Assistant Payroll Manager | Newly Created Leadership Role | $160k+Super + Profit Share

Lead a team. Shape a function. Leave a legacy.

Our client, a reliable and growing Australian organisation with a strong reputation for operational excellence, is creating a brand-recent Assistant Payroll Manager role — and it's a genuinely exciting one. This is your chance to take full ownership of a large, complex payroll function and lead a team of 8 through a period of real transformation.

What's On Offer:
Payroll first (Maybe!) with the Payroll Department being autonomous from HR and Finance and reporting to the CEO!
Executive backing and visibility from day one on a role built especially for you
Career runway that grows as the business does
The chance to drive change that actually moves the needle
A fabulous salary package + a business that genuinely cares for it's employees with Profit Share after 12 months
Be part of an exciting new payroll system implementation project
In office parking and gym access,



because convenience matters
North West location, modern offices with 1 day WFH per week after your first 3 months but also flexible on an adhoc basis

Key Responsibilities:
Reporting to the Head of Payroll, you'll take end-to-end ownership of a medium sized payroll team for approximately 4,000 employees while driving process improvement, automation, and modernisation across the function.
Deliver accurate, on-time fortnightly and monthly payroll across a large, multi-entity operation
Keep everything airtight — Awards, leave, super, tax, terminations and statutory compliance, covered
Lead, coach and build a team that performs and grows under your leadership
Champion automation and AI-enabled tools to drag payroll processes into the future
Run audits, reconciliations and control reviews that keep risk firmly in check
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📌 Assistant Payroll Manager $140/ + Super + Profit Share! North West City Of Sydney
🏢 Absolute Payroll
📍 City of Sydney