Payroll Officer

We are seeking a **Experienced Payroll Officer** with a minimum of 2 years of New Zealand payroll experience to join our accounts and payroll team. We use state of the art computer software to make this a breeze and work to proven, stringent processes and procedures to ensure of an on time, accurate and compliant payroll each week. This is a full-time role based in Te Rapa, Hamilton, with free on site parking in a modern work environment.

**Key Responsibilities:**
Processing payroll for an average of over 1000 staff weekly and doubles in peak.
Ensuring payroll accuracy and compliance with NZ payroll legislation, including a solid understanding of the New Zealand Holidays Act.
Utilising Crystal Payroll for payroll processing and Xero for invoicing.
Using advanced Excel skills for payroll reporting and analysis. -
Daily collaboration with internal teams including, admin support, recruitment and the accounts team to ensure smooth financial operations.
There is also admin and ad hoc accounts duties once payroll is complete each week, that coincides with a payroll function.

**Requirements:**
At least 2 years of proven New Zealand payroll experience. - Proven ability to handle large volumes of employees- this increases greatly in summer peaks Strong knowledge of the NZ Holidays Act. - Advanced Excel skills are essential.
Must be eligible to work in New Zealand.

About us We’re 100% New Zealand owned and operated, national recruitment company with the highest of standards and supply thousands of workers to our clients for temporary and permanent positions. Ranging from industrial workers through to white collar and government contracts. You will be part of an experienced team that processes the payroll for perm, temp, and contractors so there’s plenty of variety to keep you busy. You will need to be able to work to a fast pace and handle multiple tasks at anyone time. We’re passionate about ensuring our teams are paid correctly, on time, every time so meeting deadlines is imperative.

This role will report into the Company Accountant who overseas this department and is supported by a back-office accounts admin team also. You must be a team player who likes to work in a fun multicultural and diverse work environment.

If you have the skills and want to join our supportive team, we’d love to hear from you! Please be reminded this is a full-time role, based in our Hamilton office, there are no WFH options for this position. This role is for immediate start so please don’t delay in applying.

Successful short-listed candidates will be subject to pre-employment checks that include and not limited to; background checks, criminal history, credit checks, work based references, pre-employment drug testing and skills assessments. Read more