Organisation: Australian Financial Security Authority
Job Title: Payroll Officer APS4
Word Limit: 2 Page Statement of Claims
Location: Melbourne
Confirmed by my career history, I possess 12 years of invaluable experience working in various finance positions and confident that that I can deliver on the high level support this role demands. With a proven career history, I demonstrate an exception level of component in areas such as, auditing, finance functions across multiple industries and company staff payroll. Holding a Bachelor of Accounting from Universal International College in 2011, I am committed to continued significant professional development, currently completing Masters of Business Administration via Swinburne University of Technology.
An open and effective communicator, I am driven to provide clear information to my colleagues about completing deadlines and time availability. My organised approach in any environment makes me accessible to colleagues and assists me to monitor personal workload deadlines. In addition to my experience and personal qualities, I have a solid educational foundation and a passion for maintaining efficient and profitable operations.
As demonstrated throughout my career, I am proficient in a range of accounting systems such as Pronto and MYOB along with intermediate excel spreadsheet.
Demonstrating sound financial analytical skills, I utilise my auditing background to use analytical tools in performing audit testing and analysis of stakeholder’s financial situation. It can be best highlighted within my position as Accounts and Administration Manager at Tennant Creek Child Care Centre where I was responsible for the submission of the financial reports that are generated by MYOB to the board. Upon consultation with management, I was requested to provide a variance explanation over the finance analysis. Possessing sound technical skills, I was trusted to provide my explanations due the level of trust and respect I had earned from the directors.
Proven within my one year of experience as Finance Officer – Payroll, I have confirmed my ability to operate in an independent setting whilst adhering to established frameworks and guidelines. Within this position, I am solely responsible for the collation, transaction and deliver of over 150 staff members on a weekly basis. As confirmed in my success in this position, I have a highlighted my success in the delivery of the payroll function with extremely low rate or need for exception pay runs.
I consistently support workplace objectives and recognise how my work contributes to the achievement of organisational purpose. As demonstrated throughout my career, I practice sound judgement and decision-making. Contributing to solutions and future, I harness information and opportunities when performing my day-to-day duties, working diligently to improve existing practices to improve efficiency.
Committed to team performance and often assisting others, I am prepared to work overtime or complete additional tasks to help team members or management. During my tenure with Tennant Creek Child Care Centre as Accounts and Administration Manager, staff were often overloaded with extra duties, I provide assistance to the team by carrying out numerous administrative and support tasks. These productive relationships have provided me with the opportunity to step in as temporary replacement into higher-level roles. To facilitate this business objective, established as a collaborative team member, I have formed constructive relationships with all stakeholders ensuring processes followed and culture within the company upheld.
Displaying excellent organisation and planning skills, I manage a personal workloads within demanding environments with conflicting priorities. Polished in time management and organisation skills, I contribute my career success to date with a capacity to set work priorities and deadline schedules. Within any financial position there are constant conflicting service delivery expectations, during my role as Finance and Payroll Officer at Julalikari Council Aboriginal Corporation, I successfully created a system of personally bringing forward set deadlines that allowed the tasks to be completed ahead of the timeline. Practising this time management and organisation skill, I could provide a greater capacity to take on other duties in assisting the Financial Controller and take on business projects.
With a natural ability to establish rapport with a diverse range of clients, I have provided a service that is both personalised and respectful within my position at Julalikari Council Aboriginal Corporation. Throughout my tenure as Finance Officer – Payroll, I demonstrated my ability to communicate both verbally and written with clients and in every interaction I demonstrated my commitment to the achievement of quality customer service. An example of my ability to communicate effectively, I recently had a payroll issue around payments on public holidays. The staff member was entitled to a special allowance in line with the enterprise bargaining agreement (EBA) which I was under great understanding of. This allowance was not set up as a rule within the payroll system and as such, I received a call from the staff member whom was very irate. An example of my ability to communicate effectively, I recently had a payroll issue around payments on public holidays. The staff member was entitled to a special allowance in line with the enterprise bargaining agreement (EBA) which I was under great understanding of. This allowance was not set up as a rule within the payroll system and as such, I received a call from the staff member whom was very irate. By demonstrating my ability to listen and understand this staff member, I could explain what had happened and the actions that would be taken to rectify this immediately. The result of my actions was that the staff member was immediately paid their entitlement; I build a productive relationship with the staff member and highlighted my analytical skills that quickly detected this problem and was able to explain and correct.
During my tenure at Tennant Creek Child Care Centre as Accounts and Administration Manager, I prepared month end management reporting and variance analysis for each funded program. Responsible for identification and investigation, I uncovered anomalies and trends whilst providing insights to both management team and program managers.
A self-motivated, results-orientated professional, I take responsibility for achieving outcomes within my position as a Finance Officer – Payroll with Julalikari Council Aboriginal Corporation. My accomplishments within this position have been, meeting targets, mentoring and training staff, leading by example, and devising ways to improve systems and procedures.
Throughout my career thus far, I have been effective in putting my exceptional skills into practice drawing on my personal and academic experiences in all situations, aiming to identify and implement possible improvement and striving to continue to grow my knowledge base. Both my past and current employment roles have all relied on my ability to deliver required outcomes within tight timeframes under changing priorities, drawing on my academic knowledge and concepts and applying these to practical situations.
