Reports to: Chief Financial Officer or Human Resources Manager
Supervises: Payroll Clerks and other Payroll Department Clerks
Main objectives: To prepare an accurate payroll for all wages and salaried staff each pay period and arrange timely and secure distribution of pay to staff.
Typical functions and responsibilities:
- Ensure that employee salary records are correct and up-to-date.
- Interpret and apply contractual conditions and legal requirements eg. the Holidays Act, in relation to pay rates, allowances, penalty rates and disability allowances.
- Adjust payroll input as required according to time records, annual and other leave and statutory/voluntary deductions.
- Allocate payroll expenses to appropriate accounts for costing purposes.
- Process Workers’ accident insurance claims and maintain appropriate records.
- Arrange disbursement of deductions, eg. tax and superannuation to the appropriate bodies.
- Carry out any reconciliation/accounting procedures connected with the pay function.
- Provide information and advice on pay and related matters to managers and to staff seeking personal information.
Typical qualifications and experience: Detailed knowledge of manual and computerised pay systems and associated accounting procedures. Extensive experience in the pay/accounting field. | 
