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

Reporting to the Group Payroll Manager you will develop, implement and monitor continuous service improvement, quality, risk management and governance practice within Payroll to drive demonstrable and sustainable improvements in operational support functions. This is a permanent full time position is located flexible.

Key Responsibilities 

• Lead and support Payroll Services to achieve the business plan outcomes and other organisational programs and initiatives
• Monitor, coach, support, motivate and develop team members to enable them to deliver to the best of their ability
• Lead the payroll accounting functions to ensure robust payroll reconciliations are undertaken across Payroll Services
• Ensure lodgement and reconciliation of PAYG tax payments and STP reporting across all entities within LWB meets all legislative requirements
• Ensure all third party payments (relating to Payroll) meet required timeframes and legislative requirements
• Lead the development, implementation and improvement of payroll reporting to facilitate robust payroll production processes
• Monitor governance framework elements including risk management and quality improvement and reporting on payroll related issues
• Work with Payroll Leads to develop an internal control schedule to reduce risk relating to payroll compliance, timeliness of payments and fraud risk and oversee the completion of required activity.
• Develop, implement, promote and enhance strategies, plans, procedures which identify, assess, document and mitigate critical operational risks to improve risk management within Payroll Services.
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement, sound corporate governance practice and risk management within Payroll to drive continuous improvements

Skills & Experience

• Tertiary qualifications in Business / Human Resources / Commerce / Finance and / or equivalent experience preferred
• Working knowledge of relevant legislative and regulatory environment for areas of business responsibility i.e. Superannuation, Workers Compensation, PAYG tax and other legislative agencies.
• Working knowledge of the Australia Industrial Relations System.
• Demonstrated leadership skills and the ability to work collaboratively with a range of stakeholders including peers, employees, external organisations, funding bodies and government agencies
• Effective time management and organisational skills, advanced analytical and problem solving skills
• Strong written and oral communication, interpersonal and customer service skills
• Demonstrated ability to use Microsoft Office suite of programs

Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check and Working with Children Check (where relevant to the role).

Benefits

• Permanent full time – location flexible
• Opportunity to work for one of Australia's largest social purpose organisations
• Opportunity to make a huge impact in a national organisation

How to Apply

Include your resume and covering letter in one document, click ‘Apply Now’ and follow the prompts.

For any enquiries including persons with disability that require adjustments, contact [email protected], using the subject line: Payroll Service Quality Lead - Flexible Location enquiry via EthicalJobs.

To be considered for and appointed to a position at Life Without Barriers, you must be vaccinated against COVID-19 or hold a valid medical exemption certificate.  You will be required to provide evidence of your vaccination status during the recruitment process.

We are dedicated to playing our part to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and bring continuity of care and support to our clients. With this in mind, if you are successful, we will discuss with you an alternative to a face to face interview.

Life Without Barriers supports the Royal Commission into violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of people with disability. We believe people with disability need to be heard and for these experiences to influence how support services like ours are delivered. View our statement here https://bit.ly/2GzZGWA.