Payroll Officer: Acc Specialist

**You can be part of the **manaaki hauora (Health Industry)**

Did you know, that together Canterbury and West Coast District Health Boards have the largest workforce in the South Island and the 6th largest in NZ? The two DHBs also share several essential business services like Human Resources (HR), or as we call it People & Capability. The HR Shared Service (HRSS) department pays people, supports rostering, creates contracts and other important legal stuff as well as helping our people when they have questions about their employment. It’s exciting stuff and we’re expanding to support the growth and delivery of the service. We’re increasing the size of our teams and also introducing some new roles.

If you have HR experience and interested in joining a complex, fast-paced and exciting team of wonderful people, please look out for our new roles, such as: Employment Agreement Implementation Lead and Specialist, Quality and Improvement Lead as well as ACC Specialist, Overpayments Specialist, Rostering Support and a HRSS Coordinator.

These roles are a unique opportunity to be part of a growing department and is a great learning ground to springboard your career in People and Capability as well as feeling good about giving back to the community.

**Mō te tūnga | About the role**

The Payroll Team make sure we’re paid for our mahi (work). On top of paying people, this team is also responsible for lots of other business critical tasks like keeping records up to date so you’re paid the right amount at the right time, keeping our systems and processes aligned to the multitude of employment agreements in place and making sure taxes are correct. For those employees unfortunate enough to be claiming ACC, this team also makes sure the they get paid correctly and in line with their claim.

This Payroll Officer: ACC Specialist role is responsible for:

- Calculating work and non-work-related ACC payments
- Being the main point of contact for the DHB’s Wellbeing, Health & Safety team as well as external partners WellNZ and ACC
- Keying data and facilitating the provision of accurate and prompt information
- Investigating and resolving ACC calculations and queries
- Supporting managers to facilitate ACC payment matters for their team members
- Managing sensitive employee queries in a confident and empathetic manner
- Working collaboratively with other teams to ensure process are consistent

**Ngā pūkenga me ngā wheako | Skills and experience**

Your skills will include:

- Knowledge and understanding of ACC payment processing and legislation
- Hands on payroll processing experience
- Accurate numeracy and keyboard skills
- Microsoft Office Skills (Excel, Word, Outlook)
- Excellent attention to detail
- Organisational and time management skills to meet tight deadlines
- A customer service approach to your work and contribute positively to the team
- Experience in health or a large complex organisation would be beneficial

**Mō mātou | About Us**
- “Ko ngā tāngata, te mātua mahi_ - _Putting people at the heart of all we do”_

We are committed to honouring Te Tiriti o Waitangi and its principles by ensuring our partnership with Māori are at the forefront of all our conversations. We believe in improving, promoting, and protecting the health and well-being of the Canterbury the West Coast community.

The culture at Canterbury District Health Board, is driven by our **ā Mātou Uara (Our Values)**:

- Care and respect for others - Manaaki me te whakaute i te tangata.
- Integrity in all we do - Hāpai i ā mātou mahi katoa i runga i te pono.
- Responsibility for outcomes - Te Takohanga i ngā hua
**Ngā** **hua **| Benefits of working at CDHB**

When you work at the Canterbury District Health Board, you are part of a wider whānau that will support you along your journey. We offer great coaching, mentoring and learning outcomes for all staff. We are always improving our facilities across all campuses and have amazing discounts from select retailers, restaurants and business.

At the DHB, you are part of something greater then yourself and encouraged to your unique self.

We have a range of clinical and non-clinical roles at CDHB, there could be a place for you

Please visit our careers website for other roles and find your ideal fit within the Canterbury District Health Board.
**The Future of the Health Industry**

**Nau mai, haere mai, tauti mai