⚡ Big Career Energy

Title: Payroll Officer x2

Type: Temporary | 3-4 months

Hourly Rate: $50 per hour including superannuation

Location: North Melbourne | Hybrid

Office: North Melbourne

? Who are we?

We’re partnering with an established not-for-profit organisation to find two experienced Payroll Officers to support their team through a busy period of change.

You’ll be joining a close-knit payroll function responsible for approximately 1,000 employees, working across a complex award and EBA environment while the organisation also introduces new workforce technology.

This is a hands-on role where you can come in, get across the payroll quickly and genuinely take some pressure off an experienced team.

? Who are you?

You’re an experienced Payroll Officer who’s confident with end-to-end payroll and comfortable working in a busy, deadline-driven environment.

You understand that positive payroll is about more than processing correctly. You’re approachable, solutions-focused and able to communicate clearly with employees when they have questions about their pay.

You’ll likely bring

- Strong end-to-end payroll experience
- Experience working across Awards and/or Enterprise Agreements
- Good understanding of Australian payroll legislation and compliance
- Confidence processing starters, variations, terminations and deductions
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy
- Clear, concise and empathetic written communication skills
- Confidence managing employee payroll queries
- Ability to pick up new systems and processes quickly
- MYOB experience would be a bonus, but isn’t essential. If you’ve worked with Humanforce or another Time & Attendance system, even better.

? Day to day You’ll support the delivery of a fortnightly payroll for approximately 1,000 employees, including:
- End-to-end payroll processing
- Processing new starters, employee changes and terminations




- Working across multiple Awards and an Enterprise Agreement
- Managing salary packaging arrangements and deductions
- Investigating payroll discrepancies, overpayments and recoveries
- Responding to employee payroll queries via email
- Producing payroll reports for People & Culture and Finance
- Maintaining accurate payroll data and employee records
- Supporting strong payroll governance, compliance and data integrity
- Working alongside the team as they transition to Humanforce and AlayaCare

? What’s in your toolkit? You know payroll and can hit the ground running, but you don’t necessarily need experience with every system they use.

Strong payroll fundamentals are the priority.

Ideally, you’ll have experience in a complex or manual payroll environment, understand award interpretation and be comfortable investigating issues rather than simply processing what's put in front of you.

You'll also be someone who can explain payroll clearly. There’s plenty of communication with employees and managers, so patience, empathy and a strong service mindset will go a long way.

✨ What’s in it for you?

- $50 per hour including superannuation
- Initial 3–4 month temporary assignment
- Hybrid working, around three days in the office
- Fortnightly payroll of approximately 1,000 employees
- Exposure to a complex multi-award and EBA environment
- Work alongside an experienced payroll team
- Exposure to MYOB, Humanforce and AlayaCare
- Join during a significant payroll and workforce systems transformation
- Potential for longer-term opportunities as the organisation reviews its future payroll structure

? The Bottom Line If you’re an experienced Payroll Officer who can come in, get across a complex payroll and genuinely make life easier for the team, this is a great opportunity.

You’ll get solid end-to-end payroll exposure, interesting award complexity, new systems coming into the business and the flexibility of hybrid working, all while joining an organisation doing genuinely meaningful work.

📌 Payroll Officer x2 (Melbourne)
🏢 SAMUELS DONEGAN
📍 Melbourne