Payroll & Remuneration Manager

- $180,000 - $190,000 + Super + Bonus | Sydney CBD | 2 Days WFH
- Drive payroll excellence, remuneration initiatives and reward frameworks
- Lead a payroll team delivering payroll with strong payroll compliance expertise

A rare opportunity to lead payroll and remuneration in a key leadership role focused on compliance, process improvement and team development! THE CLIENT A well-established national organisation is seeking an experienced Payroll & Remuneration Manager to provide leadership across its payroll function.

This is a hands-on leadership role suited to someone who enjoys balancing operational payroll delivery, stakeholder management, compliance, and process improvement initiatives.

BENEFITS

- Competitive package
- Annual bonus potential of 10-20%
- Senior leadership role with a voice and 'seat at the table' driving positive change
- Hybrid working arrangement with 3 days in the office and 2 days from home
- Opportunity to influence payroll governance, compliance and process improvements
- Exposure to large-scale payroll operations and complex industrial environments
- Fantastic team-oriented culture with strong leadership and support
- Team-oriented People & Culture leadership team

THE ROLE

- Lead the end-to-end payroll function across multiple business units
- Manage a team of 5, leadership and mentorship
- Ensure accurate and timely fortnightly payroll
- Drive payroll compliance, audit readiness and governance activities
- Interpret and apply Awards, Enterprise Agreements and industrial instruments




- Oversee onboarding, terminations, leave management and payroll controls
- Lead payroll reconciliations, EOFY activities and statutory obligations
- Partner closely with People & Culture, Finance and operational stakeholders
- Support payroll system initiatives and process improvement projects
- Provide remuneration and benefits expertise and contribute to remuneration framework developmeTHE

PERSON

- Proven Payroll Management experience within complex environment
- Experience with Remuneration and benefits initiatives
- Strong leadership capability with experience managing payroll teams
- Extensive knowledge of Awards, Enterprise Agreements and Industrial Relations legislation
- Strong payroll compliance, auditing and governance experience
- Advanced understanding of payroll legislation and best practice controls
- Experience with ADP Payforce highly advantageous
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
- Ability to work operationally while providing strategic leadership
- Full Australian working rights required

If we have already spoken and you are already in my Payroll Network, please feel free to call or email me directly. Otherwise, please apply now. #SCR-gina-morley

AccountAbility has specialised in Payroll recruitment across the Sydney market for over 20 years. If this particular opportunity is not quite right, please reach out to Gina Morley for a confidential discussion regarding other Payroll, HRIS and Remuneration opportunities.

📌 Payroll & Remuneration Manager (Sydney)
🏢 Accountability
📍 Sydney