Title:  Payroll Advisor

About John Holland

At John Holland, our purpose is simple – we transform lives with everything we do. 

We’ve always known that infrastructure is about people — our customers, our employees, and the communities in which we work every day.

That’s our difference. Deep experience and capability with a genuine care about creating better lives for people along the way.

Be part of the team that’s up for the challenge of transforming lives for good.

Are you up for the challenge?

In this key role, you will provide accurate, timely and efficient payroll services to John Holland Workforce (blue-collar) employees. Working as part of a national Payroll team you will have the support of subject matter experts and the opportunity to expand your skillset and develop your career. We operate a paperless process across multiple states, construction projects and agreements.

You will have the utmost respect for confidentiality, thrive under pressure and be a natural problem solver.

We offer a hybrid work environment with 3 days/week in the office, and you can be based in either Melbourne or Sydney.

What you will do;

• End to end processing of blue-collar (workforce) payroll using Chris21, Kronos and Success Factors

• Maintain all employee Masterfile records 

• Processing of new starters, transfers, terminations, redundancies, and reclassifications, ensuring legislative and regulatory requirements are met

• Calculation of redundancy estimates as required

• Process backpays and overpayment as required

• Process ad-hoc manual timesheets

• Import Kronos files for payment

• Process deductions and allowances

• Register employees with external funds as required

• Use MS Excel to perform data validation and reporting

• Manage payroll inboxes and queries

What we are looking for;

• Demonstrated knowledge of payroll legislation and processes, e.g. tax, superannuation, and terminations
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, complex, high-volume payroll processing environment driven by strict deadlines
• Experience in a similar payroll position, ideally within construction or related industries

As part of the team, you can help us transform lives.

Your success is reflected in ours, so we’re committed to being an employer of choice. We pride ourselves on having a diverse and inclusive workplace, as we understand that different perspectives and ideas are critical to our long-term success. 

We want you to be with us for the long term, so providing you with rich career experiences and ongoing development is our priority.

What’s in it for you

We’re about connecting your sense of purpose to ours. We understand that your career is one of the biggest ways to have an impact on the world. We also believe in supporting you as a whole person, not just an employee.

We reward and support our people in so many ways. This starts with being flexible about how different people like to work. From generous leave policies to wellbeing and relationship support, your needs sit at the heart of our employee benefits. 

We offer:

Competitive remuneration with salary continuance, and salary sacrifice options. 

Great leave benefits including 18 weeks paid parental leave with super and up to an extra 18 weeks of super paid on further periods of unpaid parental leave, multicultural leave exchange and two extra days to prioritise your wellbeing. 

Career progression underpinned by our exciting pipeline of work means you’ll have the opportunity to work on iconic projects that are shaping cities and communities. 

Learning and development opportunities where you’ll have access to emerging talent programs, building your career through clear career pathways, plus technical and leadership training and development opportunities. 

Inclusion, diversity and equity is part of how we work. We want everyone at John Holland to feel that they belong – that’s why we’re working hard every day to foster a more inclusive culture, backed by a business-wide inclusion strategy to bring about meaningful change. We’ve also got active employee resource groups that support our commitments including those around gender equality and reconciliation.

Flexible working that works for you as we know flexibility means different things to different people. Whether it’s flexi-hours, flexi-parenting, flexi-leave, flexi-shifts or flexi-work, we’re committed to helping our people work flexibly.