Simulated workplace
Department
Payroll Services
Runs outsourced payroll for about 180 employers. The team interprets awards and agreements, processes pay runs, salary packaging, superannuation guarantee and terminations, reports through single touch payroll and completes year-end finalisation, with every pay run checked by a second officer before release.
Responsibilities
What the team is accountable for
- Set up and maintain payroll systems and employee records
- Interpret awards, agreements and legislation
- Process pay runs, allowances, packaging and terminations
- Calculate and pay superannuation guarantee on time
- Report through single touch payroll and finalise year end
Performance measures
How we know it is working
99.4%
Pay runs released on time
100%
Superannuation paid by due date
0.9
Pay errors per 1,000 payslips
People
Who works here
CR
Callum Reid
Payroll Manager
Callum runs payroll for 180 employers, interprets awards and agreements, and built the firm's termination and year-end checklists over seven years in the role.
Systems
Where the work is recorded
Client Register
Holds every client's entity details, relationship owner, services engaged, anti-money laundering risk rating and identity verification status.
Jobs and Lodgement Tracker
Tracks every bookkeeping, payroll, activity statement, tax return and advisory job with its period, due date, preparer, reviewer and stage.
Scenarios
Assessment tasks in this department
Documents