Centacare | Brisbane | Hybrid Working | Full-time | 12 Month Contract with Potential to Become Permanent

Bring your payroll expertise to an organisation that makes a difference

If you're an experienced Senior Payroll Officer who enjoys the pace of a busy payroll, understands the importance of accuracy and deadlines, and is confident working across a large and diverse organisation, this could be a great next move.

Centacare is looking for an experienced Senior Payroll Officer to join our collaborative payroll team on a 12-month fixed-term contract, supporting a large workforce across a range of community services.

This is a hands-on senior payroll role. We're looking for someone with around 4-5+ years of payroll experience, ideally gained in a larger, complex or high-volume environment. You'll need strong end-to-end payroll experience, confidence running pays, interpreting awards, managing complex reconciliations and backpays, and the ability to coach and support other members of the payroll team.

Experience working with the SCHADS Award and/or CSA, along with previous exposure to payroll transformation or HCM projects, will be particularly highly regarded.

About Centacare

Centacare is a non-profit community organisation that supports the strengthening of family and community relationships, particularly where there is vulnerability and disadvantage. Our services are available to the entire community regardless of religion, circumstance, ethnicity, economic situation, age, gender or ability. We strive to deliver professional and accountable services whilst empowering our clients to find solutions and achieve their goals.

The Opportunity

Working as part of a supportive and flexible payroll team,



you will play a senior role in the accurate and timely delivery of payroll across a large and complex workforce.

The broader payroll environment supports approximately 4,000 employees, so this is an excellent prospect for someone who is comfortable with volume, enjoys solving complex payroll issues and understands the importance of urgency, accuracy and strong communication.

This role goes beyond transactional payroll processing. You will take ownership of key payroll activities, support and coach others in the team, contribute to process improvements and play an important role as the payroll function continues to evolve.

Your Responsibilities Will Include

- Running and supporting end-to-end payroll processing across a large workforce.
- Ensuring payrolls are processed accurately and within critical deadlines.
- Interpreting and applying relevant modern awards, enterprise agreements and employment conditions.
- Supporting payroll requirements relating to Single Touch Payroll (STP).
- Processing complex employee changes, terminations, backpays and payroll adjustments.
- Completing payroll reconciliations and investigating discrepancies.
- Preparing, reviewing and validating payroll reports.
- Using Excel extensively for reconciliations, backpay calculations, data validation and payroll uploads.




- Reviewing payroll data and identifying anomalies prior to processing.
- Providing technical payroll guidance and support to other team members.
- Coaching and helping develop less experienced Payroll Officers.
- Working with employees, managers and internal stakeholders to resolve complex payroll matters.
- Identifying opportunities to improve payroll controls, processes and ways of working.
- Supporting payroll-related change management, transformation and HCM initiatives.
- Contributing positively to an evolving payroll operating model and team structure.

About You

You will ideally bring:

- Around 4-5+ years of hands-on payroll experience, ideally within a large or complex organisation.
- Strong end-to-end payroll experience, including responsibility for running payroll.
- Experience working in payroll within children's services, early education, childcare or OSHC would be a strong advantage.
- Experience processing payroll in a high-volume environment.
- Strong experience interpreting and applying modern awards and employment conditions.
- Knowledge of the SCHADS Award, with CSA experience highly desirable.
- Strong understanding of Single Touch Payroll (STP) requirements.
- Experience processing terminations, backpays and complex payroll adjustments.
- Strong Excel skills, particularly for reconciliations, backpay calculations, data validation and uploads.
- Experience preparing and reviewing payroll reports.
- Previous exposure to a larger payroll team or complex organisation - highly regarded.
- Experience coaching, training or providing technical support to other payroll professionals.
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📌 Senior Payroll Officer (Brisbane)
🏢 Centacare Brisbane
📍 Brisbane