Payroll Officer / Payroll Specialist

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Melbourne, Victoria, AUS
In-Office
Senior level
Utilities
The Role
Manage end-to-end AUSPAC payroll (Australia, New Zealand, Fiji): review and enter timesheets, calculate overtime/shift payments, reconcile payroll journals, handle new hires/terminations/changes, maintain ADP records, assist with payroll tax, superannuation and third-party lodgments, support year-end compliance, and provide ESS and employee support.
Summary Generated by Built In

Bring your energy to Aggreko as 12 month fixed term Payroll Officer / Payroll Specialist based in Braeside. You’ll manage the end-to-end process of our AUSPAC payroll, including review, coordinate, and compiling payroll data to maintain payroll records within the ADP database for weekly and monthly pays across AUSPAC (Australia, New Zealand and Fiji).

Power without pause. Heating, cooling and oil-free air without end. We keep our customers’ worlds on. From world-class events that last a few weeks to mining operations and remote communities who rely on us for decades.

What you’ll do as Payroll Officer / Payroll Specialist:

  • Interpret, analysis and data entry of manual weekly time sheets for Australia, New Zealand and Fiji payroll, including overtime calculations and shift payments

  • Payroll journals for weekly payments, checking correctness of payments

  • Review weekly data changes of the different payroll runs

  • Manage payroll activities related new hires, terminations, redundancies, transfers, title changes, wage changes, incentive payments, annual bonus payments, annual wage increases, wage garnering, salary sacrificing and reporting structure changes

  • Ensuring that payroll related balance sheets and accounts are reconciled and controlled and distributing pay advices

  • Own all aspects of Payroll system, including ESS, password reset, employee queries, new starter setups, training and onboarding support

  • Assist the payroll manager with the reconciliation, lodgment and payment of Payroll Tax for Australia, Superannuation AUS, Inland Revenue NZ, FNPF Fiji and all third-party requirements

  • Year-end compliance processing within deadlines

  • Assist with the coordination/ payment compensation claims, including reports on payroll requirements for yearly Work Cover Policy Renewal, Sharesave scheme and novated leases

You are:

  • Able to step into this role drawing on approx. 5+ years prior experience working in a payroll processing team environment

  • Experienced running end to end payroll for ideally 200+ employees

  • Comfortable with the complexities of salaried (from ADP) and waged (from managers excel timesheet reports) payroll runs across multiple countries

  • Comfortable with a non-automated payroll process for our timesheet employees – inputting and importing timesheet data from excel sheets to compile waged payroll runs

  • An advanced excel user with knowledge of ADP (ideally also have worked with Workday)

  • Exceptional attention to detail and time management skills

  • A quick learner and be enthusiastic to learn with a strong work ethic and demonstrated ability work with systems

  • An excellent communicator with high level of customer service skills

Here’s what you’ll get:

  • Work from home or in the office, Hybrid (2-3 days in the office in Braeside)

  • Competitive compensation

  • Safety-focused culture

  • Community volunteering program

Our people are can-do, positive, resilient and persistent. If that feels like you, apply now and build your career with the people bringing energy to the world.

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Equal employment opportunity

We welcome people from different backgrounds and cultures, and respect people’s unique skills, attitudes and experiences. We encourage everyone to be themselves at work because we know that’s how we do our best, for each other, for our customers, for the communities where we work, and for our careers.

We are an equal opportunity employer. If you apply for a role at Aggreko, we will consider your application based on your qualifications and experience, and not on your race, colour, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

Skills Required

  • Approximately 5+ years prior experience in a payroll processing team environment
  • Experience running end-to-end payroll for ideally 200+ employees
  • Advanced Excel skills
  • Experience with ADP payroll system
  • Experience with Workday
  • Comfortable processing salaried and waged payroll across multiple countries (AUS, NZ, Fiji)
  • Ability to interpret, analyse and enter manual timesheets and import timesheet data from Excel
  • Experience with payroll tax, superannuation (AUS), Inland Revenue (NZ), and FNPF (Fiji) reconciliation and lodgment
  • Exceptional attention to detail and time management skills
  • Excellent communication and high level customer service skills
  • Quick learner with strong work ethic and ability to work with payroll systems; provide training and onboarding support

Aggreko Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Aggreko and has not been reviewed or approved by Aggreko.

  • Healthcare Strength Healthcare coverage is described as broad, including medical, dental, vision, life/AD&D, disability, and an EAP, with wellness incentives highlighted. Practical extras like company‑paid safety gear further support frontline roles.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth Time‑off options include paid holidays and PTO, plus two paid volunteer days in North America. This expands leave beyond standard vacation.
  • Strong & Reliable Incentives Incentive programs include annual bonus opportunities and role‑linked earnings that can materially lift take‑home pay in certain months or seasons. Field and sales contexts, as well as overtime eligibility, can enhance total compensation.

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The Company
Dumbarton,
7,898 Employees
Year Founded: 1962

What We Do

Welcome to the Aggreko LinkedIn page. As the global leader in temporary power, temperature control and energy solutions, we enable our customers to achieve their goals through a range of innovative, flexible, class-leading modular solutions. Utilising the latest technologies, we combine innovative thinking with our sector knowledge to deliver the best results; where, when and for as long as needed. Are you thinking about a career at Aggreko? Working at Aggreko is more than just a job. We care about the people who work with us and want to ensure that our employees have a fulfilling career, work in a safe environment, are happy and share our values. We encourage all our employees to expand their skills and knowledge, so you are able to grow and become the future of our business. We welcome employees from all backgrounds, disciplines and abilities, to assist us in achieving our global goals. So are you ready to join a team of great people? Get in touch

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