Kogarah, NSW.
We are partnering with a well-established Australian organisation to recruit a Senior Payroll Officer for their team in Kogarah.
Senior Payroll Officer
There is a permanent prospect within a collaborative payroll team supporting a national workforce of approximately 4,000 employees.
Payroll processing is shared across the team, providing exposure to a genuinely high-volume, complex and multi-award environment.
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.
The Role
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-solid workforce.
Responsibilities will include:
Processing high-volume, end-to-end payroll across multiple states and entities
Processing wages, allowances, penalties, overtime, leave and deductions
Managing new starters, employee changes, terminations and final entitlements
Interpreting and applying Modern Awards and Enterprise Agreements
Ensuring compliance with payroll legislation and statutory obligations
Reviewing payroll data, investigating discrepancies and resolving payroll queries
Managing employee leave balances and entitlements
Processing workers' compensation payments,



including PIAWE calculations
Completing payroll reconciliations and reporting
Responding to payroll enquiries from employees and managers
Supporting payroll audits, compliance reviews and process improvements
Senior Payroll Officer
Alongside hands‐on payroll processing, the Senior Payroll Officer will provide greater technical expertise and support to the payroll team.
We're looking for someone with:
Strong and up-to-date knowledge of Australian payroll legislation, compliance and statutory requirements
Demonstrated experience interpreting complex Modern Awards and Enterprise Agreements
Experience leading, coaching and mentoring a small team of Payroll Officers
Strong payroll reporting, reconciliation and analytical capability
Experience managing complex payroll queries, discrepancies and escalations
The confidence to provide technical payroll advice and guidance to the wider business
The ability to identify and drive improvements to payroll processes, controls and systems
A collaborative, hands‐on approach to supporting the wider payroll team
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.
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