Role Synopsis

People & Culture Services + Solutions (P&C S+S) is an internal global HR shared services organisation, responsible for delivering centralised and standardised HR services for bp from a number of geographical delivery centres as appropriate for bp's footprint.

The purpose of the Local Delivery & Payroll Senior Specialist role is to:

Ensure integrity and security of employee information is maintained.
Apply sound knowledge and expertise in the processing of the companies payrolls (including all Award/EA payroll requirements) for fortnightly and monthly pay cycles.
Responsible for all payroll activities and reconciliation of associated payroll general ledger accounts and to ensure integrity and security of employee information.
Ensure compliance with company, regulatory and statutory requirements relating to payroll, taxation, and the payment of superannuation.
Provide payroll advice to P&C, employees and line managers

Key Accountabilities

Provide payroll advice as required to employees and team leaders and handle payroll related queries including superannuation, allowances, incorrect pay amounts and if applicable car lease deductions queries
Accurate validation, processing and payment of all employee salaries for graded and award staff (fortnightly and monthly payroll). Including the creation and transmitting of bank files
Ensure payroll figures interface into the relevant general ledger and all payroll related ATO and third-party deductions are completed. Payroll balance sheet reconciliation investigations are completed in a timely manner.
Ensure payslips are published in a timely manner.
Prepare and send Payment summary advices.
Responsible for end of year payment summary reconciliation, reporting and payment summaries and ATO file production for bp group of companies.
Prepare and respond to ATO/Centrelink and ABS requests.
Remittance and reconciliation of Superannuation interfaces.
Perform limited user acceptance testing of payroll related changes eg. new work schedules
Anticipate potential issues and make recommendations to ensure timely and effective procedures are in place to avert any issues.
Create and maintain procedures and work instructions for payroll!

Essential Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting or related discipline is preferred
Minimum 3 years of relevant work experience
Proficient in both spoken and written English language

Technical Capability

Prior experience in HR Shared Service / service centre in a multi-national organisation is preferable.
Expertise in end-to-end payroll administration/processing incorporating the use of time and attendance systems.
Ability to interpret Enterprise agreements and Award conditions.
Expertise in general ledger reconciliation payroll postings and journal entry.
Proven time management and interpersonal skills.
High attention to detail.
Medium to high numeracy skills
Intermediate skills in Microsoft suite
Digital fluency - not only comfortable and competent using technology to enable and enhance ways of working and thinking, also comfortable in the wider digital environment and the collaborate with business transformation including people, processes and data driven actions.
Adherent and compliant in meeting audit, statutory and regulatory requirements.

Business Capability

Drives value-adding solutions and a track record of improving/adding new value.
External focus – actively working on developing external connections, aware of guideline and actively learns from others. Ability to analyse leading practice, market trends and benchmarking
Relationship management – Ability to build and handle relationships with relevant team members, apply active listening skills and communicate optimally
Eye for business & customer focus– keeps up to date with internal and external context, seeks to understand the relationship between their activity and the local business drivers. Aware that P&C S+S is an enabler of the business and seeks to ensure solutions lead to enhanced business.

Desirable Criteria

Proficient in using MS Office
Foundational knowledge of Reporting & Analytics
Proficient knowledge of employee management system/tool/applications such as SAP, Leave Management/Time & Attendance, Workday, Salesforce will be an added advantage
A continuous improvement approach, seeking simple best fit solutions to challenges.

At bp, we provide the following environment and benefits to you:

A company culture where we respect our diverse and unified teams, where we are proud of our achievements and where fun and the attitude of giving back to our environment are highly valued
Possibility to join our social communities and networks
Learning opportunities and other development opportunities to craft your career path
Life and health insurance, medical care package
And many other benefits.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform crucial job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

Local Delivery and Payroll AU Senior Specialist