Job Description

Payroll Manager (Succession Opportunity)

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An opportunity has become available for an experienced Payroll Manager to join a well-established and growing financial services group.

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This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys true end-to-end payroll and is looking for long-term career progression. You'll initially take ownership of payroll across multiple smaller entities before gradually transitioning into a broader payroll portfolio of approximately 500 employees. Working closely with our Senior Payroll Manager, you'll receive hands-on mentoring and support as you prepare to step into the role ahead of their planned retirement next year.

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This is a hands-on individual contributor role with a clear succession pathway into our broader Payroll Manager responsibilities. You'll join a collaborative, high-performing team that values accuracy, accountability and continuous improvement.

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Genuine succession opportunity into a broader Payroll Manager role.

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Competitive salary of $115,000 - $130,000 + Super, depending on experience.

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Hybrid working with flexibility to balance work and life.

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Join a stable, growing financial services organisation with a collaborative culture.

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Work closely with experienced Reward, HR and Finance professionals.

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Opportunity to contribute to payroll process improvements and ongoing business initiatives.

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What you'll be doing:

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- Manage end-to-end payroll processing across multiple legal entities.




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- Work closely with our outsourced payroll provider (Employment Hero) to ensure accurate and timely payroll delivery.
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- Manage payroll-related GRC incidents, including ticket resolution, compliance reporting and risk mitigation.
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- Prepare payroll tax and Fringe Perks Tax (FBT) reporting.
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- Partner with HR Operations on employee lifecycle activities, including onboarding and employee data changes.
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- Provide payroll journals and banking files to Finance following each payroll cycle.
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- Maintain exceptional payroll accuracy while identifying opportunities to improve processes and controls.
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- Build the capability to act as deputy to the Senior Payroll Manager before transitioning into the broader payroll portfolio.
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What you'll bring:

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- 7-10+ years' experience managing end-to-end payroll, ideally within financial services or another highly regulated environment.
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- Strong Excel skills and confidence working with payroll data.
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- Excellent attention to detail with a strong sense of ownership, accountability and integrity.
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- The ability to work independently while building strong relationships across HR, Finance and external providers.
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Nice to have:

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- Experience with Oracle HCM and/or Employment Hero.
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- Experience supporting payroll through a system implementation, merger, acquisition or business integration.
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📌 Payroll Manager (Succession Opportunity) (New South Wales)
🏢 Keegan Adams Recruitment
📍 New South Wales