
Payroll Officer
Assurant
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Chennai • 🇮🇳 India
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Accurately prepare and process the fortnightly and monthly payrolls in a timely manner.
- Respond to payroll queries, provide thorough explanations to team members and assist them to understand how they are paid, or resolve their queries as required
- Provide reporting, analysis and explanations to assist stakeholders in making informed workforce planning decisions.
- Prepare, maintain and terminate employment contracts and employee files in accordance with employment contracts, Awards, and Fair Work legislation and as required.
- Prepare reports and cost analysis for workforce planning and other purposes, and preparation and submission of the annual WGEA reports.
- Handle Work Cover payments and process third-party deductions.
- Process bonus payments and salary increase as directed.
- Conduct payroll data checks and prepare audit checks.
- Process off-cycle payments as needed.
- Provide periodic management and finance reports.
- Ensure data integrity and maintain employee records in Workday.
- Manage overpayment administration, including calculations, recovery, and YTD adjustments.
- Other ad hoc tasks as required.
Requirements
- 3-5+ Years of experience in Australia/ New Zealand Payroll
- Experience processing payroll via the ADP payroll platform
- Experience using Workday preferred
- Previous experience in WGEA reporting preferred
- Understanding of awards, common law contracts, Fair Work legislation
- Exceptionally high attention to detail
- Strong organizational skills
- Intermediate skills in Excel.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
payroll processingWGEA reportingdata integrityaudit checkscost analysisbonus paymentssalary increasesthird-party deductionsExcel
Soft skills
attention to detailorganizational skillscommunication