- Hands-on Payroll Manager role combining team leadership and payroll operations.
- Manage end-to-end payroll function across multiple employee groups.
- Ensure compliance with payroll legislation and improve payroll processes.
Hands-on Payroll Manager role combining team leadership, payroll operations, compliance, and improvements.
Your new company
Excellent opportunity to join a well-established organisation where you'll take ownership of payroll operations across a large and diverse workforce. While you'll provide leadership and oversight to the team, this is not a purely strategic role. You'll remain actively involved in payroll processing, complex payroll matters, reconciliations, compliance, reporting, and system improvements.
Working closely with HR, Finance, and operational stakeholders, you'll play a key role in ensuring payroll is delivered accurately, compliantly, and on time.
Your new role
Managing the end-to-end payroll function across multiple employee groups
- Supporting and mentoring the payroll team while remaining involved in day-to-day operations
- Processing and reviewing payroll transactions, employee movements, terminations, and complex payroll matters
- Managing payroll reconciliations including PAYG, superannuation, deductions, and general ledger accounts
- Ensuring compliance with awards, enterprise agreements, taxation, payroll tax, and superannuation requirements
- Preparing payroll reporting and supporting audit activities
- Maintaining payroll controls, procedures, and governance frameworks
- Liaising with HR, Finance, external providers, and key stakeholders across the business
- Identifying opportunities to improve payroll processes, systems, and reporting capability
What you'll need to succeed
We're looking for someone who enjoys balancing leadership with hands-on payroll delivery.You will bring:
- Proven experience in a Payroll Manager, Senior Payroll Officer, Payroll Team Leader, or similar role
- Strong working knowledge of Australian payroll legislation and compliance requirements
- Experience managing complex payroll environments with multiple awards and employee groups
- Strong reconciliation and reporting skills
- Payroll systems experience, ideally SAP or similar enterprise platforms
- A practical, solutions-focused approach with excellent attention to detail
- The ability to build strong relationships and confidently manage payroll queries from a range of stakeholders
What you'll get in return
Broad and varied payroll role offering both operational and leadership responsibilitiesOpportunity to influence process improvements and system enhancementsSupportive and collaborative team environmentStable organisation with long-term career opportunitiesGenuine ownership of the payroll functionIf you're an experienced payroll professional looking for a role where you can lead from the front while staying close to the detail, we'd love to hear from you.
What you need to do now
Kate Wevell is currently recruiting for this opportunity. If you are interested, please 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.
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