Are you a payroll superstar ready to make an impact? Join our people operations team as a Payroll Specialist and take charge of end-to-end payroll processes across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand using Dayforce!

You'll play a key role in ensuring payroll runs smoothly, accurately, and on time, while providing expert advice and support to employees and managers on all things payroll. This is your chance to showcase your expertise, shine in a dynamic environment, and add real value to an organisation that truly values your skills!

Key responsibilities will include:

• Managing the end-to-end processing and maintenance of the fortnightly payroll for approximately 300 employees across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand.
• Ensuring all payroll processes are leading practice delivered accurately, efficiently and on time whilst also ensuring compliance with relevant laws and regulations across both countries.
• Managing the processing and checking of payroll information to ensure the employee pay records and all payroll related data held in the payroll system is accurate and maintained in accordance with policies and statutory requirements
• Responding to all payroll queries within agreed service level standards to ensure employees and managers receive a high-quality service
• Staying up to date with changes in Modern Awards, payroll policy and legislation and adjusting processes accordingly to ensure ongoing compliance
• Managing and overseeing salary packaging, relationship management to ensure the best quality service is delivered to employees
• Processing superannuation calculations and reconciling/remitting funds in line with agreed timelines
• Being the payroll superuser/SME of the payroll system, maintaining and coordinating any required changes
• Administering the month and year end process reporting and administering Workcover premiums and payroll tax

Skills and experience

• Proven experience in managing end to end payroll processing preferably across both Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand
• Solid understanding of payroll principles and laws with experience in interpreting Modern Awards
• Knowledge and experience of manual and cloud based human resources and payroll systems. Knowledge and experience of Dayforce is highly desirable.
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
• Strong service focus with a passion for delivering great service to all stakeholders
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to handle confidential information
• A work style that is warm, positive, approachable and solution focused
• A desire to work in a supportive and collaborative team environment.

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Benefits

At our organisation, we are proud to have a positive impact on improving health outcomes in the community. Our people are especially important to us, we treat everyone fairly and are mindful of our colleagues and their wellbeing. Working at RACS, you will thrive in our environment where we recognise that we are all one team. Our employees are at their best when they have balance in their lives, so by joining our team you will have:

• flexibility to combine working from home with time spent in the office
• RACS Professional Development Framework (Grow at RACS)
• access to a wellbeing app
• annual wellbeing reimbursement
• additional, gifted leave at the end of the year
• access to online learning portal THRIVE with a catalogue of 89,000+ courses
• access to an Employee Assistance Program which includes counselling for personal and work-related issues, support for family members, legal support, career development and planning, nutrition & lifestyle advice as well as financial counselling

We genuinely care about our employees’ health and wellbeing and encourage our people to bring their whole selves to work.

About us

The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) is the leading advocate for surgical standards, professionalism and surgical education in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. The College is a not-for-profit organisation that represents more than 8600 surgeons and 1300 surgical trainees and Specialist International Medical Graduates.

RACS also supports healthcare and surgical education in the Asia-Pacific region and is a substantial funder of surgical research. There are nine surgical specialties in Australasia being: Cardiothoracic Surgery, General Surgery, Neurosurgery, Orthopaedic Surgery, Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Paediatric Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Urology and Vascular Surgery.

How to apply?

To apply for this role please submit your application by clicking on the “Apply Now’ button to submit a cover letter and resume.

Please note that applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, so don’t wait—apply now!

Enquiries can be directed to [email protected] using the subject line: Payroll Specialist enquiry via EthicalJobs however, applications emailed to this address will not be accepted.

RACS is a child safe organisation. RACS recruitment and selection procedures reflect our commitment to the safety and protection of children in all our activities. As part of the selection process candidates are required to undergo a Police check, an anti-money laundering & counter-terrorism check and signing of our Child Safeguarding Policy & Code of Conduct and RACS Workforce Conduct Policy.
RACS is committed to supporting diversity and inclusion in our workforce. The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) recognises Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people as the traditional landowners of Australia and Māori as the tangatawhenua (people of the land) of Aotearoa New Zealand. We are committed to creating employment opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and Māori and building an environment that is inclusive, culturally safe and appropriate.