Kōrero mō te tūranga - About the role

Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington is currently recruiting a Payroll Adviser on a permanent, full-time contract.

Key responsibilities:

Process payroll information into relevant HR systems, accurately to ensure all payments are made to employees in an accurate, timely manner as required.
Provide clear and researched explanations in simple language that enables the building of a better understanding by customers of relevant policy, process, procedure and guidelines.
Support the Payroll Team Leader and Payroll Manager with complex or escalated queries.
Review, analyse and complete complex pay calculations.
Ensure accurate reconciliation of payroll accounts to balance sheet, preparation of PAYE and ACC returns, superannuation schemes and related processes are known and documented.
Support continuous improvement activities within the team to ensure enhanced service delivery.
Develop an understanding of the related systems, payroll SQL and payroll configuration.

Ō pūmanawa - About you

Key requirements:

At least 3+ years payroll experience in a large and complex organisation.
Demonstrated experience in administrative tasks including accurate data entry and checking.
Proven experience delivering high quality customer service and managing the end-to-end workflow and output of a Payroll team.
Experience using payroll systems to an advanced level, in particular Oracle HCM and/or Ascender (aPay).
Understanding of payroll processing procedures and supporting functions.
Ability to work under pressure and within a deadline driven environment.
Ability to work as part of a cohesive team.
Competent using Microsoft Word and Excel packages to an intermediate level.