Management Accountant – Payroll & Labour Cost
Premier Services Group Aust & NZ Pty Ltd – Chatswood NSW
Reporting to the CFO, you'll take ownership of weekly payroll processing into the general ledger and become the go-to expert on labour cost performance across the business. You'll ensure labour costs are allocated to jobs at accurate recovery rates, investigate variances, and provide the CFO and operational leaders with the financial insight they need to make smart, cost-effective workforce decisions – including modelling the impact of EBA changes on profitability.
Key responsibilities
Process weekly payroll results into the general ledger, ensuring accurate coding by cost centre, job and department.
Analyse overtime trends and flag adverse cost movements to leadership.
Allocate labour costs to jobs and periodically review and update labour recovery rates.
Investigate and explain labour over/under recovery by employee, job and cost centre.
Distinguish fixed versus variable labour costs to support budgeting and margin analysis.
Build financial models and scenario analyses on the most cost-effective use of labour (e.g. employment vs subcontracting, overtime vs headcount).
Quantify the financial impact of Enterprise Bargaining Agreement (EBA) and Modern Award changes on wages, on-costs and profitability.
Prepare management reporting on labour cost performance and drive continuous improvement in payroll costing and job cost allocation.
About you
Degree qualified in Accounting,



Finance or a related discipline; CA/CPA qualified or working towards completion.
3+ years' experience in management accounting or cost accounting, ideally with payroll costing or labour-intensive industry exposure.
Robust understanding of job costing principles and labour recovery rate methodology.
Experience reconciling and posting payroll journals to the general ledger.
Confident interpreting Awards and Enterprise Agreements from a financial perspective.
Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate complex data for non-finance stakeholders.
Experience with Sage and/or Micropay, and multi-entity or field services/trades organisations, is highly regarded.
About us
Premier Services Group Aust & NZ Pty Ltd is a multidisciplined building services company specialising in the design, installation, servicing and maintenance of Fire Protection, Electrical and HVAC systems for commercial and government clients across Australia and New Zealand. Our success is built on quality, reliability and a people-first culture that drives long-term partnerships with our clients – and we believe our people are at the heart of everything we do.
A newly shaped, high-impact role with direct exposure to the CFO and senior operational leadership.
Be part of a growing, multidisciplinary services group with a genuine people-first culture.
Hybrid working environment based in Chatswood.
Opportunity to shape and improve payroll costing and labour reporting processes across the business.
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📌 Management Accountant – Payroll & Labour Cost (Sydney)
🏢 Premier Services Group Aust & NZ
📍 Sydney