empire group is proud to be partnering with Sunshine Coast Council to recruit an experienced Senior Payroll Officer. This is a great opportunity for a payroll professional who enjoys solving complex problems, improving systems and providing trusted advice across a diverse workforce.

About Sunshine Coast Council

Sunshine Coast Council is one of Australia's largest local governments, supporting more than 330,000 residents across a vibrant and rapidly growing region.

With a vision to be Australia's most sustainable region: Connected. Liveable. Thriving, Council works with the community to protect the region’s enviable lifestyle, strengthen the local economy and create places and spaces that are uniquely Sunshine Coast.

The opportunity

As Senior Payroll Officer, you will help deliver an accurate and timely fortnightly payroll for Council’s workforce.

Working closely with the Payroll Team Leader, Payroll team, HR Business Partners and business leaders, you will run an end to end payroll and, provide advice on complex payroll matters, award and certified agreement interpretation, rostering and workforce management practices.

You will also support the ongoing performance and improvement of Council’s Human Capital Management solutions, particularly the Dayforce Time & Attendance platform and its automated award interpretation functionality.

Key responsibilities

- Support the accurate and timely delivery of Council’s fortnightly payroll
- Interpret and apply awards, certified agreements, legislation, policies and procedures
- Investigate complex pay anomalies and calculate payments for special work arrangements
- Provide advice on salary sacrifice, superannuation, rostering and workforce management
- Partner with leaders and HR Business Partners to resolve payroll matters




- Support and improve the Dayforce Time & Attendance and SAP Success Factors solutions.
- Prepare termination and separation payments and associated documentation
- Produce payroll and workforce reports for internal stakeholders and auditors
- Develop and maintain payroll procedures, guidelines and work instructions
- Contribute to payroll improvement initiatives and broader organisational projects

About you

You are an experienced payroll qualified with strong technical knowledge, sound judgement and exceptional attention to detail. You can interpret complex employment conditions, investigate discrepancies and communicate payroll information clearly.

To be successful, you will bring:

- Substantial payroll experience within a medium to large organisation
- A Diploma in Human Resource Management, Payroll Administration or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience
- Strong knowledge of payroll legislation, awards, certified agreements and regulatory requirements
- Experience investigating and resolving complex payroll matters
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Professional communication skills and a customer-focused approach
- Confidence using contemporary payroll, HR and reporting systems
- Proficiency across Microsoft Office and other business technologies

Experience with SAP SuccessFactors and Dayforce will be highly regarded.

Benefits

- 9-day fortnight
- Four weeks’ annual leave
- 17.5% annual leave loading
- Employee Discounts
- Flexible work
- Salary packaging options
- Work that contributes to the Sunshine Coast community
- A collaborative, inclusive and values-led workplace
- Opportunities to contribute to system and process improvements

Location and pre-employment requirements

The role may work across Council locations in Caloundra, Maroochydore and Nambour. Appointment is subject to the satisfactory completion of a criminal history check.

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📌 Senior Payroll Officer (Maroochydore)
🏢 empire group
📍 Maroochydore