Overview
Payroll & Finance Administrator Jobs in Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand at Archway Recruitment
Title: Payroll & Finance Administrator
Company: Archway Recruitment
Location: Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
We're excited to be partnering with a highly reputable, kiwi-owned company who are recruiting for a newly created role as a Payroll and Finance Admin.
The role
Reporting to a senior finance leader, you will take end to end ownership of fortnightly payroll across several New Zealand entities, ensuring accuracy, compliance and confidentiality at all times. Alongside payroll, you will support finance administration activities such as accounts payable, reconciliations and reporting, and occasional HR coordination support across the employee lifecycle.
This role would suit someone who enjoys being the go to payroll expert, takes pride in getting the detail right, and is comfortable working across systems, spreadsheets and stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
- End-to-end processing of fortnightly payroll, including overtime, commissions, leave, expenses and one-off adjustments
- PAYE reconciliations, payday filing and IRD compliance
- Payroll journals, accruals and general ledger reconciliations
- Maintaining accurate employee, payroll and leave records
- Responding to payroll queries and resolving discrepancies
- Supporting accounts payable, reconciliations, reporting and FBT administration
- Identifying and implementing payroll and process improvements
About you
- 4+ years end-to-end New Zealand payroll experience, ideally in a medium-sized organisation
- Strong understanding of NZ payroll legislation, including PAYE and Holidays Act
- Experience using legacy, on-premise payroll systems (MYOB IMS Payroll) advantageous
- Confident Excel user with excellent attention to detail
- Organised, proactive and trusted to handle highly confidential information
- Strong communicator who enjoys working collaboratively across finance and HR
The Benefits
This is a great role for someone who is keen to grow their career across payroll and HR, wants stability, but also wants the chance to improve and modernise a function without having to fight the business to do it! On top of that, you'll attain the following benefits:
- On‑site car parking
- Monthly peer‑nominated customer service awards with financial incentives.
- Monthly company‑paid lunches when targets are hit, which they usually are!
- In-house training and support! Whilst you are sole-charge, there is other capability in-house, meaning training will be provided, and you will be able to take leave with the reassurance of back up internally!
Contact
About
All inquiries and applications to Archway Recruitment are treated in the strictest confidence. For a confidential discussion and to find out more about this opportunity please contact:
Sam Graham – email [email protected] or call 021920145 Matthew Greenwood – email [email protected] or call 0220487800
You must have the right to live and work in New Zealand to apply for this job.
