Our client, a well-established organisation with operations across the Asia-Pacific region, is looking for an experienced Payroll Officer or Senior Payroll Officer to join its Sydney CBD office on a 12-month full-time contract.

You’ll look after Australian payroll for around 500 employees and work directly with the APAC Payroll Manager as the Payroll Specialist/2IC. You’ll be employed on their books with full annual and sick leave entitlements, and the business typically converts contractors to permanent roles.

This is a genuinely hands-on role, so someone confident working independently will thrive.

Excellent Bens

- $100K–$120K + super, depending on experience
- 2 days working from home each week
- Flexible start and finish times, ideal for school drop-offs and pick-ups, as long as payday deadlines are met
- Step up and cover the Payroll Manager in their absence. It’s a great opportunity to learn how to run a payroll department and build towards your next career move
- Employed directly, with full annual leave and sick leave entitlements
- Strong potential to convert to a permanent role
- Supportive, friendly team culture
- Easy CBD location, close to all stations

Nuts & Bolts

- End-to-end Australian payroll for around 500 employees
- Manual calculation of terminations and redundancies,



as the payroll system has no termination wizard
- Long service leave calculations and LSL registration/compliance
- Workers’ compensation administration and premium calculations
- Purchased leave, novated leases and FBT
- Payroll general ledger entries and reconciliations
- Supporting payroll queries and helping out across the team beyond BAU
- Stepping in confidently and using sound judgement when the Payroll Manager is away

About You

- Robust end-to-end Australian payroll experience, ideally 7–10+ years
- Highly confident with manual payroll calculations, especially terminations, redundancies and LSL
- Workers’ compensation experience highly regarded
- Knowledge of novated leases, purchased leave and FBT a big plus
- Solid Excel skills (intermediate level)
- Stand-alone payroll experience highly regarded; you’re comfortable working autonomously
- Friendly, helpful and an excellent communicator, happy to pitch in wherever needed
- Flexible on payroll systems, as the business values capability over system experience

Immediate start available. To apply, click Apply Now or contact Peter Allan at Absolute Payroll on 0451 224 985 for a confidential chat.

📌 Payroll Specialist | $100/120,000 Super | WFH 2 Days p/w | CBD (Sydney)
🏢 Absolute Payroll
📍 Sydney