Autonomous Payroll Manager, 4-Day Week & Hybrid

Experis (Austria); Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

4-day week

Free onsite parking

Job summary

ManpowerGroup is partnering with a well-established manufacturing business to recruit an experienced Payroll Manager for a maternity leave cover starting in November. This standalone role owns end-to-end payroll across three Australian entities, handling both fortnightly and monthly cycles for about 150 employees.

The role requires strong Australian payroll experience, adapting to hourly and salaried staff, complex rosters, and compliance with payroll tax, superannuation, STP, and reporting.

Qualifications

• Extensive Australian payroll experience in an end-to-end position.
• Standalone Payroll Manager or Payroll Specialist experience.
• Strong exposure to hourly payroll environments and complex rosters.
• Experience interpreting shift penalties, overtime and award conditions.
• Solid understanding of payroll compliance, payroll tax, superannuation and ATO reporting requirements.

Responsibilities

• End-to-end payroll processing across three Australian legal entities.
• Managing fortnightly and monthly payroll cycles.
• Processing payroll for salaried and hourly manufacturing employees.
• Reviewing timesheets, overtime, shift penalties, allowances and leave transactions.
• Administering payroll tax, superannuation, STP and statutory reporting requirements.
• Managing workers compensation declarations and insurer queries.
• Payroll reporting, reconciliations and audit support.
• Processing annual remuneration reviews, bonus payments and sales commissions.
• Supporting Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) reporting requirements.

Skills

End-to-end payroll

Australian payroll

STP compliance

Payroll tax

Reporting & analytics

Attention to detail

Tools

ADP payroll

Job description

ManpowerGroup is partnering with a well-established manufacturing business to recruit an experienced Payroll Manager for a maternity leave cover starting in November. This standalone role owns end-to-end payroll across three Australian entities, handling both fortnightly and monthly cycles for about 150 employees.

The role requires strong Australian payroll experience, adapting to hourly and salaried staff, complex rosters, and compliance with payroll tax, superannuation, STP, and reporting.