HR and Payroll Administration

About Us

Welcome to the height of luxury, where heritage wonder and contemporary flair collide. Centrally positioned in the heart of Circular Quay, InterContinental Sydney extends breathtaking panoramic views of the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Set within the beautifully restored Treasury Building of 1851, InterContinental Sydney is renowned as one of the city’s prized icons. With 509 guest rooms including 28 luxury suites, an award-winning and world class Club InterContinental lounge and vibrant dining venues, a complete five-star experience awaits.

We invite you to join us at this incredibly exciting time for our Hotel as a Human Resource & Payroll Assistant. 

Your day to day

Providing proactive administration support to the Hotel HR team, you will be responsible for driving the administrative and transactional activities of HR & Payroll ensuring our systems and data are maintained and processes remain seamless. 

You will manage a broad range of HR/Payroll administration including drafting employment contracts, data entry into our payroll system, database management, HR reporting, managing HR efiles, all whilst providing quality, high volume admin support to the HR team.

You will also be assisting the wider Hotel team with frontline recruitment, onboarding of new employees, arranging employee events, employee activities and social calendar and first point of enquiry for a range of HR & Payroll related questions from hotel staff and leaders.

This a varied and super busy role for someone able to set their own pace; a self starter who can work autonomously within our fast paced team. You must be a people person, enjoy interacting with all levels of the business, guest facing and comfortable juggling multiple tasks and priorities.

This role is heavily administration focused so you will be a whizz at all things Microsoft, Excel, Canva, HRIS and databases and super confident with all things admin, producing reports, drafting letters, auditing files.

You will work closely with the HR department, finance team, payroll team and other relevant stakeholders to ensure compliance, efficiency, and a positive employee experience.

What we need from you

• Prior experience as HR administrator, admin assistant or payroll or similar
• This role requires strong analytical skills and exceptional attention to detail
• You might be a HR or Business graduate or currently studying in a related field or have previous admin experience in a transferable field 
• Our systems are Oracle, Preceda and UKG so experience in any of those systems is highly regarded
• Amazing communication skills both on the phone & in person
• Strong service orientation and customer service
• Excellent attention to detail & commitment to high standards 
• The ability to work in a fast-paced environment supporting a variety of stakeholders and wider Hotel team 
• You must meet the legal requirements to live & work in Australia with Unrestricted work rights 

What we offer

You’ll be rewarded for your hard work with a range of benefits that supports you throughout your IHG career journey

• Some of the best employee discounts across our IHG Hotels for accommodation, food and beverage
• A massive discounts platform for all your favorite brands and retailers
• Paid birthday leave - hip hip hooray!
• Enhanced parental leave program
• Proactive paid wellness and mental health days
• Free meal on shift

Employer questions

Your application will include the following questions:

• Which of the following statements best describes your right to work in Australia
• What's your expected annual base salary?

Your career journey will be supported through our lifelong development programs, IHG career milestone celebrations, and transfer of entitlements as you move and grow with IHG.

We are proud to be InterContinental Sydney and proud to be IHG and we know you will be too.

Visit http://careers.ihg.com/ to find out more about us.