Payroll Officer

Shape Your World

At Alcoa, you will become an essential part of our purpose: to turn raw potential into real progress.

The way we see it, every Alcoan is a work-shaper, team-shaper, idea-shaper, world-shaper.

About the Role

This is your opportunity to help share the future of sustainability with world-changing innovations and low-carbon technologies.

Become a valued part of the team that’s shaping the future of aluminium, revolutionising the way the world lives, builds, moves and flies.

Be part of it and shape your world. 



* Are you passionate about getting the details right and making sure people are paid accurately and on time? 


* Do you want to be part of a dynamic and supportive team where your work directly supports thousands of hard-working employees? 

If so, we’d love to hear from you!

We have had a unique opportunity arise which means we are on the lookout for a Payroll Officer to join our team. 

You’ll play a pivotal role in ensuring the smooth delivery of the end-to-end payroll function for our diverse and growing workforce, across multiple sites.

There is no two days the same.

You will utilise your skills with interpreting EBA’s, processing fortnightly and monthly pays, and liaising with a variety of stakeholders on compensation and payroll matters.

Providing support and guidance to HR and Operations on all elements of payroll processing, superannuation, salary packaging and tax legislation, you will have accountability for the following:



* Supporting the full end to end payroll for over 4500 employees across Australia,


* Ensuring the integrity of all payroll data to process accurate payments 


* Managing employee payroll queries with professionalism and care


* Ensuring compliance with taxation, superannuation and legislation


* Collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to support seamless payroll delivery

What’s on offer 



* Attractive remuneration and variable bonus plan.


* Flexible hybrid working options available.


* Employee growth and development opportunities. 


* One additional paid Alcoa Flexi Day.


* Alcoa Live Well program offering travel, lifestyle, health and wellbeing discounts.


* Connect and be part of a community that celebrates diversity through our employee inclusion groups.

What you can bring to the role



* To play a part in our ongoing success we are seeking someone with:


* Demonstrated payroll experience in a medium-to-large complex organization


* Strong knowledge of Australian payroll legislation including leave entitlements, termination entitlements, tax changes, Awards, EBA's, and superannuation


* A solid functional and technical understanding of complex Payroll and HR Systems,


* A high level of accuracy and excellent time-management skills, will be key to successfully delivering on core activities and tasks,


* Certificate IV in Payroll Administration or membership with a payroll ...