Payroll Officer

9-day fortnight with no salary reduction

12-month fixed-term contract

Work from home options | team connection days

Grant Thornton Australia is one of Australia’s leading professional services firms, providing audit, tax, and advisory services to a diverse range of clients. Our culture is underpinned by a commitment to our clients, people and communities, and our promise to ‘Reach for Remarkable’ by providing proven expertise, principled execution, and personalised experience.

About this role

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Payroll Officer to join our dynamic team in the professional services industry. The ideal candidate will be responsible for managing and overseeing the payroll functions, ensuring accuracy and compliance with all relevant regulations. This role requires a detail-oriented individual with strong analytical skills, resilience, and the ability to work effectively in a team environment.

Key responsibilities

• Payroll: Full end-to-end payroll process, ensuring timely and accurate payroll delivery for all employees.
• Compliance: Ensure compliance with all relevant payroll legislation and regulations, including tax and superannuation requirements.
• Stakeholder Management: Collaborate with various stakeholders, including HR, finance, and external auditors, to address payroll-related queries and issues.
• System Management: Maintain and update payroll systems, ensuring data integrity and accuracy. Experience with Workday Payroll is highly regarded.
• Process Improvement: Identify and implement process improvements to enhance payroll efficiency and accuracy.
• Issue Resolution: Address and resolve payroll discrepancies and issues in a timely manner.

Skills & experience

• Key Attributes: Resilience: Ability to handle high-pressure situations and manage multiple tasks simultaneously while maintaining a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Team Player: Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work collaboratively within a team and support colleagues.
• Intermediate/Advanced Excel Skills: Proficiency in Excel, including the ability to use advanced functions and formulas for data analysis and reporting.
• Fast learner: with experience across multiple payroll platforms.
• Stakeholder Management: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to manage and influence stakeholders at all levels of the organization.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Experience: A minimum of 5 years of experience in payroll, preferably within the professional services industry.

If you’re interested in this role but don’t feel that you match every single one of our requirements, we would still love to hear from you and explore the unique skillset and attributes that you can bring to the team.

At Grant Thornton we do things differently because we understand that when you strive for better and care about what you do remarkable things are possible. We’re a dynamic and authentic mix of backgrounds, perspectives and ways of thinking. We’re driven by our shared purpose - we care for our people, clients and communities and support them to thrive.

With us, you’ll be exposed to challenging and rewarding opportunities - building your confidence and capabilities at every step. You’ll be supported, motivated and inspired by a team of passionate and caring collaborators and leaders. You’ll be empowered to build a career path that’s tailored to you and encouraged to make a meaningful difference. And we’ll make sure the excellence you deliver and the impact you make is always seen, felt and celebrated.

Remarkable perks that put you first:

• Up to 26 weeks paid parental leave | paid secondary carers leave
• Respectful & supportive teams
• Mental health support, financial & wellbeing coaching
• Work in comfort and dress for your day
• And many more!

As we provide fair consideration and evaluation to a high volume of applications, we endeavor to provide feedback on your application at the earliest opportunity.