Experience

Windlab

• Australia
• Electric Power Generation
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Payroll Manager

  • Feb 2023 - Present



Australian Electoral Commission

• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Payroll Manager

  • Sep 2021 - Feb 2023



Seeing Machines

• Australia
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Payroll Manager

  • Jan 2019 - Aug 2021

  A technology developer of A.I vision, face identification, and object tracking technology developer. ATO A$20 Staff 250+ across Australia - Global HQ, Germany, Japan, the UK and America Report to General Manager, working in a 6 person Finance Team Systems NetSuite/Infinite Cloud - acting as Systems Administrator, Solution7 Remit International payroll compliance, abiding local tax laws, setting up processes ACHIEVEMENTS ➺ Developed 100+ pages of policy and procedures tailored to each country ➺ SOP share-drive setup, quick-access menus, easy to follow visual formats ➺ Introduced salary packaging: purchased leave, novated leases, eBikes, further education ➺ Audited all coding: Payroll Tax, Salary Sacrifice, Employment Termination Payment (ETP) PAYROLL MANAGEMENT • Monthly, Quarterly, Annual Reporting: • Budget vs Actuals, Y2D, On-Cost, Leave, Audit, Bank Charges • End-to-end payroll transactional processing, 4 pay runs/month • Comprehensive analysis of all relevant awards and legislation • Processing increments, share schemes, bonus incentives, and allowances • Employee record updates. adjustments for secondments, promotions, rotations • Month-end reporting, reconciliations, payments, general ledger, leave • Complying with country-specific State and Federal tax obligations: • PAYG tax, Payroll tax, Superannuation contributions • Meticulous new starter contracts, automating penalty rate calculations • Calculating redundancies, retirements, and terminations • Preparing payslips and annual payment summaries • Resolving payroll enquiries, advising on awards, policies, worker's compensation • Implementing self-service portals; forms, tax, banking, super, salary sacrifice • Liaising with shift workers, trainees, special needs staff • Instructing with outsourced IT and payroll providers • Creating payroll forms, templates, digitising payroll data • Multicultural, inclusive, and diverse office setting • Team-building events, i.e. the Office Olympics



Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation

• Australia
• Government Administration
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Payroll Specialist

  • Jun 2017 - Dec 2018

  CSC provides superannuation services to Australian Government and Defence Force employees Workforce Staff 500+ Report to Payroll Manager, and I was their 2IC Systems Aurion – Payroll, Time & Attendance, Advanced Excel (Pivots, V-Lookups, Macros) Remit Initial temp-hire, forensic calculation of Long Service Entitlements backlog dating back 40yrs ➺ Promoted to a permanent role when it became clear that my expertise was needed long term ➺ Fixing a large quantity of corrupted historical data during the Aurion system upgrade ➺ Reviewing processes, customising operational documents to CSC’s in-house requirements ➺ Liaising with stakeholders, providing training and knowledge transfer Full Cycle BAU Payroll and Project Duties • Processing a full function fortnightly payroll, reconciling pay runs • Liaising with Staff, Assistant Directors, Directors and General Managers • National Employment Standard (NES) Interpretation and compliance • Scrutinising employment agreements and defined super benefits schemes • Interpretation of ComSuper Enterprise Agreement and AGI Award (TRP) • Calculation of Terminations, Retirements and Redundancies • Process third party payments including superannuation • Workers compensation payments, claim management, legal compliance • Documenting and raising system issues with Aurion • Complete Superannuation birthday reviews • Implementation of Single Touch Payroll



ACCC

• Australia
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Payroll Team Leader

