Payroll and HRIS Officer

Ethos Urban is a multi-disciplinary business that brings together planning, urban design, property economics, social strategy, community engagement and project management.

We focus on bringing together the collective intelligence of our different people to help deliver better solutions to complex problems, and ultimately achieve better urban outcomes for our community. Our towns and cities are always changing and we know this creates choices that can make a difference to the quality of our urban living.

For over 25 years our people have worked in partnership with the public and private sectors to provide them with the momentum to realise their ambitions for better places, communities and cities.

About the role

The People and Culture Team is seeking an experienced Payroll and HRIS Officer.

If you are an experienced Payroll and HRIS Officer and looking for more flexibility with a part-time role then we would love to hear from you.

The Payroll and HRIS Officer is responsible for coordinating and administering an effective payroll function. This role is also responsible for ensuring all employee records on our HRIS system is accurate and maintained.

You will be reporting into the National People and Culture Manager.

Key responsibilities

As the Payroll and HRIS Officer you will be accountable for:

• Responsible for managing the accuracy of all monthly payroll runs and payroll process (end to end payroll process).
• Ensuring that payroll data and employee related records and entitlements are accurate.
• Working collectively with the People and Culture Coordinator to ensure timeliness of HRIS information management and employee onboarding and offboarding task delivery.
• Excellence in communication (responsiveness, accuracy and clarity) and counsel to all levels of the business across different stakeholder groups.
• Assisting to maintain and updating relevant PC policies, processes, and systems to ensure accuracy, compliance and overall P&C service delivery excellence.
• Providing guidance and support to business regarding all level 1 and 2 queries. Escalating to the National P&C Manager where required.
• Demonstrated independent judgement and solutions-based resolution to employee issues, PC projects, reporting, administration or data-based problems.

We are looking for an experienced Payroll and HRIS Officer who has:

• Relevant tertiary degree in HR or associated discipline (Payroll qualification).
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in a similar role with end-to-end experience including processing salary sacrifice arrangements.
• Proficiency in multiple systems (HRIS, Payroll and associated). ADP and BambooHR experience essential.
• Exceptional organisational skills, time management and project tracking abilities.
• High level of attention to detail in system administration skills and ability to maintain current and accurate information across multiple sources.
• Ability to work in an agile environment multitask and prioritise workload to meet deadlines.
• Quality control, risk management & pragmatic approach to employee issues.
• Data analytics skills and the ability to create tangible insights from multiple data sets.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills.
• Commitment to our Operating Principles.

Why work with us?

The business of creating a better urban experience is a complex one. It requires patience, diligence, intelligence and perhaps most importantly, a passion for making a difference to our experience of urban life.

What we do and the way that we do it is unique. We view each project as a complex puzzle that requires different perspectives and alternative angles to solve it. At Ethos Urban, no one individual ever has the answer. It’s only when we bring people with different specialisations from different teams that we can see the full picture and then the way forward. We call it collective intelligence.

We continue to hire great people with a diversity of skills, experience and backgrounds. This includes people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people identifying as LGBTIQ+, culturally and linguistically diverse people, carers and other diversity groups. We encourage applicants from any background to apply to join Ethos Urban!

We back our people: We are proponents of flexible work, we provide generous leave provisions including purchased leave (up to 4 weeks annually in addition to your standard 4), 18 weeks paid parental leave regardless of your parental definition, paid study leave & access to transitional coaching. In addition, we cover your industry memberships, we provide access to an array of great learning and personal development initiatives and incredible career pathways. For more please visit our website.

We have adopted the globally recognised United Nations Sustainable Development Goals as our ESG framework. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) is a clearly defined pathway to improving our world, and how business can align its goals and actions to help us all collectively get there.

Why not take a moment to hear from some of our people why they think Ethos Urban such a great place to work https://www.yout-ube.com/watch?v=uE-IrFb43sY

How to apply

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