Consultant - Payroll Governance

Kirra Services; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Kirra Services is seeking a Payroll Specialist to partner with People & Culture, IR, Legal, Risk, Finance, Data Analytics and SAP HR to ensure accurate payroll outcomes and strong governance. You will drive remediation, investigations and continuous improvement across payroll processes.

You will use your SAP experience, analytical skills and stakeholder influence to deliver accurate payroll content and a user-friendly experience while maintaining compliance and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• Payroll experience in a complex corporate environment.
• Strong experience with SAP or similar systems.
• Strong experience in payroll reconciliations.
• Advanced analytical and problem solving skills.
• Ability to interpret complex information and translate it into accurate outcomes.
• User acceptance testing knowledge and skills.
• Strong Excel proficiency.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders.
• Strong time management and ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, changing environment.
• Experience with HR solutions and tools to support HR products and strategy.
• Strong focus on operational excellence and customer-centric delivery.
• Ability to work autonomously.
• Tertiary education in Business, Finance, CS or related discipline.

Responsibilities

• Complete investigations and reconciliations of payroll data and information.
• Deliver payroll remediation, reconciliation and investigation activities.
• Investigate and resolve payroll issues raised by colleagues and matters escalated via internal channels.
• Apply payroll subject matter expertise to support remediation outcomes.
• Gather technology and process requirements from legislative or business changes.
• Assist with development of new payroll processes and procedures.
• Review, design and improve payroll processes and systems.
• Deliver payroll related activities in collaboration with internal partners.
• Support alignment between payroll activities and Operational Excellence projects.
• Work with People & Culture teams to ensure payroll content accuracy and exceptional user experience.
• Identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities.
• Maintain focus on risk and compliance and ensure controls.
• Perform relevant controls and escalate risks or breaches when identified.

Skills

Payroll experience

Analytical skills

Problem solving

UAT knowledge

Communication

Stakeholder influence

Time management

Autonomy

Fast-paced environment

HR solutions knowledge

Operational excellence

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Computer Science or related

Tools

SAP

Job description

About the Role

This role works closely with stakeholders across People & Culture, Industrial Relations, Legal, Risk, Finance, Data Analytics and SAP HR to support accurate payroll outcomes, strong governance and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Complete investigations and reconciliations of payroll data and information.
• Deliver payroll remediation, reconciliation and investigation activities.
• Investigate and resolve payroll issues raised by current and former colleagues and matters escalated through internal service channels.
• Apply payroll subject matter expertise to support the delivery of payroll remediation outcomes.
• Gather technology and process requirements arising from legislative or business changes.
• Assist with the development of new payroll processes and procedures.
• Review, design and improve payroll processes and systems.
• Deliver payroll related activities in collaboration with internal partners and stakeholders.
• Support alignment between payroll activities, Operational Excellence projects and the wider People & Culture function.
• Work closely with People & Culture teams to support the accuracy of payroll content and provide an exceptional user experience.
• Identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities.
• Maintain a strong focus on risk and compliance and ensure appropriate controls are in place.
• Perform relevant controls, adhere to applicable policies and procedures, and *escalate* risks, issues or breaches when identified.

Skills / Experience

• Payroll experience within a complex corporate environment.
• Strong experience with SAP or similar systems.
• Strong experience in payroll reconciliations.
• Advanced analytical and problem solving skills.
• Ability to interpret complex information and translate it into accurate outcomes.
• User acceptance testing knowledge and skills.
• Strong computer literacy across Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders.
• Strong time management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast paced and changing environment.Experience using HR solutions and tools to support HR products, services, processes and strategy.
• Strong focus on operational excellence and customer centric delivery.
• Ability to work autonomously where required.
• Tertiary education in Business, Finance, Computer Science or a related discipline.

DESIRABLE SKILLS

• Financial Services industry experience.

WHO WE ARE

Kirra Services is a leading provider of IT services and recruitment personnel, headquartered in Canberra, ACT. Award-winning winners of the Seek SARA 2025 Small Recruitment Company of the Year, we partner closely with a range of Federal Government agencies and are continuously seeking talented professionals to join our growing team.

Kirra Services is proudly SupplyNation Certified and majority Indigenous-owned. We are committed to creating opportunities for all Australians and strongly encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates to apply for all roles.