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 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 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 (Brisbane)
🏢 Ethos BeathChapman
📍 Brisbane