Payroll Officer - Macquarie Park

Make a real difference working within our Finance Team as a Payroll Officer to support the teams who make a meaningful difference in the lives of people with vision and hearing loss.

Enjoy flexibility, two weeks of additional leave, and access to not-for-profit salary packaging benefits.

This is a Permanent Full-Time opportunity (38 hours per week) reporting directly to the Payroll Manager and will work onsite at our Macquarie Park Headquarters.

Job Description

What we can offer you:

- Salary starting from $102,000 plus Super, with 100% salary packaging to maximise your take home pay
- Generous leave entitlements including 2 weeks paid Christmas leave in addition to 4 weeks annual leave, plus extensive personal/carer's leave
- Paid parental leave of 14 weeks for primary carer and 6 weeks for secondary carer
- Access to industry leading education, professional development opportunities and career pathways

Key duties and responsibilities:

- End to end payroll processing using the ichris payroll system which inlude:
- Administering salaries and wages, ensuring employees are paid accurately and in a timely manner each fortnight using the iChris payroll system.
- Maintaining accurate employee pay records, associated timesheets, leave records and related information within iChris to support the efficient administration of payroll.
- Maintaining award data within iChris and ensure wage payments comply with applicable awards, relevant agreements and common law contracts.
- Processing employee commencements and ensure recent employees are accurately and appropriately set up in the iChris payroll system.
- Processing employee terminations and final pay calculations in accordance with organisational requirements and relevant legislatio
- Supporting payroll administration for an organisation with a typical employee headcount of 400+.
- Assisting the Payroll Team with payroll-related tasks and duties as required,



including maintaining and updating payroll information within iChris
- Working collaboratively with other team members to ensure the effective and timely delivery of payroll services.
- Following workplace health and safety programs and procedures to ensure a safe working environment for self and others.
- Performing any other reasonable duties as required or assigned by your manager.

Desired Skills and Experience

About You:

- Demonstrated experience and sound working knowledge of payroll preparation and processing, preferably within a medium to large organisation.
- Demonstrated hands-on experience using the iChris payroll system, including processing payroll, maintaining employee records, processing commencements and terminations, and managing payroll-related information.
- Demonstrated ability to interpret and apply relevant Awards, Determinations, Enterprise Agreements and other employment conditions.
- Demonstrated ability to handle confidential payroll information and sensitive employee matters with discretion and professionalism.
- High level of communication and interpersonal skills, with a strong customer service focus and commitment to delivering timely and responsive payroll support.
- Robust computer literacy, including intermediate skills in Microsoft Word and Excel.
- Strong organisational and time management skills, with the ability to plan, prioritise and manage competing deadlines effectively.
- Excellent attention to detail and a high level of accuracy, particularly when processing payroll and maintaining employee records.
- Demonstrated ability to meet strict payroll deadlines and work effectively under time constraints




- Strong collaboration and teamwork skills, with the ability to work effectively with colleagues and stakeholders
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate payroll-related information clearly and professionally.
- Ability and willingness to become familiar with and comply with applicable child protection policies, procedures and legislation, as amended from time to time.
- Obligation to become familiar with and comply with child protection policies and legislation, as amended from time to time

Our Purpose and Ambition

NextSense is a not-for-profit organisation supporting people with vision or hearing loss across Australia. We work with children, adults, and their families, providing a holistic approach to hearing services for newborns through to people over 90 years old, and helping children who are blind or have low vision to develop the right skills, mobility, and independence to confidently explore their world.

NextSense has been breaking boundaries since 1860, and we've been expanding our services ever since. Today, we deliver world-class education (both to children with sensory loss and to professionals in the field), cochlear implants, allied health services, therapy, research, and clinical services to children and adults. We're a registered NDIS provider, working with our clients to achieve their own goals and potential.

We're committed to research and innovation; harnessing the latest technologies and new ways of thinking and educating the next generation to lead the way in hearing and vision services.

How to apply:

If this role sounds like you, please click on the apply button and follow the prompts.

If you would like to learn more, please reach out to Vicki Stubbs at [email protected] for a confidential chat.

NextSense is a child safe organisation, candidate compliance with child protection legislation is essential.

📌 Payroll Officer (Australia)
🏢 NextSense
📍 Australia