✅ Must be an Australian Citizen with at least Baseline Security Clearance

✅ Part-time/Full-time

Your new employer

Lead a high-profile payroll compliance and remediation program that will shape payroll governance across a major Federal Government organisation.

Your new role

- Lead payroll assurance, compliance and remediation projects end-to-end
- Manage project governance, reporting, risks and stakeholder engagement
- Conduct payroll reviews, industrial instrument analysis and compliance assessments
- Use data analytics to identify risks and remediation requirements
- Implement audit recommendations and strengthen payroll controls
- Deliver reporting and recommendations to senior decision-makers

What you'll need to succeed

To be successful in this role, you will demonstrate:

- Proven experience delivering payroll assurance, compliance, remediation, or payroll transformation projects
- Strong project and program management capability, including governance and reporting
- Experience interpreting industrial instruments, awards, enterprise agreements, or legislative requirements




- Advanced analytical skills with the ability to review and interpret complex payroll data
- Experience implementing audit recommendations, controls, and risk mitigation strategies
- Strong stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to work across HR, payroll, finance, risk, and executive teams
- Excellent written communication and reporting skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities within a complex organisational environment

What you'll get in return

- Opportunity to lead high-impact payroll assurance and remediation initiatives
- Exposure to complex governance, risk, and compliance programs
- Collaborative and qualified project environment
- Work on meaningful projects that drive organisational improvement and reduce compliance risk
- Competitive contract opportunity within the Federal Government sector

What you need to do now

If you're interested in this role, click 'Apply Now' or contact Alden Soe for a confidential discussion.

Alden Soe
02 6112 7698
[email protected]

LHS 297508 #3013267 - Alden Soe

📌 Senior Payroll Project Manager (Canberra)
🏢 Hays
📍 Canberra