APAC Payroll Lead: Workday Migration & Compliance

Anduril Industries, Inc.; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Top-tier benefits

Health & wellbeing program

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking a Senior Payroll Specialist (APAC) to own Australian payroll and regional payrolls in Sydney. You will run Australian payroll via Employment Hero while partnering with local providers and drive the migration to Workday with a July go-live, after which you will manage end-to-end processing in Workday.

This role requires strong knowledge of Australian taxation, equity reporting, salary packaging, shadow payroll and compliance, with cross‑functional exposure across

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on Australian payroll experience with 300+ employees.
• Deep knowledge of Australian employment standards, ATO rules, Superannuation, and state taxes.
• Experience reporting RSUs and stock compensation in Australia (pre-/post-IPO).
• Experience calculating complex terminations and applying tax treatments.
• Direct experience with salary packaging and novated leases.
• Experience running shadow payroll for inbound and outbound cross-border employees.
• Experience serving as employee-facing payroll support lead.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end payroll operations and system migration from Employment Hero to Workday.
• Coordinate Australian payroll with Workday post go-live and data validation.
• Oversee regional payrolls across Asia with local providers.
• Act as primary contact for payroll and benefits inquiries.
• Verify incentive payments and foreign currency conversions for payroll.
• Process terminations and apply correct tax treatments and ETP codes.
• Manage vendor-based expense reimbursements and gross-ups.
• Handle payroll tax reporting (PAYG, STP) and compliance with statutory deadlines.

Skills

End-to-End Payroll

Workday Payroll

Australian Payroll

Shadow Payroll

Tax Compliance

Equity Reporting

Employee Support

Tools

Employment Hero

Workday

Job description

Anduril Industries is seeking a Senior Payroll Specialist (APAC) to own Australian payroll and regional payrolls in Sydney. You will run Australian payroll via Employment Hero while partnering with local providers and drive the migration to Workday with a July go-live, after which you will manage end-to-end processing in Workday.

This role requires strong knowledge of Australian taxation, equity reporting, salary packaging, shadow payroll and compliance, with cross‑functional exposure across