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

📌 Payroll Officer | Temporary 6 Months (Sydney)
🏢 Richard Lloyd Recruitment
📍 Sydney