Make a Difference with Every Pay Cycle

At The Ted Noffs Foundation, we believe in kindness, fairness, and purpose-driven work. As our Payroll Officer, you will play a crucial role in supporting a team of dedicated employees who work tirelessly to help young people overcome trauma and addiction.

Type: Full Time

Location: Randwick NSW

Remuneration: Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services Industry Award 2010 (Level 4) + full salary packaging options available

Why Join Us?

A Mission That Matters – Your work directly supports people making a real impact in young lives.
A Supportive & Stable Team – We have a strong retention rate, and you'll be stepping into a role where the previous Payroll Officer thrived for over five years.
Your Experience Counts – If you’ve worked as a Payroll Officer in hospitality, nursing/healthcare, or aged care, you already have the skills to succeed in this role.
Opportunities to Learn & Grow – As long as you have experience with Awards and timesheets, we can teach you the rest.
Inclusive & Fair Workplace – We celebrate diversity and value each employee as an individual.
Financial Perks – As a not-for-profit, we offer salary sacrifice benefits, saving you up to $5,000+ in income tax each year.
A Great Work Environment – Our cute, ergonomic office is designed for comfort, and employees feel truly appreciated.

If you’re passionate about accuracy, fairness, and making a difference, we’d love to have you on our team!

Responsibilities and duties include, but not limited to:

Payroll

• End-to-end payroll processing for 160 employees, ensuring compliance with all relevant laws and regulations.
• Interpreting and applying the SCHADS award to accurately calculate wages, penalties, and entitlements.
• Managing timesheets, leave requests, and adjustments with precision and efficiency.
• Utilising Employment Hero, Trello and Xero to process payroll and maintain employee records.
• Ensuring timely payment of superannuation, taxes, salary packaging and other statutory obligations.
• Addressing queries regarding payroll and entitlements in a professional and timely manner.
• Balancing and reconciling payroll to bank accounts and the general ledger, including entering payroll journals each pay period and accruing pay at the end of the month for any missing days.
• Working collaboratively with the Human Resources team.
• Management reporting as required.
• General Office duties as required.

Accounts Payable

• Entering invoices into the finance system and bank for checking and payment by the Senior Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer.
• Distributing invoices to unit managers for items purchased locally by teams for entry into the financial system.
• Checking that petty cash receipts have been submitted into Xero by unit managers and that they reconcile, including GST entries.
• Checking that unit managers are entering locally raised invoices accurately.

Essential Selection Criteria

• Experience in payroll and accounts payable systems (knowledge of Employment Hero preferred but not essential)
• Strong understanding of Australian payroll legislation, awards, and GST requirements.
• Highly numerate with experience in Award (SCHADS) to Payroll interpretation.
• Good Excel skills
• Ability to work to strict deadlines and as part of a team.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Working knowledge of general accounting concepts.
• Must acquire and maintain a cleared NSW Working With Children Check.

Desirable Criteria

• Experience within a NFP organisation

You will be required to contribute to Ted Noffs’ commitment to continuous quality improvement and to cultural sensitivity both in the workplace and in the community. Both elements will form part of your performance management with your manager.

The Ted Noffs Foundation is committed to equal employment opportunity and embraces diversity and inclusion within its workforce. As such, people from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply. This includes, but is not limited to First Nations People, People with Disability, Women and People from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse backgrounds.

How To Apply

Submit your application via SEEK with a Resume and a Cover Letter addressing the selection criteria.

As interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis, applicants are encouraged to apply at the earliest point and will be highly regarded. Interviews may be offered upon application.

Please note only successful applicants will be contacted. For further information, contact us at [email protected].