3 week Payroll Temp

MPAU Finance; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 96,000 - 166,000; Full time

Job summary

MPAU Finance is seeking a Payroll professional for a short-term, on-site assignment in Knoxfield. The role focuses on accurate payroll processing and restoring data integrity across six years of historic records, with emphasis on overtime reconciliation and backpay calculations.

Ideal candidates have strong Australian payroll experience, exposure to remediation projects, and advanced Excel skills. You will work independently to investigate data anomalies and deliver clear documentation for

Qualifications

• Strong Australian payroll experience.
• Exposure to payroll remediation, reconcilations, backpay projects, or payroll audits.

Responsibilities

• Analyse and reconcile historical payroll and timekeeping data.
• Review hours against overtime payments and calculate discrepancies.
• Perform employee-level backpay calculations using payroll rules.
• Investigate missing, duplicate, incomplete, or inconsistent payroll data.
• Reconcile calculations back to payroll records and maintain audit trail.
• Prepare detailed employee schedules and summary reports for review and processing.
• Deliver working papers and documentation to support Payroll, HR and Finance review processes.

Skills

Australian payroll experience

Advanced Excel

Data reconciliation

Attention to detail

Tools

Excel

Job description

We are seeking a skilled Payroll professional for a temporary 3-week assignment based in Knoxfield within the industrial/manufacturing industry. This role focuses on ensuring accurate and timely payroll processing to support the organisation's financial operations.

This organisation operates in the industrial/manufacturing sector and is based in Knoxfield.

Description

• Analyse and reconcile approximately six years of historical payroll and timekeeping data.
• Review hours worked against overtime payments and calculate any discrepancies.
• Perform employee-level backpay calculations using established payroll rules and methodologies.
• Investigate missing, duplicate, incomplete, or inconsistent payroll data.
• Reconcile calculations back to payroll records and maintain a clear audit trail.
• Prepare detailed employee schedules and summary reports for payroll review and processing.
• Deliver clear working papers and documentation to support Payroll, HR, and Finance review processes

Profile

• Strong Australian payroll experience.
• Previous exposure to payroll remediation, reconciliations, backpay projects, or payroll audits.
• Advanced Excel skills
• Experience reconciling payroll against time and attendance records.
• Strong understanding of payroll calculations, overtime, and allowances.
• Exceptional attention to detail and numerical accuracy.
• The ability to work independently and investigate data anomalies.

Job Offer

• Short-term project with a clearly defined scope.
• Opportunity to utilise your payroll analytical and remediation expertise.
• Collaborative and supportive team environment.
• Fully on-site role based in Knoxfield.