- Permanent role |Based in North Rocks, Sydney
- Payroll delivery for 4,500 Employees | Newly Created Role | High?Performing Team
- Australian Citizen /PR |4 days on site role| ON site parking
Our client is looking for Payroll Lead / Assistant Payroll Manager to lead payroll delivery for 4,500 Employees | Newly Created Role | High?Performing Team.
About the Opportunity
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced payroll professional to step into a newly created leadership role supporting a workforce of approximately 4,500 employees. As the Payroll Lead / Assistant Payroll Manager, you’ll take ownership of end?to?end payroll delivery, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timely processing in a fast?paced, decentralised environment.
Working closely with the Head of Payroll and senior leaders across the business, you’ll play a key role in driving payroll excellence, supporting operations, and contributing to a high?performance, low?bureaucracy culture. This is a hands?on leadership role where you’ll coach and develop a skilled team, streamline processes, and champion continuous improvement.
Key Responsibilities
- End?to?end payroll leadership – Oversee daily payroll operations to ensure all employees are paid accurately and on time.
- Award & legislative compliance – Manage minimum wage and award rate reviews to ensure compliance with Fair Work and government requirements.
- Payroll calendar management – Prioritise and coordinate payroll activities to meet strict deadlines.
- Stakeholder engagement – Partner with senior leaders to ensure correct onboarding and timely resolution of personnel issues.
- Team coaching & development – Train, mentor, and support payroll team members to ensure consistent, high?quality processes.
- Annual processes – Coordinate annual salary updates and profit?share/bonus payments.
- Process improvement – Identify opportunities for efficiency, support change management, and implement improved processes.
- Documentation & governance – Maintain accurate payroll procedures and ensure updates are made when processes change.
- Employee lifecycle administration – Manage onboarding, salary changes, terminations, back?payments, and overpayment recovery.
- Superannuation compliance – Conduct quarterly reviews to ensure SG compliance and prevent cap breaches.
- Reporting – Deliver month?end and end?of?cycle reporting to Finance.
Key Skills Required:
- 5+ years payroll leadership experience in a medium-large organisation, managing teams of 5+.
- Solid understanding of Australian payroll legislation, awards, and compliance requirements
- Demonstrated ability to lead, coach, and develop payroll teams.
- Strong attention to detail, analytical skills, and a commitment to accuracy and quality assurance
- Ability to manage competing priorities, meet deadlines, and operate effectively in a fast-paced environment
- High attention to detail with strong analytical and problem?solving skills.
- Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast?paced, high?volume environment.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- A proactive, solutions?focused mindset with a passion for continuous improvement.
- Strong technical proficiency in payroll systems and advanced Excel.
- Experience with Connx and Micropay is highly regarded.
Please Note: All resumes MUST be submitted in Word format.
If you are interested in hearing more about this position, don’t hesitate to get in touch.