There's something special about spending your days alongside like-minded people, just as committed to purposeful work as you. At Save the Children Australia, we attract bright and big-hearted people who are inspired to make a difference. Together, we are fearless in our pursuit of making lasting change for the children and communities who need it most.

Save the Children and 54 reasons: A place where your purpose matters.

It takes all types of personalities and talents to drive our organisation- yours included. We value a healthy work-life balance and ensure our people feel connected to each other and our impact. Learn from inspiring people and grow from a connection to our strong local and global networks. From our programs to our support services - this is the place to realise your purpose.

A place to make a difference:

Here you're empowered to make a difference in children's lives by learning, sharing and collaborating to find new ways to solve problems. In this full-time, initial 12 month contract role (with strong potential to move into a permanent role following this), you'll work as a part of our Finance team in our brand new, Melbourne head office to help us create lasting change for children everywhere.

The Payroll Manager plays an important role in delivering on our vision of a better world for children. Whether it's ensuring the accurate, timely and efficient management of the Payroll function or advising and consulting on changes to industrial awards and legislations, you'll be contributing to our commitment to children in Australia, the Pacific and around the world.

You will make a difference by:

• Managing and monitoring the end-to-end payroll process ensuring employee details are correctly recorded and processed, according to policies, legislation and compliance
• Ensuring the administration of WorkCover, superannuation, PAYG and any future tax obligations including payments, reconciliations and accurate recording of employer and employee details
• Ensuring all third-party commitments are executed in accordance with agreed timeframes, including ATO, SRO, ABS and external salary packaging
• Undertaking analysis and extracting payroll related data to assist with ongoing business reporting, financial/payroll processes and continuous improvement in line with organisation objectives
• Assisting the Finance Team with preparation of statutory payroll related requirements such as FBT return and general ledger reconciliations related to payroll
• Ensuring a high level of customer focus is maintained in all working relationships with both internal and external stakeholders to ensure timely and accurate provision of payroll related information and effective resolution of payroll related queries and issues.
• Proactively consulting with the HR team and business leaders on award and legislative changes, informing changes and the associated impacts.
• Establishing and maintaining appropriate process controls to ensure monthly financial and compliance deliverables are met.

A place to feel valued:

Your deep expertise in managing significant payroll teams within a non-profit environment is invaluable. We recognise your contribution and provide you the support to ensure you can bring your best, knowing here you have the space and opportunity to grow. Bringing your best every day, means:

• Demonstrated payroll management and team leadership experience
• Solid experience managing payroll for Australian and Expatriate based employees working across a broad range of locations
• Experience managing payroll with multiple awards, employment terms and salary sacrifice arrangements
• Experience with a larger payroll system such as iChris (preferred), Workday, Kronos, etc
• Strong time management and organisational skills with the ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
• Well-developed knowledge of Industrial Relations, legislative and compliance requirements with the ability to interpret awards and legislation and ensure appropriate application of rules in the payroll system.

A place to belong:

It takes all types of people to do the challenging work we do. We are diverse personalities, backgrounds and talents, embracing our differences as one strong and united team. We see and celebrate the unique value you bring to our organisation, and offer a range of rewards for your effort, including:

• Opportunity to work on additional projects to enable you to stretch and feel connected to programs in a different way
• Individual learning plans to help map and deliver on your career development.
• Internal employment and development opportunities
• A modern, up to date working space. Or the opportunity to work from home (WFH), or both!
• Kids are welcome! We understand the demands of working parents and we have safe, accessible spaces where our little people can relax while their mums or dads help other children and families,
• Support for workplace wellness, including access to our free, confidential Employee Wellbeing Program
• Celebrate and feel supported in your diversity. We've established internal networks to support our diverse workforce, foster inclusion and allow you to bring your whole self to work (if that's what you want!) (Pride@Save, Parents and Carers@Save, Mental Wellness Alliance, Disability@Save, First Nations Advisory Commitee).
• Full salary packaging benefits (please use this link to see how much this benefit could mean to you!)
• Extra leave to use in a range of ways to ensure you're able to perform at your optimum

Follow this link for the full list of our employee benefits.

Does this sound like the place for you?

We'd love to hear from you. Submit your cover letter and resume below.

Position Description - Payroll Manager

For more information about this position, please contact Anjali Ilsley on [email protected], using the subject line: Payroll Manager enquiry via EthicalJobs. Or for more information about a career at Save, visit our Careers Page.

*We understand the need for work-life balance. We've advertised this role as full-time, but if you're looking for something different, please let us know. We offer flexible hours, remote working, and individual flexibility plans to ensure we're providing you a personalised career.

We have tested our application process with diverse groups in mind, with the intent to ensure it's straightforward and accessible for all to apply. Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our culture and improve our ability to reach our most vulnerable client groups. But we also know there is no one-size fits-all when it comes to recruitment - so if we didn't quite hit the mark for you, please let us know at [email protected]. We're dedicated to ensuring Save the Children Australia is a place where everyone can feel supported - no matter your race, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, sexuality, neurodiversity, culture and beliefs.

Save the Children Australia is a child-safe organisation. All employees are required to undergo a National Police Check, a Working with Children Check, and sign our Child Safeguarding Policy and Code of Conduct. We also support the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. You can read about the Scheme and our commitment to Safeguarding here.

Save the Children is committed to providing and maintaining a safe working environment for its employees and client groups, consistent with our obligations under OH&S legislation.

If you are having any issues with uploading your application for this role, please contact [email protected] for further support.