A great opportunity for a Payroll / HR Remediation Specialist to join a growing organisation on an initial 3–4 month fixed-term contract, supporting a payroll compliance remediation project. This role is suited to someone who can move beyond identifying payroll issues and lead the analysis, quantification and remediation through to a defensible outcome.

About the role:

- Review and validate payroll compliance findings across multiple entities

- Analyse up to six years of payroll data to identify and quantify potential underpayments

- Calculate underpayments, including superannuation and interest components

- Interpret Modern Awards, Enterprise Agreements and employment contracts

- Assess obligations under the Fair Work Act and Superannuation Guarantee legislation

- Develop remediation and back-payment calculation methodologies

- Identify payroll system configuration issues contributing to incorrect payments

- Work with payroll and systems teams to validate corrected configurations





- Maintain detailed remediation registers, documentation and audit trails

- Partner with HRBPs and senior leaders to ensure remediation is accurately implemented

About you:

- Proven experience delivering payroll compliance remediation / underpayment projects

- Strong knowledge of Contemporary Awards and Enterprise Agreements

- Strong understanding of superannuation compliance and underpayments

- Experience designing and validating back-payment calculations

- Practical understanding of payroll systems and configuration
- The ability to analyse large, complex payroll datasets

- Strong stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to communicate complex issues to senior leaders

- High levels of discretion and attention to detail

If you'd like to discuss this role in more detail, reach out to me directly to learn more!

📌 Payroll Specialist (Newcastle)
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📍 Newcastle