ANZ Payroll Specialist — Precise, Compliant & Efficient

Hitachi Rail Limited; Australia; On-site; AUD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Rail Limited is seeking a Payroll Officer – ANZ to manage accurate, timely payroll across Australia and New Zealand. You will coordinate with an external payroll provider and collaborate with HR, finance and managers to ensure compliant payroll operations.

The role requires strong data validation, payroll controls, and experience with SAP, HiNext or Workday, plus advanced Excel skills. An emphasis on confidentiality and service quality is essential.

Qualifications

• A qualification in payroll, accounting, finance, business administration or a related discipline is desirable.
• Payroll industry certification or equivalent practical experience is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and support weekly, monthly and other payroll cycles with the external provider.
• Validate payroll inputs including new hires, changes and terminations for submission.
• Review outputs, investigate discrepancies and coordinate Corrections.
• Maintain payroll records in HiNext and SAP and ensure confidentiality.
• Respond to employee payroll enquiries and support onboarding and offboarding.

Skills

Payroll processing

SAP

HiNext

Workday

Excel

Education

Payroll/Finance qualification

Tools

SAP

HiNext

Workday

Job description

Hitachi Rail Limited is seeking a Payroll Officer – ANZ to manage accurate, timely payroll across Australia and New Zealand. You will coordinate with an external payroll provider and collaborate with HR, finance and managers to ensure compliant payroll operations.

The role requires strong data validation, payroll controls, and experience with SAP, HiNext or Workday, plus advanced Excel skills. An emphasis on confidentiality and service quality is essential.