Assistant Payroll Manager

Elements Recruitment; City of Parramatta; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Onsite parking

Hybrid work after probation

Job summary

Elements Recruitment is seeking an experienced Assistant Payroll Manager to lead a well-established payroll team in North Parramatta. This permanent full-time role involves hands-on leadership across day-to-day payroll operations and collaboration with Finance, HR and the wider business.

You will mentor staff, ensure payroll compliance across multi-entity entities, and drive process improvements with HR and IT. The role offers hybrid working with one day WFH after probation and onsite parking.

Qualifications

• Experience leading or supervising a payroll team.
• Strong end-to-end payroll knowledge in a multi-entity environment.
• Sound knowledge of Australian payroll legislation, awards, superannuation and compliance.
• Strong Excel skills with payroll data reporting.
• Collaborative leadership style with the ability to coach and develop others.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication.
• Ability to investigate issues and solve problems.
• Interest in process improvement; familiarity with Micropay and ConnX is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day payroll across multiple entities.
• Mentor and develop the payroll team while upholding service standards.
• Oversee payroll compliance including awards and superannuation.
• Manage payroll schedules, salary reviews, and month-end reporting.
• Partner with senior leaders on onboarding and payroll matters.
• Oversee employee payroll changes and inquiries.
• Maintain payroll procedures for governance and compliance.
• Drive process improvements across payroll systems and workflows.

Skills

Payroll leadership

End-to-end payroll

Australian payroll law

Excel

Stakeholder mgmt

Issue resolution

Process improvement

Micropay experience

ConnX experience

Job description

Assistant Payroll Manager | North Parramatta | Permanent | Lead an established payroll team | Onsite parking | Hybrid – 1 day WFH after probation

The Company

Join a well-established Australian business with a significant national footprint and a strong reputation in its industry. With continued growth across the group, the payroll function is expanding and this newly created Assistant Payroll Manager position will provide additional leadership across a large and experienced team.

Based in North Parramatta, you'll join a collaborative environment where Payroll works closely with Finance, HR and the broader business.

The Role

Reporting to the Head of Payroll & HR Services, you'll take a hands‑on leadership role across the day‑to‑day payroll function, overseeing payroll operations across multiple entities while leading and developing a team of payroll professionals.

This isn't just about making sure payroll gets out the door. You'll be a key point of support for the team and senior stakeholders, while also looking at how processes, systems and ways of working can continue to improve.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading the day‑to‑day payroll function, ensuring accurate and timely processing across multiple entities
• Mentoring, coaching and developing the payroll team while driving consistency and high service standards
• Overseeing payroll compliance including awards, minimum wage reviews, superannuation and internal procedures
• Managing payroll schedules, annual salary reviews, profit share payments and month‑end reporting
• Partnering with senior leaders around onboarding, payroll matters and issue resolution
• Overseeing employee payroll administration including salary changes, terminations and employee enquiries
• Maintaining payroll procedures and documentation to ensure strong governance and compliance
• Identifying opportunities to improve payroll processes, systems and operational efficiencies
• Working closely with HR, Finance and IT to deliver improvements across the payroll function

About You

We're looking for an experienced payroll professional who knows their stuff technically but, just as importantly, genuinely enjoys leading and developing people.

You’ll ideally bring:

• Previous experience leading or supervising a payroll team
• Strong end‑to‑end payroll knowledge within a complex, high‑volume or multi‑entity environment
• Sound knowledge of Australian payroll legislation, awards, superannuation and compliance requirements
• Strong Excel skills and confidence working with payroll data and reporting
• A collaborative and supportive leadership style with the ability to coach and develop others
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
• The ability to investigate issues, solve problems and confidently make decisions
• A continuous improvement mindset and an interest in making payroll processes better, not simply maintaining the status quo
• Experience with Micropay and/or ConnX would be highly regarded

What's On Offer?

This is a great opportunity for an experienced Payroll Team Leader, Payroll Supervisor or 2IC who is ready to step into a broader leadership role, or an established Assistant Payroll Manager looking for a role where they can have genuine impact.

• Permanent full‑time opportunity
• North Parramatta location with onsite parking
• Hybrid working with 1 day WFH after probation
• Newly created position with genuine scope to influence the payroll function
• Established and experienced payroll team
• Opportunity to drive process improvement and system enhancements
• Long‑term career opportunities within a large national organisation

If you're an experienced payroll leader who enjoys developing people, improving processes and being close to the day‑to‑day operation, we'd love to hear from you.

That’s why we welcome candidates from all walks of life and offer adjustments if needed. If there’s anything we can do to make the recruitment process more comfortable or accessible for you let us know.