Payroll Analyst Job Listing at SS&C Technologies in Melbourne, VIC (Job ID R33468)

Description

As a leading financial services and healthcare technology company based on revenue, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut, and has 27,000+ employees in 35 countries. Some 20,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world's largest companies to small and mid-market firms, rely on SS&C for expertise, scale, and technology.

Job Description

Get To Know Us:

SS&C Technologies is the world's largest independent hedge fund and private equity administrator, as well as the largest mutual fund transfer agency. SS&C's unique business model combines end-to-end expertise across financial services operations with proprietary software and solutions to service even the most demanding customers in the financial services and healthcare industries. 

Why You Will Love It Here!

• Flexibility: Hybrid Work Model

• Your Future: Income Protection Insurance & Salary Continuance

• Work/Life Balance: Flexible Time Off

• Your Wellbeing: Private Health Insurance discount, Primary & Secondary Paid Parental leave, Death & TPD Insurance

• Diversity & Inclusion: Committed to Welcoming, Celebrating and Thriving on Diversity

• Training: Hands-On, Team-Customized, including SS&C University

• Extra Perks: Discounts on fitness clubs, travel and more!

What You Will Get To Do:

With a major business expansion planned for 2025—projected to add around 1,200 new employees—the Payroll Analyst will play a key role in strengthening and supporting our payroll infrastructure. This role is ideal for a detail-oriented, proactive professional with experience in payroll systems and a proven ability to thrive in a fast-paced, evolving environment. The Payroll Analyst will work closely with HR and cross-functional teams to ensure seamless payroll operations across multiple locations and employee groups.

• Accurately process payrolls using the ADP Managed Service platform, ensuring compliance with company policies, legal requirements, awards, and enterprise agreements

• Manage high volumes of overtime claims recorded in the HRIS Time & Attendance platform, ensuring accuracy and compliance with relevant awards and agreements

• Process large volumes of leave requests through the HRIS Absence Management system, maintaining accuracy and adherence to policies

• Investigate and resolve discrepancies or system issues within HRIS that affect payroll outputs

• Analyse payroll reports to validate accuracy and ensure timely completion within the defined fortnightly schedule

• Maintain confidentiality of payroll data and deliver high-quality service to employees regarding pay, deductions, and benefits

• Develop a strong understanding of SS&C's payroll processes and internal systems

• Ensure accurate maintenance of employee records, including new hires, terminations, pay changes, leave, and benefits, with seamless updates across platforms

• Collaborate with HR and Finance to support benefit changes, salary adjustments, bonuses, and equity allocations, ensuring correct job classifications and deduction coding

• Provide accurate and timely payroll data to the broader Finance team

• Use and report from SS&C's HRIS, Workday, as required to support payroll operations

• Perform additional tasks as needed to support the payroll and HR team

What You Will Bring:

• Tertiary qualifications in Accounting, Finance or Business are a plus, but not essential

• Good knowledge of payroll legislation, tax and reporting requirements

• 2–3 years' payroll experience, ideally in a growing or multi-site business with 300+ staff

• Proficient in payroll systems such as ADP Payforce

• Experience interpreting Modern Awards and Enterprise Agreements

• Familiarity with HRIS (e.g. Workday) and confident using Excel

• Able to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment, both independently and as part of a team

• Strong attention to detail and well-organised

• Able to meet deadlines and work under pressure

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

• Solid Excel skills: formulas, pivot tables, spreadsheets, linking sheets

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds to enable us to bring diverse perspectives to our thinking and conversation. It's important to us that we strive to have a workforce that is diverse in the widest sense.

Thank you for your interest in SS&C! If applicable, to further explore this opportunity, please apply directly with us through our Careers page on our corporate website @ www.ssctech.com/careers.

Unless explicitly requested or approached by SS&C Technologies, Inc. or any of its affiliated companies, the company will not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services.

SS&C Technologies is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment or employee on the basis of race, color, religious creed, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by applicable discrimination laws.