Hands-on payroll and backpay project role using Dayforce
Established essential-services organisation with a 3,000-person workforce
Upper North Shore of Sydney | Full time | Temp to 6-month FTC | $60–$65/hr + super ($110K + Super equivalent)
The Company
Our client is a long-established Australian essential-services organisation with a proud history of providing reliable services to communities across Current South Wales and South Australia. With approximately 3000 employees, the business offers a family-oriented, down-to-earth culture, casual dress and a supportive team workplace. This opportunity is based on Sydney’s Upper North Shore, with work from home flexibility available once you are settled into the role.
The Role
Reporting to the Payroll Manager, you will join a four-person payroll team and hit the ground running on a key backpay consolidation project ahead of an October payroll system go-live. Working closely with the IT/Business Analyst configuring the new platform, you will help ensure changes are tested, reconciled and paid accurately.
Your responsibilities will include but are not limited to:
Supporting the payroll consolidation and backpay project
Testing payroll system configurations and confirming changes operate correctly
Preparing and loading batch backpay payments into Dayforce
Validating backpay calculations and ensuring employees are paid correctly
Comparing current calculations with historical payroll transactions to identify discrepancies
Performing sample testing on known configuration changes and investigating variances
Processing, testing and reconciling backpay transactions in Dayforce
Your Background
To be considered for this Payroll Officer opportunity, you will bring:
Several years of hands-on payroll experience
A sound understanding of end-to-end payroll and superannuation processes
Confidence jumping on the tools and supporting a fast-moving project
Dayforce payroll systems experience is preferred
Strong attention to detail, reconciliation skills and clear communication
Availability to work full time from the Upper North Shore office, particularly while onboarding
This is a temporary opportunity transitioning to a fixed-term contract of up to six months. Ongoing permanency is considered unlikely at this stage.