- Payroll Officer: SAP Employee Central Payroll

- Contract length: 4-month initial contract

- Pay rate: Up to $400/day + super

- Cient: NSW Government

- Sydney CBD based - Hybrid working

An opportunity is available for an experienced Payroll Officer to join a NSW Government organisation for an initial 4-month contract. Working within a busy payroll function, you will support day-to-day payroll processing while also contributing to system testing and transition activities. The setting is deadline-driven and requires someone who can quickly get across complex payroll requirements and work accurately with large volumes of employee data.

Applicants must have hands-on experience with both SAP Employee Central (EC) and SAP Employee Central Payroll (ECP).

Role Responsibilities:

- Processing payroll transactions accurately and within required deadlines

- Supporting fortnightly payroll processing and associated activities

- Maintaining and validating employee and payroll data

- Undertaking payroll reconciliations, audit checks and issue resolution

- Preparing and validating payroll reports and compliance documentation

- Responding to payroll enquiries and resolving payroll-related issues

- Supporting system testing,



data validation and documentation as part of ERP/payroll transition activities

- Identifying payroll discrepancies and contributing to process and system improvements

- Ensuring payroll activities comply with relevant legislation, awards, policies and employment conditions

Skills and experence required:

- Hands-on SAP Employee Central (EC) experience

- Hands-on SAP Employee Central Payroll (ECP) experience

- Demonstrated end-to-end payroll processing experience

- Experience working within a complex, high-volume or multi-award payroll environment

- Strong knowledge of payroll legislation, awards and employment conditions

- Experience with payroll reconciliation, data validation and troubleshooting

- High attention to detail and the ability to work to strict payroll deadlines

- Strong communication and customer service skills

- Previous government or large complex organisation experience will be highly regarded

This is a great opportunity for an experienced SAP payroll professional to join a collaborative government team during an important period of payroll and systems activity. Please note: candidates without SAP Employee Central AND Employee Central Payroll experience will not be considered.

📌 Payroll Officer (Sydney)
🏢 Ethos BeathChapman
📍 Sydney