Payroll Officer

• Your impact will be substantial to Origin Energy employees.
• Be part of a niche team focused on excellence and supporting your career growth.
• Permanent position | Melbourne CBD based

Join a team that's All Kinds of Useful

At Origin, being useful is more than a tagline - it’s how we approach work every day. As a collective, we’re a team that thrives on finding better ways, working together, and owning our impact. From powering homes to delivering award-winning internet and helping to lead Australia’s energy transition. If you’re driven by purpose and excited to be part of something bigger, we’d love to have you on the journey.

About the role

Are you ready to play a pivotal role in the employee lifecycle? Origin Energy's Payroll Officer role offers a unique opportunity in Melbourne, with a competitive base salary and an array of benefits, including discounted product offers and partner discounts.

Our payroll function is at the heart of our commitment to employees. You'll contribute to ensuring accurate and timely payment of salaries, wages, and the maintenance of essential payroll and employee master data.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Data Accuracy: Input and analyse data, ensuring precise employee entitlements in compliance with awards, EAs, and legislation.
• Advisory Support: Provide timely and accurate processing for payroll and P&C transactions. Offer guidance and support to staff, clients, and stakeholders.
• Stakeholder Relations: Build effective working relationships with colleagues, employees, and stakeholders, ensuring exceptional payroll services.
• Administrative Tasks: Deliver various payroll administrative tasks, manage processes, respond to queries, advise on policy, and produce reports in line with standards and timeframes.
• Customer Service: Provide top-tier customer service aligned with best practice guidelines, policy, and procedure.
• Standards and Compliance: Uphold service standards, resolve issues promptly, and adhere to privacy, confidentiality, and compliance requirements.

About you

You will thrive in this role if you are a team player with advanced analytical skills, ready to challenge the status quo in operational reports. Your focus on high-quality customer service, attention to detail, and strong analytical skills will set you up for success. You will also have:

• Relevant industry qualification with demonstrated working experience or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and education/training.
• Demonstrated working knowledge of payroll management solutions, specifically SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central and Payroll.
• Strong interpretation skills regarding legislative requirements, employment agreements, awards, and Enterprise Bargaining Agreements (EBAs), especially related to Superannuation.
• Excellent customer service skills, including providing authoritative technical and policy advice at a high level.
• Advanced organizational skills with a demonstrated ability to set priorities and meet deadlines.

What we offer

• A great team as well as interesting, rewarding, and engaging work!
• Opportunities for payroll skill building and career development.
• A central location in Melbourne's CBD, with convenient access to parking and public transport.
• Discounted Origin benefits including Electrical, Gas and Internet offers.
• Exclusive EV subscription offers.

Origin - Where good change happens

At Origin, we’re powered by people who believe in creating change.

We are committed to fostering a diverse, gender equitable workforce, where everyone is welcome, and all applications are evaluated on merit and potential. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, people living with disabilities, culturally diverse people, any stage in life, people with intersex variations and people within LGBTQ+ communities, including trans and gender diverse.

Enjoy a challenging career in an exciting industry where you can grow and explore your potential. If you think you have transferable skills, an appetite to learn and would be a great fit, we’d love to hear from you.

Background checks may be required to determine your suitability for this position as part of the recruitment process and during your employment. These checks may include police checks, AusCheck, medical assessment and/or drug and alcohol testing.

Please note unsolicited CVs from agencies will not be accepted.

Origin recognises Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples as the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia, and we pay our respects to Elders past, present and future.