MARS Recruitment is partnering with a large, well-established organisation seeking an experienced Payroll Analyst to join their team on an initial three-month contract.
This role will focus on investigating payroll discrepancies, analysing payroll data and supporting payroll audits and compliance reviews. Working closely with the Payroll leadership team, you'll use your strong technical payroll knowledge to identify issues, investigate root causes and recommend improvements to payroll processes and accuracy.
Key responsibilities
- Analyse payroll data to identify discrepancies, anomalies, trends and potential errors, including underpayments and overpayments.
- Investigate payroll issues and support payroll audits, compliance reviews and back-pay calculations.
- Review payroll processes, legislation, Awards and Enterprise Agreements to identify potential compliance risks.
- Prepare and analyse payroll reports, reconciliations and supporting data.
- Provide insights and recommendations to improve payroll accuracy, controls and processes.
- Work closely with Payroll,
Finance and People & Culture stakeholders to resolve issues and support business requirements.
About you
- 3+ years' experience in a complex payroll environment, with solid end-to-end payroll knowledge.
- Strong analytical skills and experience investigating payroll discrepancies and interpreting payroll data.
- Solid understanding of Australian payroll legislation, Awards and Enterprise Agreements.
- Advanced Excel skills and experience working with payroll systems; UKG experience highly regarded.
- Strong attention to detail, problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently.
What's on offer?
- Initial three-month contract with immediate start.
- South Eastern Suburbs location.
- Opportunity to work on payroll investigations, analysis and compliance within a large organisation.
If you enjoy working with payroll data, investigating discrepancies and identifying opportunities for improvement, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply now or contact MARS Recruitment for a confidential discussion.
📌 Payroll Analyst (Melbourne)
🏢 MARS PARTNERSHIP
📍 Melbourne
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