Payroll Specialist - Time & Labour Management
Are you an experienced payroll professional with strong expertise in workforce time and attendance management? This is an exciting opportunity to join a high-performing Payroll Operations team during a period of transformation and continuous improvement.
Working within a complex payroll environment across Australia and New Zealand, you'll play a key role in supporting payroll integrity, workforce management processes, system enhancements, and operational excellence. This newly created position offers the chance to make a genuine impact, shape future processes, and work alongside a collaborative and supportive team.
What's on Offer:
Locations: Brisbane, Sydney or Melbourne
Join a business committed to continuous improvement and operational excellence
Exposure to payroll operations across Australia and New Zealand
Opportunity to contribute to ongoing payroll and workforce management transformation initiatives
Collaborative, supportive and customer-focused team environment
Are you an experienced payroll professional with strong expertise in workforce time and attendance management? This is an exciting opportunity to join a high-performing Payroll Operations team during a period of transformation and continuous improvement.
Working within a complex payroll environment across Australia and Current Zealand, you'll play a key role in supporting payroll integrity, workforce management processes, system enhancements, and operational excellence. This newly created position offers the opportunity to make a genuine impact, shape future processes, and work alongside a collaborative and supportive team.
What's on Offer:
12-month fixed-term contract




Locations: Brisbane, Sydney or Melbourne
Join a business committed to continuous improvement and operational excellence
Exposure to payroll operations across Australia and New Zealand
Opportunity to contribute to ongoing payroll and workforce management transformation initiatives
Collaborative, supportive and customer-focused team environment
About the Role:
As a PayrollTime & Labour ManagementSpecialist, you will be responsible for supporting the daily operation of payroll and workforce time management activities, ensuring accuracy, compliance and an exceptional employee experience.
You will act as a key point of contact for payroll and time-related enquiries, support system testing and enhancements, contribute to governance and compliance activities, and help drive process improvements across the function.
Key Responsibilities:
Investigate and resolve payroll enquiries with a focus on time and attendance, leave management, scheduling, roster maintenance and workforce records
Provide advice and support on payroll and workforce time management processes
Develop and maintain process documentation, user guides and training materials
Perform payroll validation and control activities to ensure accuracy, compliance and data integrity




Support troubleshooting of workforce management system issues and assist with defect resolution
Participate in system testing, upgrades, enhancements and User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
Prepare payroll and workforce reporting and support audits, compliance reviews and governance activities
Identify, assess and elevate payroll and workforce management risks while ensuring appropriate controls are maintained
Provide guidance and support to employees, leaders and team members on payroll and workforce management processes
Partner with internal stakeholders and external service providers to enhance service delivery and achieve business outcomes
Identify and implement continuous improvement initiatives to increase efficiency, accuracy and customer experience
To be successful in this role, you will bring:
Proven experience working within a payroll function, ideally in a medium to large organisational environment
Strong knowledge of workforce time and attendance management processes
Experience working with payroll and workforce management systems such as UKG, ADP or similar platforms
Sound understanding of payroll legislation, modern awards, enterprise agreements and compliance requirements
Previous experience supporting system enhancements, testing activities, defect management and UAT
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with exceptional attention to detail
Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills
A collaborative, customer-focused approach and commitment to delivering high-quality outcomes
A proactive mindset with a passion for process improvement and operational excellence
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📌 Payroll Specialist - Time & Labour Management (Queensland)
🏢 Ethos BeathChapman
📍 Queensland