Payroll Officer

About Collins Foods Limited

Collins Foods is an ASX200 listed company proudly employing over 17,500 employees across Australia. With a vision to be the World’s Top Restaurant Operator, we operate over 350 KFC restaurants in Australia, The Netherlands and Germany, and 27 Taco Bell restaurants in Queensland, Victoria & Western Australia. 

Why work for Collins Foods?

Our mission at Collins is Restaurants Done Better. We have an obsession for raising the bar on what people think a restaurant experience should be. More Human. More Sustainable. More Digital. More Fun. In addition to working with iconic international brands, there are many advantages to joining the Collins Family. As part of your valuable contribution, you will be rewarded with:

• Competitive remuneration + short-term incentive bonus program
• Access up to 13 paid "Recharge Days" per year . That's a 4 day working week every 4 weeks 
• Ownership Share Plan 
• Ongoing professional development opportunities
• Flexible working arrangements, including WFH options 1-2 days per week. 
• Access to a formal mentorship program
• Early access to long service leave after 7 years tenure
• Autonomy and independence to create your own success
• Commitment to 25% energy reduction by 2026

About the Role

We're looking for an experienced Payroll Officer to join our Payroll Team.  As a dynamic part of our Payroll team, you will be responsible for assisting the Senior Payroll Officers, Payroll Supervisor and Payroll Manager with weekly payroll functions such as payroll processing, exception reporting and providing support to stores as required.

Your key duties and responsibilities will include:

• Support the processing of the weekly payroll cycle (17,500+ employees)
• Action weekly exception reporting
• Identify timesheet errors and assist stores with corrections
• Lifelenz (‘Time & Attendance system’) processing, including the export of times worked into the payroll system
• Public Holiday processing
• Processing of Team Member payroll transactions including leave processing, termination payments, new employees, timecard and award interpretation, deduction and allowance processing, staff transfers and position changes
• Customer Service tasks such as emails and answering the payroll telephone hotline
• End of month and end of period processing as required

About You

If you are passionate about supporting our restaurants, and learning more about what happens behind the scenes to get our 17,500 employees paid each week, then we would love to have a chat with you.  As the Payroll Officer you will bring to the role the following skills, experience and attributes:

• Experience with Preceda preferred
• Experience in a similar level payroll or admin-focused role
• Intermediate to advanced knowledge of Excel
• Basic knowledge of payroll-related legislation (preferred)
• Basic knowledge of industrial instruments and Fair Work requirements (preferred)

If you are looking for more information, please contact the Talent Acquisition Team on 07 3352 0810 or recruitment@collinsfoods.com.

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Please note, the successful applicant/s will be required to undertake pre-employment screening tests which may include a National Police Check and qualifications checks.

CFL is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone feels they belong. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and as such, all applicants will receive equal consideration for employment for which they qualify, including the option of flexible working arrangements where applicable.