Senior Payroll Officer | 6 Month Fixed Term Contract

Location: Sydney NSW or Remote Anywhere in Australia

Work Type: 6 Months Casual Contract, Full Time Hours

An established global manufacturing organisation is seeking an experienced Senior Payroll Officer to provide immediate operational support during a major payroll systems transformation.

This role requires a payroll professional who can quickly take ownership of assigned payrolls and independently manage end-to-end payroll processing. You will play a key role in maintaining business-as-usual payroll operations while supporting a period of organisational change.

Key Responsibilities

- End-to-end processing of fortnightly and monthly payrolls
- Maintain payroll records and employee data
- Process new starters, terminations, salary increases and back pays
- Interpret awards, enterprise agreements and payroll legislation
- Manage leave, overtime and attendance related payroll activities
- Resolve payroll queries from employees and management
- Complete payroll reporting and statutory obligations




- Reconcile payroll related general ledger accountsAssist with month-end payroll activities
- Ensure compliance with payroll legislation and company policies

To be successful, you will bring:

- Proven experience processing end-to-end payroll in medium to large organisations
- Strong hands-on experience using Preceda
- Experience working with time and attendance systems
- Robust knowledge of Australian payroll legislation, taxation and superannuation
- Experience interpreting awards and enterprise agreements
- Ability to work autonomously and confidently manage payroll deadlines
- Strong analytical, problem-solving and communication skills
- Experience within manufacturing or similar complex payroll environments

Desirable

- MyWorkPlace experience
- Dayforce implementation exposure
- Workday experience

Benefits

- Flexible remote working arrangement available Australia-wide
- Opportunity to support a major payroll transformation project
- Work with a high-volume, complex payroll environment
- Immediate start opportunity

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📌 Senior Payroll Officer (Sydney)
🏢 Chandler Macleod
📍 Sydney