Job Description

Kogarah, NSW. We are partnering with a well-established Australian organisation to recruit a Senior Payroll Officer for their team in Kogarah.

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- Senior Payroll Officer
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There is a permanent opportunity within a collaborative payroll team supporting a national workforce of approximately 4,000 employees.

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Payroll processing is shared across the team, providing exposure to a genuinely high-volume, complex and multi-award environment.

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This role will play an important part in delivering accurate and compliant payroll, with the Senior Payroll Officer taking on additional technical, reporting and team leadership responsibilities.

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The Role

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Working as part of the broader payroll team, you'll manage an allocated portion of the employee payroll while contributing to the successful delivery of payroll across the organisation's approximately 4,000-robust workforce.

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Responsibilities will include:

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- Processing high-volume, end-to-end payroll across multiple states and entities
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- Processing wages, allowances, penalties, overtime, leave and deductions
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- Managing new starters, employee changes, terminations and final entitlements
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- Interpreting and applying Modern Awards and Enterprise Agreements
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- Ensuring compliance with payroll legislation and statutory obligations
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- Reviewing payroll data, investigating discrepancies and resolving payroll queries
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- Managing employee leave balances and entitlements
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- Processing workers' compensation payments, including PIAWE calculations
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- Completing payroll reconciliations and reporting
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- Responding to payroll enquiries from employees and managers
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- Supporting payroll audits, compliance reviews and process improvements
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Senior Payroll Officer

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Alongside hands‐on payroll processing, the Senior Payroll Officer will provide greater technical expertise and support to the payroll team.

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We're looking for someone with:

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- Strong and up-to-date knowledge of Australian payroll legislation, compliance and statutory requirements
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- Demonstrated experience interpreting complex Modern Awards and Enterprise Agreements
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- Experience leading, coaching and mentoring a small team of Payroll Officers
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- Strong payroll reporting, reconciliation and analytical capability
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- Experience managing complex payroll queries, discrepancies and escalations
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- The confidence to provide technical payroll advice and guidance to the wider business
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- The ability to identify and drive improvements to payroll processes, controls and systems
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- A collaborative, hands‐on approach to supporting the wider payroll team
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Experience with workforce management or payroll systems such as Humanforce, Emplive or Ento will be highly regarded. Experience within facilities services, cleaning, security or another high-volume, award-intensive industry would also be advantageous.

📌 Senior Payroll Officer (New South Wales)
🏢 Aurex Group
📍 New South Wales