Gate Gourmet, a Gate Group company, is the world's largest independent provider of catering and provisioning services to the airline industry. With a proud 95-year history, we support more than 300+ Aviation carriers across over 68 countries serving over 700 million passengers in the sky annually. Our operations combine culinary excellence with stringent food safety and production standards, enabling us to deliver high-quality, reliable catering solutions to over 680 million travellers annually.

Your recent role

We are seeking a Senior Payroll Analyst on a 9-month fixed term contract , with the potential to transition to a permanent role in the future.

You will support the payroll function through detailed analysis, reporting, compliance monitoring and payroll system administration. You will work closely with Payroll, HR, Finance and external providers to ensure payroll operations run efficiently and accurately.

This role suits someone who enjoys getting into the detail — reconciling, investigating, improving — and who is comfortable operating in an environment with multiple awards, agreements and pay cycles.

Your key focus areas

- Preparation, processing and checking of all aspects of weekly and monthly payroll
- Supporting the team with end-to-end payroll processing across all payrolls
- Analysing payroll data to identify discrepancies, trends and improvement opportunities
- Reconciling payroll reports, superannuation and leave balances
- Processing award-based superannuation and liaising with fund administrators
- Investigating and resolving payroll queries and complex payroll issues




- Partnering with HR and Finance to ensure accurate employee and payroll data integrity
- Driving process improvements across payroll procedures
- Liaising with the Injury & Wellbeing Manager on the status of all claims
- Contributing to payroll system implementations, testing and parallel runs
- End of financial year processing
- Maintaining the confidentiality and accuracy of sensitive payroll information

About the opportunity

Gate Gourmet, a Gate Group company, is the world's largest independent provider of catering and provisioning services to the airline industry. With a proud 95-year history, we support more than 300+ Aviation carriers across over 68 countries serving over 700 million passengers in the sky annually. Our operations combine culinary excellence with stringent food safety and production standards, enabling us to deliver high-quality, reliable catering solutions to over 680 million travellers annually.

Your new role

We are seeking a Senior Payroll Analyst on a 9-month fixed term contract , with the potential to transition to a permanent role in the future.

You will support the payroll function through detailed analysis, reporting, compliance monitoring and payroll system administration.



You will work closely with Payroll, HR, Finance and external providers to ensure payroll operations run efficiently and accurately.

This role suits someone who enjoys getting into the detail — reconciling, investigating, improving — and who is comfortable operating in an environment with multiple awards, agreements and pay cycles.

What you'll need

- Extensive Payroll experience
- Relevant payroll or accounting qualifications
- Robust understanding of Australian payroll legislation, Modern Awards and compliance requirements
- Demonstrated experience within complex payroll environments
- Advanced Excel skills, including VLOOKUPs, pivot tables and data analysis
- Power BI experience
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent attention to detail
- Strong stakeholder engagement and explicit communication skills
- A collaborative, results-driven approach and excellent interpersonal skills

Highly regarded:

- Experience with Preceda or Affinity payroll system
- New Zealand payroll experience
- Experience supporting payroll system implementations

What's on offer

- Hybrid work arrangements
- Free on-site parking and walking distance from Mascot train station
- A pivotal role in a stable, well-established global business
- Genuine potential for the contract to convert to a permanent opportunity
- Exposure to system implementation work and process improvement projects
- A supportive finance and payroll team that values technical expertise

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📌 Senior Payroll Analyst (Sydney)
🏢 Gate Gourmet
📍 Sydney