Payroll Specialist

About us: Restaurant Brands purpose is to be a thriving business built on brands that employees and customers love and trust. We have amazing global brands; KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, and Carl's Jr and have over 250 restaurants in NZ, employing over 4,500 staff in NZ and serve over 60,000 customers a day! Globally Restaurant Brands also operates in Australia with over 70 stores under either the KFC or Taco Bell brand, together with KFC and Taco Bell operations in California and Pizza Hut and Taco Bell in Hawaii, Guam and Saipan.

About the role: As one of the Payroll Specialists within the wider Payroll team this role is responsible for a portfolio of NZ based employees. Ensuring all payroll transactions are processed in a timely manner according to legislative requirements and in line with organisational policies and procedures.

Some of your role scope includes:

• Process weekly pay runs for store staff.
• Ensuring transactions are processed to set deadlines.
• Reporting to agreed deadlines and responding to ad-hoc requests as needed.
• Provide legislative and policy interpretation to employees and managers.
• Maintaining database integrity.
• Preparation of manual payments for scheduled On Demand payment runs.
• Manage new and end dated Union Memberships in line with requirements.
• Ad hoc tasks and special project work as agreed and assigned.

What you will bring to the role:

• NZPPA Certified Payroll technical qualification or be working towards obtaining this qualification.
• A minimum 5 years' experience in a high-volume payroll capacity.
• Solid knowledge and understanding of all current NZ employment legislation.
• Previous exposure to working with Union membership requirements and processes would be ideal.
• Previous exposure to Pay Global would be ideal.
• Technically savvy across Microsoft Office applications, in particular Excel.
• Excellent communication and a customer-centric approach.

What we offer:

• Working with an amazing close-knit team that truly supports each other.
• Active on-site social club.
• Convenient Penrose location close to train station and free onsite parking.
• Working from home flexibility one day a week.

Apply now: Ready to bring your payroll expertise to look after the people that produce New Zealand's most beloved fried chicken? What are you waiting for, you're "Gonna Wanna" join our team!