About the Organisation
Make a real difference in the lives of vulnerable Australians with this unique opportunity to provide both corporate expertise and community support. With a focus on people, not profit, Life Without Barriers’ corporate services team partners with our direct support staff, clients, and their families to ensure we continue our mission to change lives for the better. If a truly inclusive, collaborative, and fast-paced work environment sounds like your next career move, this is an opening not to be missed.
Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose organisation of 8,000 employees working in more than 500 communities across Australia. We support children, young people and families, people with disability, older people, and people with mental illness. We work with people who are homeless and refugees and asylum seekers. Join a community of people dedicated to breaking down barriers.
We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each client's individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply.
About the role
As a Payroll Assistant you will provide essential support to the payroll team, assisting with processing of payroll transactions, maintaining payroll records and supporting compliance to ensure smooth operations and accurate and timely employee pay.
This is a permanent-full time position that offers an excellent entry to the finance sector for someone who has strong attention to detail, high initiative and ability to follow process and procedure. The role can be based anywhere within our NSW and VIC footprint, including hybrid work from home arrangements.
Key Responsibilities
Assist in the preparation, calculation and processing of payroll for employees
Input and update employee data in payroll and time and attendance systems
Support the reconciliation of payroll reports and addressing discrepancies or errors in employee pay
Maintain payroll records, ensuring all documentation is accurate and complete
Support internal audits by providing accurate data and documentation
Respond to payroll-related inquiries
Skills & Experience Required
Demonstrated experience in payroll processing role or similar
Understanding of payroll processes and systems
Proficiency in Microsoft office programs, in particular Excel and Outlook
Ability to manage sensitive information and maintain confidentiality
Strong interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills
Experience managing competing priorities and delivering outcomes within a fast-paced environment
Ability to build positive relationships and work collaboratively with a range of stakeholders
Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check.
Benefits
Excellent entry level position into finance sector
Salary packaging benefits including up to $15,900 of your annual salary tax free
Monthly rostered days off (think 12 extra long weekends a year!)
Hybrid work from home arrangement
Inclusive, collaborative and fast-paced environment
Access to Fitness Passport and employee wellbeing program
How to Apply
Include your resume and covering letter in one document, click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts. For any enquiries, please contact Kestra Caller at recruitment@lwb.org.au
Candidates with disabilities who require adjustments to the recruitment process or the application form in an alternate format can visit https://www.lwb.org.au/careers/ for information on our access and inclusion work and how to contact us directly.
Applications close at midnight on Sunday the 31st of March
The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) has been providing outstanding care for Victoria's children and their families for over 147 years.
We are the major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria and our care extends to children from Tasmania, southern New South Wales and other states around Australia and overseas.
With a passionate, highly skilled and committed staff campus wide of over 5,000, we provide a full range of clinical services, tertiary care and health promotion and prevention programs for children and young people.
We are the designated state-wide major trauma centre for paediatrics in Victoria and a Nationally Funded Centre for cardiac and liver transplantation.
When it comes to training and research we partner with the very best. Our campus partners, the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) and The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, along with the RCH Foundation, are on site with the hospital in Parkville. Together, we are committed to improving the health outcomes for children today and in the future.
In 2016–17, more than 85,654 children attended our Emergency Department, 322,291 specialist clinic appointments were held which was almost 70,000 more than the previous year, more than 17,000 surgeries were performed and more than 48,552 children were admitted to our wards.
