We’re reimagining the way Australians live, work, and play. We own and manage some of the most recognisable and loved retail destinations across Australia.
We’re evolving our portfolio into destinations that offer a broad selection of retail, residential, and office spaces. Through our diverse portfolio, data-led decision-making, and nationwide development pipeline, we do things differently.
We are Vicinity.
Role purpose
Reporting to the Workplace Relations Manager, the key purpose of the Payroll Specialist is to provide fortnightly and monthly payroll processing for our people, ensuring compliance with all relevant legislation and production of internal reporting and reconciliation requirements. The Payroll Specialist will be responsible for providing support to ensure the effectiveness and efficiency of the Payroll System, assisting the Senior Payroll Specialist and developing relevant supporting documentation for continuous improvement of payroll processes.
What will you bring?
You will be a payroll professional with demonstrated experience in payroll processing, analysing and interpreting Awards, implementing changes in conditions and a proactive approach to assisting our team members and resolving payroll issues. You will have demonstrated experience with integrations between payroll and time & attendance systems and Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS). You will have excellent stakeholder management, communication and interpersonal skills and be passionate about delivering a high-quality customer experience in a timely manner.
What will success look like?

We Imagine a Better Way

• You are proactive, organised and efficient in everything you do.
• You take action to improve processes to make the stakeholder experience better, easier and more enjoyable.
• You proactively seek out new and innovative ways to improve customer outcomes.

We Embrace Difference

• You are always adaptable in your approach and responsive to the needs of the key stakeholders and leaders you support.
• You understand the diverse needs of our business, our people and our customers.
• You consistently demonstrate a willingness to listen and understand new ideas to drive process improvement

We Always Collaborate

• You effectively collaborate with both internal and external stakeholders with a focus on knowledge-sharing and customer outcomes.
• You recognise and proactively act to research & resolve any queries.
• You are focused on our customers ensuring a positive impact

Why Vicinity?

Our benefits program focuses on creating an awesome place to work in which our people are rewarded and recognised. This includes:

• Flexible working options
• Birthday leave & purchased additional leave
• $1,000 worth of VCX securities rewarded for eligible team members
• Internal mentoring program
• Generous Parental Leave

We live and work by our values of Respect, Integrity, Customer Focus, Collaboration and Excellence. They are the foundation to everything we do and provide us a north star with which we can shape meaningful places where communities connect.
At Vicinity we embrace and celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive work environment where we attract, retain and develop our people regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability and age. Applications are encouraged from all sectors of the community and we strongly encourage applications from the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community.
Our people and our Employee Advocacy Groups (Gender Balance, Cultural Diversity, Disability & Access and Pride & Allies) actively build community and provide allyship within Vicinity. If you’d like to speak to someone to understand what it’s like firsthand to work here, please reach out to our Talent Acquisition team.
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Email:
talent.acquisition@vicinity.com.au
Phone: +61 3 7001 4000 (request to speak to our Talent Acquisition team)
Note: To be eligible to apply for this position, you must have existing, relevant Australian work rights. At the later stages of the recruitment process the shortlisted candidate/candidates will be required to undergo a Criminal History Background/Police Check as a mandatory part of the process. Additional qualification checks may also be required dependant on role and level

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