Exciting opportunity for a payroll advisor to join the team based at Newstead. The role will be full time and permanent. The payroll advisor will be responsible for ensuring employee data is accurate to allow for payroll processing and providing governance for NHVR’s outsourced payroll provider.

About the Role

- The Payroll Administrator within the NHVR mitigates process risks for NHVR’s payroll by:
- Ensuring employee data is accurate to allow for payroll processing.
- Providing governance for NHVR’s outsourced payroll provider.
- Administering the NHVR internal payroll processes and provide internal support for employees.
- Providing source data for monthly and quarterly reports.

About You

- Manage the NHVR responsibilities in an outsourced model in relation to 3 separate pay calendars per fortnight
- Validating new employee profiles during pre-boarding and establishing payroll profiles, ensuring employees are offboarded each cycle as appropriate
- Manage the reporting and regular cycle activities including leave balance reporting, exception reporting, superannuation and allowance changes and increment schedules for individuals and agreement increases are loaded tested and validated.
- Respond to payroll queries from managers on behalf of their employees.
- Audit of banking process with general ledger for authorised payments.
- Pay run review for timesheet compliance and pay item accuracy in accordance with NHVR terms and conditions.
- Escalate payroll concerns to the relevant stakeholder.
- Ensure that payroll complies with relevant legislative requirements including PAYG, Payroll Tax and Superannuation payments.




- Maintain up to date payroll information with NHVR’s external provider.
- Manage the external provider in delivery of work against contracted SLA’s, representing as the contract central point
- Perform payroll reconciliation and resolve variance matters.
- Maintain records with legislative requirements.
- Source data for monthly end, quarterly and year end requirements.
- Close out non-compliant timesheets with relevant managers and NHVR’s external provider.
- Support all audit activities.
- Previous experience with the Definitive system would be highly regarded.

Qualifications and Experience

Highly Regarded:

- Previous experience within a payroll function reviewing pay runs for accuracy.
- Experience in interpreting Awards or Enterprise Agreements.
- Understanding of Superannuation and Employee Termination Payments.

Why join us?

The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) is commenced operations in 2013 as the national entity responsible for regulating vehicles in Australia over 4.5 tonnes gross vehicle mass. The NHVR minimises the compliance burden on the heavy vehicle transport industry, reduces duplication and inconsistences across state and territory borders, and ultimately for the heavy vehicle business with government in Australia.





We are headquartered in Brisbane and employ more than 1000 people across the ACT, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria.

We offer

- A competitive salary package $122,582.50 plus superannuation
- Flexible work hours, including options for rostered days off
- Hybrid working workplace – 2 days from home available
- Ongoing training and career development support
- Up to 15.25% superannuation through a co-contribution scheme
- Leave loading 17.5%
- Additional paid leave over Christmas closure
- Modern office environment with attractive end of trip facilities
- Wellbeing programs – discounted fitness through Fitness Passport, Discount health insurance, flu vaccine, financial programs including discounted banking products, finance information sessions
- Discounted IT products including Microsoft and free family password security plan

Application Process

Please apply with your CV and cover letter addressing the skills and capabilities of the role.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact the NHVR recruitment team on [email protected].

Successful applicants will be required to complete standard pre-employment checks including a national police and work rights check.

Please Note: We will not require any support from Recruitment Agencies at this time and kindly request no contact is made. Only direct applications will be considered.

We are committed to being an inclusive, diverse and flexible workplace where differences are valued. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, experience and abilities

📌 Payroll Advisor (Brisbane)
🏢 National Heavy Vehicle Regulator
📍 Brisbane