Consultant - Payroll Governance

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

Job summary

Kirra Services is seeking a Payroll Specialist to partner with People & Culture, Legal, Finance, and SAP HR teams to ensure accurate payroll outcomes and strong governance in a fast-paced environment. You will lead remediation, investigations, and process improvements across payroll, aligning with risk controls and operational excellence.

The role requires SAP payroll expertise, strong analytical skills, and the ability to influence senior stakeholders while delivering exceptional payroll

Qualifications

• Payroll experience in a complex corporate environment.
• Strong SAP or similar systems experience.
• Payroll reconciliations proficiency.
• Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to interpret complex information for accurate outcomes.
• User acceptance testing knowledge and skills.
• Strong MS Office literacy, especially Excel.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders.
• Strong time management with multiple priorities.
• Experience with HR solutions and tools supporting HR products and strategy.
• Focus on operational excellence and customer-centric delivery.
• Ability to work autonomously when needed.
• Tertiary education in Business, Finance, CS or related discipline.

Responsibilities

• Complete investigations and reconciliations of payroll data and information.
• Deliver payroll remediation, reconciliation and investigations.
• Investigate and resolve payroll issues raised by colleagues and internal channels.
• Apply payroll subject matter expertise to remediation outcomes.
• Gather requirements from legislative or business changes to payroll processes.
• Assist with developing payroll processes and procedures.
• Review, design and improve payroll processes and systems.
• Deliver payroll activities with internal partners and stakeholders.
• Align payroll activities with Operational Excellence projects and P&C function.
• Work with P&C teams to ensure accurate payroll content and great user experience.
• Identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities.
• Maintain risk controls and adhere to policies and procedures.

Skills

Payroll

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder influence

MS Excel

Communication skills

UAT knowledge

Time management

Education

Tertiary education in Business/Finance/CS

Tools

SAP

HRIS

Excel

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.

• 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 elevate 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.