Payroll Advisor at Te Puni Kōkiri - Ministry of Māori Development, Wellington

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

Te Puni Kōkiri (Ministry of Māori Development) is a government agency that works within the government and communities to achieve our vision of Thriving Whānau.

The wellbeing of whānau, hapū and iwi is central to the future wellbeing of Aotearoa (New Zealand). The very broad role of Te Puni Kōkiri, our access to information, and the ability to make connections, make us ideally placed to spark innovation.

We work to bring innovation in carrying out our key roles of leading work towards policy and legislative changes as well as innovative approaches that will deliver improved outcomes for Māori. 

We influence the work of others by working in partnership and bring Māori voices to decision-makers and we invest with Māori to pursue opportunities, including through funding and partnerships.  To achieve this we engage with whānau, hapū and iwi, and partner with other public sector agencies.

The Role

We are looking for an experienced Payroll Advisor to join our small Payroll team based in our Wellington National Office. 

Working alongside the Senior Payroll Analyst you will provide an end to end payroll service to Te Puni Kōkiri employees.  You will play a key part in providing processing and checking support utilising our payroll system and to the HR team, including:

• Running regular and ad hoc reporting requests
• PayDay filing
• Administration for ACC claim reimbursements
• Providing payroll related advice to staff on HR policies
• Provide administrative support to the Human Resources team, ie in-house payroll-related filing; stationary ordering; etc
• Manage the day-to-day processing of HR-related accounts; Contract Management; and reporting on the Human Resources budget.  Assisting and providing support to the Manager of Human Resources & Capability by being able to answer budget-related queries and provide him with full awareness of the HR budget status at short notice.

To be successful in the role you will have:

• Experience in providing payroll services of minimum 2 years
• A high degree of knowledge of employment related legislation and the application of the same within a payroll environment
• Attention to detail
• Experience providing a range of customer focused human resource services - including leave management and reporting
• Excellent communication and relationship management skills
• A high level of numeric and logical reasoning ability
• Proficient user of Excel.

Applications close Sunday 7 February 2021