Payroll Administrator

Experience the good life at Porirua City

Porirua City is a growing city at the heart of the Wellington region. We’ve got an incredibly diverse community, a wide range of businesses and a beautiful natural environment that we love and want to share

All about the role

A great opportunity to use your payroll experience to add value to our HR Services Team. 

You will:

• undertake payroll data entry and payroll maintenance in our ichris system
• assist with weekly and fortnightly payroll processing, to a high level of accuracy. This includes IRD and payroll reporting and reconciliation of journals for processing
• support the Payroll Lead to ensure all the required steps are completed accurately to enable payroll processing to go smoothly
• ensure our payroll system holds up to date and accurate information and that regulatory requirements are met
• provide customer focused support and advice to Council managers and employees

All about you:

Your payroll experience will span the full end-to-end process in a medium to large payroll environment. We use ichris so it would be fabulous if you have experience working with this system.

You’ll need to show us that you:

• have experience in a similar role, with a broad knowledge of payroll processes
• have strong numerical and excel skills and enjoy problem solving
• have outstanding attention to detail and the ability to work under pressure and to strict deadlines
• have a working knowledge of the Holidays Act and other relevant legislation
• work in an organised and methodical way
• bring a customer focused approach in all that you do.

What you need to do now

If you need more information, please contact Jing Moredo on 021 758 953.

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Porirua City Council is committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion.  We actively encourage applications from all backgrounds. If you have any support or access requirements during our recruitment process, please let us know when you apply, and we’ll do our best to get you sorted.

You will need to apply via our careers centre: www.poriruacity.govt.nz/careers.

Applications need to be received by Wednesday 19 February 2025.

We will be working through applications as they are submitted and may progress candidates prior to the closing date, so apply now!