced packaging providers.
Payroll Administration & Auditing
• Maintain the payroll systems in consultation with payroll providers. • Work with the payroll systems accountant to ensure payroll is accurately costed according to approved budgets. • Ensure audit substantiation in maintaining accurate pay records, employee records, leave records and associated information. • Work with recruitment and analysts to ensure regular audit of data for integrity and parity with Bamboo/HRIS
Payroll Reporting
• Provide payroll reports for balancing and reconciling group tax, PAYG tax, FBT, payment summaries, workers compensation premiums and authorised payroll deductions to the Payroll Systems Accountant. • Preparation of relevant regulatory reports which may include ATO, PAYG, Superannuation, Workers Compensation and others as required. • Provide appropriate data for the purpose of management reporting.
Inquiries
• Provide training and other assistance to employees in the use of the Employee Self-Serve (ESS) portals & fringe benefits vendor. • Respond to written and verbal enquiries from approved Department Leaders and external parties and government agencies as required.
Addtional Responsiilities
Additional tasks may be assigned by your supervisor from time to time as requied, including conference and event responsibilities.
• Knowledge of Australian awards and legislative instruments highly desirable.
• Understanding of criticality of compliance and data integrity.
• Understanding of discretion required within the payroll/People & Development space.
• Familiarity with accounting and/or payroll software.
• Customer Service and Business Partnering experience
• Experience in coaching leaders and teams
• A Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Finance or Accounting is desirable.
• Tertiary qualifications or work experience in HR or Payroll
• Excellent mathematics and communication skills
• Ability to maintain privacy and confidentiality
Excellent communication & interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated advanced knowledge of Microsoft office and database usage.
• Ability to discuss sensitive issues.
• Excellent team player.
• Ability to succinctly present rationale for decisions.
• Ability to maintain high level of confidentiality and handle sensitive information appropriately.
