My client is a national organisation undergoing an audit-driven payroll project. You will join a small but committed HR Services team supporting payroll operations for employees across Australia and New Zealand.
About the Position
Reporting to the HR Manager, this role will:
Perform reconciliation reviews, compliance and audit checks.
Ensure that payroll data accuracy, privacy and file-keeping is compliant with legislative requirements.
Audit payroll components (including leave balances, wage provisions, STI's, wage increases, etc.)
Escalate payroll risks, breaches or anomalies.
Maintain awareness of employment legislation and up-to-date-award/contract obligations, contributing to continuous-improvement payroll processes and audit readiness.
About You
Demonstrated payroll experience in Australia (and ideally Recent Zealand) under modern awards or similar conditions.
Comfortable interpreting industrial instruments, employment contracts, and payroll/award rules.
Strong technical skills (Excel, Outlook, MS suite), with high attention to detail and analytical thinking.
Excellent verbal and written communication.
Capacity to manage multiple competing priorities, meet deadlines and work under some pressure.
Customer-service mindset and stakeholder-management skills; able to collaborate across HR, Finance and business units.
3-month fixed-term contract with immediate start.
Inner-city location, 8 minutes walk from the nearest train station.
Hybrid: 1 day per week work-from-home.
Competitive, negotiable hourly / salary rate (reflective of experience and complexity).
If you are a payroll qualified who's keen to deliver clean, compliant payroll outcomes and dig into an audit and improvement project - we want to hear from you.
Please apply with current resume in Microsoft Word format only (.doc or .docx). If you would like to have a confidential discussion, please contact Britt Molony on , quoting reference JN - . Want to know more about Davidson? Visit us at
Seniority level
Entry level
Employment type
Contract
Job function
Accounting/Auditing
Industries
Administrative and Support Services
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