Overview

Job Location:
Richmond, Melbourne VIC

REA Group is not your average digital business. From humble beginnings in a garage in Melbourne’s east in 1995, we have grown into a leading global digital business, specialising in property.

With bold and ambitious goals, we are changing the way the world experiences property. No matter where you're at on your property journey, we're here to help with every step – whether that's finding or financing your next home.

Our people are the key to our success. At the heart of everything we do, is a thriving culture centred around high performance and care. We are purpose driven and collaborative, which drives innovation and our ability to make a real impact. As such, we’re proud to be named in Australia’s “Top 5” Best Workplaces two years in a row, as well as being recognised as a Best Workplace for Women.

Where the team fits in

As a Payroll Specialist, you’ll contribute your subject matter expertise and work with a wide a range of key stakeholders from our employees themselves, Finance & Risk partners and the broader People & Culture function.

What The Role Is All About

  • Work closely with Payroll team to manage monthly payroll process, ensuring correctness, eligibility, and timeliness of payments in terms of Awards, Employment Contracts, organisational policies, and other relevant legislation

  • Provide internal subject matter expertise on superannuation, redundancy calculations, payroll tax etc

  • Liaise with employees at all levels and answer queries in a clear and accurate manner

  • Review and oversee current payroll practices, determining what efficiencies can be made, if any

  • Assisting with reporting where required

Who We’re Looking For
 

  • Strong background and working knowledge in Payroll and relevant legislation

  • Payroll compliance knowledge, including sound employment tax and industrial relation knowledge

  • Intermediate to advanced Excel skills 

  • General problem-solving skills and ability to think creatively 

  • Experience with Workday & Ramco is advantageous but not essential 

  • Ability to work independently and cooperatively with business and technical resources

The REA Experience

The physical, mental, emotional and financial health of our people is something we’ll never stop caring about. This is a place to learn and grow. We’re committed to your development – both professionally and personally. Your experience with us is something we take seriously.

We offer:
 

  • A hybrid and flexible approach to working

  • Flexible parental leave offering for primary and secondary carers

  • Programs to support mental, emotional, financial and physical health & wellbeing

  • Our Because We Care program offers employees volunteering leave, community grants, matched payroll giving and our Community Café donates 100% of revenue to charity.

  • Hack Days so you can bring your big ideas to life

  • Performance recognition programs because hard work should never go unnoticed
     

Our commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

We are committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity, equity and inclusion. We believe teams with diverse ideas and experiences are more creative, more effective and fuel disruptive thinking – be it cultural and ethnic backgrounds, gender identity, disability, age, sexual orientation, or any other identity or lived experience. We know diverse teams are critical to maintaining our success and driving new business opportunities. If you've got the skills, dedication and enthusiasm to learn but don't necessarily meet every single point on the job description, please still get in touch.

Join our Talent Neighbourhood

Keen to be part of REA but didn't find a perfect match with this opportunity? Perhaps the timing isn't right? You should join our Talent Neighbourhood!

By joining, you will receive information about our working culture and life at REA, industry updates from various areas of our business, invites to our events or materials to help you succeed in interviews at REA. In addition, our recruiters will reach out to you if there’s a role that matches your interests, skills and aspirations.

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