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Payroll and Remuneration Specialist

Bay of Plenty - Tauranga
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About the role

We have an exciting opportunity for a Payroll and Remuneration Specialist to join our People & Performance team at Craigs Investment Partners (CIP). Reporting to the Head of Remuneration and Benefits, this is a permanent full-time position, based at our Head Office in Tauranga.

As Payroll and Remuneration Specialist, you will be responsible for payroll processing,  reporting, data, analytics, and providing support with HR tasks.  The role is also required to: 

  • Complete end to end processing of all pay runs (monthly, end of month / out of cycle, and quarterly pays). 
  • Process payroll transations including managing payrun preparation, allowances, deductions, time and attendance data, processing employee changes, reconcilling variances, and completing reporting. Ensure that payroll processes are completed in an accurate, compliant, and timely manner.
  • Complete job sizing reviews, and keeping employee position and benchmark data up to date in the payroll systems and remuneration tools. 
  • Assist with workforce planning, including accurate data collection, position management, and headcount reporting
  • Maintain people data from various sources, reviewing and analysing to identify meaningful trends, patterns, and correlations.  Create reports to effectively communicate insights.
  • Support the People team and business with accurate data for various business requirements, such as engagement surveys, turnover, leave balances, etc.

About you 

This role will suit an experienced payroll specialist who is confident working within NZ legislation. The successful candidate will have excellent attention to detail, and is a team player. Suitable candidates will have relevant experience in a similar role, and possess the following:

  • Proven experience in end-to-end payroll processing
  • Understanding of relevant NZ employment / payroll legislation and payroll systems
  • Strong knowledge of compensation and benefits practices.
  • Financial services experience (preferred) 
  • Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Microsoft Excel
  • Excellent time management and organizational capabilities.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Proactive and capable of demonstrating initiative.
  • High levels of confidentiality and discretion.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive Health Insurance
  • Craigs Community / Volunteer Day
  • Additional week of leave (conditions apply)
  • Other leave (such as sick, bereavement, and family violence leave) from first day of employment
  • Parental leave - 26 weeks’ pay ‘top up’ for eligible Primary Carers 
  • Long Service Leave
  • Annual Health Check and flu vaccinations
  • Flexible work options 
  • Savings benefits and preferential insurance rates

About the Company

Craigs Investment Partners (Craigs) is a multi-award-winning investment advisory firm which is one of the largest in New Zealand. With over 20 offices located throughout the country and over 600 employees, Craigs offers solutions and advice to both private investors, as well as corporate and institutional clients.

Why Craigs?

We pride ourselves on creating an environment where our people feel they belong and can bring their best self to work and feel valued. We grow as a team and with our clients and are always looking to support our communities – both internal and external. Our values build the foundation of how we work and how we provide great outcomes for our people and our clients.

  • We are stronger together
  • We strive for excellence
  • We put people first
  • We do what’s right

If you would like to find out more about working at Craigs, visit our Careers page – https://craigsip.com/careers

How to apply

If you are interested in the role, please submit your application online now as we will be interviewing suitable candidates as they apply.

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