Senior Payroll Officer

About us:

Catholic Education Northern Territory (CENT) operates 18 Catholic schools across the Northern Territory, from Early Learning to Secondary, including remote schools. Our schools are places of learning, connection, and growth, guided by the values of Wisdom, Justice, Courage, Compassion, and Love. This role is based at the Catholic Education Office (CEO) in Berrimah.

The position:

As Senior Payroll Officer, you'll play a key role in delivering accurate, efficient and compliant payroll services across Catholic Education Northern Territory (CENT).

You'll provide advanced payroll support, guidance and training to payroll staff and school-based payroll staff, while also assisting with the consistent rollout and use of TechnologyOne (Tech1). Working collaboratively within the Payroll team and across CENT, you'll help ensure best-practice payroll operations and compliance with the Enterprise Agreement, legislation and policies.

You'll be part of CENT's School Services, Payroll team, reporting to the Payroll Manager. This is a full-time permanent position.

Why work for Catholic Education NT?

• Salary of $95k – $97k plus super
• 35-hour working week (8:30am – 4:30pm)
• Five weeks' annual leave plus additional leave entitlements
• Salary packaging and novated leasing options
• Leave loading equal to 17.5% of 4 weeks’ salary
• Employee rewards program(discounts at 450+ retailers)
• Discounted school fees for eligible employees
• Professional development and career growth opportunities
• Free on-site parking - Berrimah office
   

Key responsibilities: 

• Process and review fortnightly payroll in l…