  • Mar 2016 - Jun 2017

  Competition regulator that champions Australian Consumer Law, and fair trading practices Workforce Staff 800+ Report to People & Business Manager Supervising 3 staff – 2 x Payroll Officers, including 1 Junior with limited payroll knowledge Systems Aurion – led upgrade, Advanced Excel (Pivots, V-Lookups, Macros) Remit Payroll Consulting while the Commissions was weighing up outsourcing options ➺ Quickly acclimatising to Federal Government frameworks, policies and procedures ➺ Designing automated reports using macros: Leave Balances, Headcount, Overtime, and so on. ➺ Rolled out training programs, teaching Aurion backend configuration for reporting Full Cycle BAU Payroll and Project Duties • Investigate unused payroll modules and test for viability • Assisting with monthly/FYE processes and associated reporting • Running end to end payroll for fortnightly pays, reconciliations • Reconciling and payment of fortnightly deductions • Calculation of Terminations, Retirements, inter-departmental transfers • Interpretation of ACCC Enterprise Agreement • Liaising with Aurion Technical Officer and ACCC Reporting Officer • Process third party payments including superannuation • Workers compensation claim processing and payments • Updating and ensuring the integrity of the master database • Process Annual EA increases and Salary Progressions • Complete Superannuation Birthday reviews • Liaising with Staff, Assistant Directors, Directors and General Managers • Attend meetings for Special Interest Group (SIG), and other stakeholders



Camden Council NSW Australia

• Australia
• Government Administration
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Payroll Supervisor

  • Nov 2009 - Mar 2016

  Local government administration of the high growth Macarthur Region: managing waste, community facilities and infrastructure. Workforce Staff 450+ Report to People & Business Manager (HR), acting up as the HR Leader as needed Supervising 1 staff, Graduate Trainee Systems Authority upgrade, TRIM Electronic document management Remit Run the compliant payroll, accurate shift calculations, GL reconciliations ➺ Ran an 18-month project to digitise historical paper-based payroll archives into TRIM ➺ Upgrading self-service portals for online payslips, leave balances, and tax, banking super input ➺ Creating an employee information framework that was standardised and uniform Full Cycle BAU Payroll and Project Duties • End-to-end payroll processing, weekly payment runs, reconciliations, deductions • Interpreting the Local Government State Award, management contracts, and DGL • Calculation of Terminations, Retirements and inter-council transfers • Month/year-end processes, reconciliations, periodic and ad-hoc reporting • Advising management of KPI performance metrics for annual performance reviews • Processing annual award increases and performance appraisal increases • Investigate unused payroll modules for viability, conduct testing, implement if feasible • Database optimisation, while maintaining data integrity • High volume workers compensation processes and internal/external liaison • Backup RTW Coordinator, Safety Auditor, Member of the OH&S Committee • Attend regular Special Interest Group (SIG) with other Councils and providers • Handling high volume questions regarding employment conditions and entitlements • Liaising with staff, managers, directors, and the General Manager • Studied after hours while working, completing: Payroll Management Certificate and Diploma of Management



News Corp Australia

• Australia
• Technology, Information and Media
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Payroll Officer

  • Jul 2007 - Oct 2009

  Now known as News Corp Australia, this is one of Australia’s largest mass media conglomerates Workforce National 2500+ Payroll Value A$120M pa Reporting Payroll Manager (payroll team of 5), Acted as Payroll Manager when required Supervising 3-4 staff Systems Started out using Chris then migrated to Aurion (FN/Weekly) Remit Complex, high-volume, national payroll Payroll, manual environment, many late nights ➺ Developed the monthly management reporting packs ➺ Managed merger and acquisition processes, including setting up 120+ new staff ➺ Training up other staff in Aurion, award setup audits, pay increases ➺ Selected to attend the ‘Emerging Leaders’ program BAU PAYROLL DUTIES • Full function, fortnightly/monthly payment runs, payment/deduction reconciliations • Interpretation of Awards, EBA, ITEA's (AWA's) and contracts • Researching award updates and integrating into the payroll system • Calculation of terminations, redundancies and inter-company transfers • Month/year-end processes, including annual salary review increments • Payroll Tax and Worker’s Compensation payments • Database maintenance, ensuring data is current, removing redundant data • Liaising with Finance, managers and staff



Deloitte

• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Payroll Officer

  • May 2001 - Jul 2007

  Deloitte provides audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk advisory, tax and legal services Workforce Staff 3100+ Reporting Payroll & HR Manager Supervising 3 direct reports, and coordinating 9 additional indirect reports Systems Migrating from MicrOpay to PeopleSoft ➺ Liaising cross-functionally, giving extensive guidance to upper management/partners, Finance, and HR ➺ Full cycle weekly/monthly wage/benefits processing ➺ Payroll, leave, and general ledger reconciliations, month/year-end processes ➺ Processing and reporting payroll tax, workers compensation and other deductions