- Highly confidential, large-scale restructure project | 4–6-month contract
- Oversee project payroll delivery, offshore resources and quality assurance
- SAP SuccessFactors experience essential

The Prospect

We are partnering with a large corporate organisation on a highly confidential project supporting a significant business restructure.

This is an opportunity for an experienced Senior Payroll Officer to support payroll delivery across a complex project, working closely with the Project Payroll Manager, offshore payroll resources and key business stakeholders to ensure all payroll deliverables are completed accurately and within tight timeframes.

You’ll play a key role in overseeing offshore payroll resources, providing quality assurance and processing complex termination and redundancy payments to support the successful execution of the project.

The Challenge

Reporting to the Payroll Project Manager, your key responsibilities will include the following:

- Coordinate payroll activities across an allocated business unit, working closely with the Project Payroll Manager and key stakeholders
- Oversee and support offshore project payroll resources, ensuring deliverables are accurate and completed within agreed timelines
- Perform quality assurance across payroll calculations, with a particular focus on complex terminations and redundancy payments
- Process complex termination and redundancy calculations and payments, ensuring accuracy and compliance
- Identify and resolve payroll discrepancies, escalating issues and managing risks where required
- Maintain strong payroll controls and ensure all project deliverables are completed within tight deadlines





The Expertise

Please consider expressing interest in this position if you possess the following:

- Proven experience processing end-to-end payroll within a large, complex corporate environment
- Previous senior or supervisory experience within a large payroll function, ideally overseeing offshore payroll resources
- Demonstrated experience processing complex terminations, redundancy payments and associated entitlements
- Strong technical payroll knowledge, with the ability to perform detailed quality assurance and resolve complex payroll issues
- Hands-on experience with SAP SuccessFactors and Employee Central Payroll (ECP)
- Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate with project teams and business stakeholders

The Next Step

If this position will enhance your career and you would like further details on the client, the role, remuneration or a copy of the position description, please call Rebecca Bleackley for a confidential discussion on 0492 151 ***
Or alternatively please apply per the link below.

About ThompsonCook

At ThompsonCook we develop strong relationships with top accounting and finance professionals across Australia. We specialise in recruiting for key finance function roles including:

- Chief Financial Officers, Treasury, Tax & Audit Leaders
- Finance Managers & Financial Controller
- Financial & Management Accountants
- Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Payroll

We support our clients with both permanent and contracting recruitment solutions, ensuring they secure the best finance talent in the market.

ThompsonCook | We Only Do Accounting | Focused on Melbourne and Sydney

📌 Senior Payroll Officer | circa $120,000 to $140,000 package equivalent (Melbourne)
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