Payroll Assistant. Permanent Full Time

Job no: 506629
Employment type: Full Time
Location: Newcastle, Maitland & Hunter, Sydney, Melbourne
Categories: Finance

About the Organisation

Make a real difference in the lives of vulnerable Australians with this unique opportunity to provide both corporate expertise and community support. With a focus on people, not profit, Life Without Barriers’ corporate services team partners with our direct support staff, clients, and their families to ensure we continue our mission to change lives for the better. If a truly inclusive, collaborative, and fast-paced work environment sounds like your next career move, this is an opening not to be missed.

Life Without Barriers is a leading social purpose organisation of 8,000 employees working in more than 500 communities across Australia. We support children, young people and families, people with disability, older people, and people with mental illness. We work with people who are homeless and refugees and asylum seekers. Join a community of people dedicated to breaking down barriers.

We want to employ people who reflect the diversity of our clients to ensure we can support each client’s individual needs and wants. We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background and people with disability to apply.

About the role

As a Payroll Assistant you will provide essential support to the payroll team, assisting with processing of payroll transactions, maintaining payroll records and supporting compliance to ensure smooth operations and accurate and timely employee pay.

This is a permanent-full time position that offers an excellent entry to the finance sector for someone who has strong attention to detail, high initiative and ability to follow process and procedure. The role can be based anywhere within our NSW and VIC footprint, including hybrid work from home arrangements.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist in the preparation, calculation and processing of payroll for employees

• Input and update employee data in payroll and time and attendance systems

• Support the reconciliation of payroll reports and addressing discrepancies or errors in employee pay

• Maintain payroll records, ensuring all documentation is accurate and complete

• Support internal audits by providing accurate data and documentation

• Respond to payroll-related inquiries

Skills & Experience Required

• Demonstrated experience in payroll processing role or similar

• Understanding of payroll processes and systems

• Proficiency in Microsoft office programs, in particular Excel and Outlook

• Ability to manage sensitive information and maintain confidentiality

• Strong interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills

• Experience managing competing priorities and delivering outcomes within a fast-paced environment

• Ability to build positive relationships and work collaboratively with a range of stakeholders

Successful candidates will be required to clear probity checks including National Criminal History Record Check.

Benefits

• Excellent entry level position into finance sector

• Salary packaging benefits including up to $15,900 of your annual salary tax free

• Monthly rostered days off (think 12 extra long weekends a year!)

• Hybrid work from home arrangement

• Inclusive, collaborative and fast-paced environment

• Access to Fitness Passport and employee wellbeing program

How to Apply

Include your resume and covering letter in one document, click ‘Apply’ and follow the prompts. For any enquiries, please contact Kestra Caller at [email protected]

Candidates with disabilities who require adjustments to the recruitment process or the application form in an alternate format can visit https://www.lwb.org.au/careers/ for information on our access and inclusion work and how to contact us directly.

Applications close at midnight on Sunday the 31st of March

Advertised: 21 May 2026 AUS Eastern Standard Time
Applications close: 31 May 2026 23:55 AUS Eastern Standard Time