Job Description
Assistant Payroll Manager | North Parramatta | Permanent | Lead an established payroll team | Onsite parking | Hybrid – 1 day WFH after probation
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The Company
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Join a well-established Australian business with a significant national footprint and a strong reputation in its industry. With continued growth across the group, the payroll function is expanding and this newly created Assistant Payroll Manager position will provide additional leadership across a large and experienced team.
n Based in North Parramatta, you'll join a collaborative environment where Payroll works closely with Finance, HR and the broader business.
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The Role
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Reporting to the Head of Payroll & HR Services, you'll take a hands-on leadership role across the day-to-day payroll function, overseeing payroll operations across multiple entities while leading and developing a team of payroll professionals.
n This isn't just about making sure payroll gets out the door. You'll be a key point of support for the team and senior stakeholders, while also looking at how processes, systems and ways of working can continue to improve.
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Leading the day-to-day payroll function, ensuring accurate and timely processing across multiple entities
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Mentoring, coaching and developing the payroll team while driving consistency and high service standards
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Overseeing payroll compliance including awards, minimum wage reviews, superannuation and internal procedures
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Managing payroll schedules, annual salary reviews, profit share payments and month-end reporting
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Partnering with senior leaders around onboarding, payroll matters and issue resolution
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Overseeing employee payroll administration including salary changes, terminations and employee enquiries
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Maintaining payroll procedures and documentation to ensure strong governance and compliance
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Identifying opportunities to improve payroll processes,



systems and operational efficiencies
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Working closely with HR, Finance and IT to deliver improvements across the payroll function
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About You
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We're looking for an experienced payroll professional who knows their stuff technically but, just as importantly, genuinely enjoys leading and developing people.
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Previous experience leading or supervising a payroll team
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Strong end-to-end payroll knowledge within a complex, high-volume or multi-entity workplace
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Sound knowledge of Australian payroll legislation, awards, superannuation and compliance requirements
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Strong Excel skills and confidence working with payroll data and reporting
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A collaborative and supportive leadership style with the ability to coach and develop others
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Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
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The ability to investigate issues, solve problems and confidently make decisions
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A continuous improvement mindset and an interest in making payroll processes better, not simply maintaining the status quo
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Experience with Micropay and/or ConnX would be highly regarded
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What's On Offer?
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This is a great opportunity for an experienced Payroll Team Leader, Payroll Supervisor or 2IC who is ready to step into a broader leadership role, or an established Assistant Payroll Manager looking for a role where they can have genuine impact.
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Permanent full-time opportunity
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North Parramatta location with onsite parking
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Hybrid working with 1 day WFH after probation
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Newly created position with genuine scope to influence the payroll function
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Established and experienced payroll team
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Opportunity to drive process improvement and system enhancements
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Long-term career opportunities within a large national organisation
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If you're an experienced payroll leader who enjoys developing people, improving processes and being close to the day-to-day operation, we'd love to hear from you.
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📌 Assistant Payroll Manager (New South Wales)
🏢 Elements Recruitment
📍 New South Wales