Join a well-established Australian organisation and play a key role in delivering accurate, compliant and high-quality payroll services across the business. We are seeking an experienced Senior Payroll Officer to support payroll operations during a busy transformation period.

This is an excellent opportunity for a payroll professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment, enjoys working collaboratively, and has strong attention to detail.

About the Role

Reporting to the Payroll Manager, you will be responsible for end-to-end payroll processing and a broad range of payroll administration, reporting and reconciliation activities. You will also work closely with HR and Finance to support employee lifecycle activities and compliance obligations.

This is a 6 month contract offered as either full time (5 days per week) or part time (3 or 4 days per week) depending on your preference.

Key Responsibilities

- End-to-end payroll processing
- Payroll reconciliations, journals and reporting
- Workers compensation administration and audit coordination
- Processing terminations, redundancies and new starters
- Superannuation, payroll tax and employee deduction administration
- Monthly payroll accruals and general ledger reconciliations
- Payroll forecasting and variance analysis




- Employee leave and salary packaging administration
- Fleet administration support
- Processing employee expenses
- Responding to payroll queries and ad hoc reporting requests
- Supporting HR administration and employee documentation

About You

You are a detail-oriented payroll qualified with strong technical capability and a proactive, team-focused approach.

To be successful, you will bring:

- Previous payroll experience in a medium to large organisation
- Experience using Empower/Micro-Pay payroll systems preferred
- Strong knowledge of payroll legislation and compliance requirements
- Advanced Excel skills including VLOOKUPs and Pivot Tables
- High levels of accuracy, confidentiality and attention to detail
- Strong organisational and time management skills
- The ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

Agencies please note: this recruitment assignment is being managed directly by Blackmores Talent Acquisition team. We will reach out to our preferred agency partners if required. Your respect for this process is appreciated.

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📌 Senior Payroll Officer (City of Sydney)
🏢 Blackmores Group
📍 City of Sydney