THE ORGANISATION

Our client is a large, well-established organisation in the education sector. It has a diverse workforce and a complex, high-volume payroll environment. Its shared services function supports thousands of employees and focuses on service quality, continuous improvement and strong governance.

With a new payroll governance framework now in place, the organisation is looking for a specialist to embed it and make it work in practice.

THE ROLE

Reporting to the Payroll Manager, you will make sure payroll processes and controls are accurate, compliant and well governed. This is a specialist role with no direct reports and strong visibility across Finance, IT, HR and audit stakeholders.

Key responsibilities include

- Ensuring payroll controls are carried out in line with the governance framework, and regularly reviewing controls, processes and practices to find risks and improvements.
- Ensuring payroll complies with enterprise agreements, modern awards, employment legislation, taxation obligations and internal policy.
- Ensuring payroll and related systems are configured correctly and access is managed appropriately.
- Leading internal and external audit activity, including supplying information, reviewing draft recommendations and making sure actions are completed on time.
- Supporting or managing wage remediation activities, including data analysis, root cause analysis, reconciliation calculations, stakeholder communication and process improvement.
- Preparing payroll governance reporting for senior stakeholders and governance committees.
- Partnering with Finance,



IT and HR on controls that affect pay.

THE CRITERIA To be successful in this role, you will bring:

- Tertiary qualifications in business, accounting, HR or a related field, or equivalent experience in a senior payroll specialist role.
- Hands-on experience in complex, high-volume payroll, applying a range of modern awards and enterprise agreements.
- Proven experience managing and improving payroll governance, controls, risk and assurance frameworks, including managing compliance reviews and audits.
- Strong knowledge of employer obligations, including awards, enterprise agreements, superannuation, PAYG, payroll tax, Single Touch Payroll and workers compensation.
- Experience supporting wage remediation and complex payroll calculations.
- Robust analytical skills and the ability to use data to drive improvement.
- Experience with enterprise HR and payroll systems. Experience with Dayforce or Workday is highly regarded.
- Excellent attention to detail, plus strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
- Experience using AI or automation to improve payroll controls is desirable.

At Peoplecorp, we are dedicated to promoting diversity and inclusion in every recruitment process. We believe that a rich variety of perspectives drives innovation and success. We actively seek candidates from all backgrounds and encourage individuals of all races, genders, abilities, and experiences to apply.

Please apply now – we look forward to receiving your application. For further information please email [email protected]

📌 Payroll Governance Specialist (Macquarie Park)
🏢 Peoplecorp Hr Recruitment Specialists
📍 Macquarie Park