Hybrid Payroll Team Lead - Lead & Optimize 8,000+ Employees

AccountAbility Recruitment; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 130,000 - 136,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working arrangements

35-hour week

17% superannuation

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Job summary

AccountAbility Recruitment is partnering with a large-scale organisation in Sydney to recruit a Payroll Team Leader to oversee accurate and compliant payroll for about 8,000 employees. This is a hands-on leadership role with a focus on people development and payroll excellence.

Reporting to the Payroll Manager, you'll lead a team of four payroll professionals, manage fortnightly payroll, resolve complex issues, ensure Enterprise Agreement interpretation and Australian legislation compliance, and

Qualifications

• Proven payroll leadership experience with direct reports.
• Strong technical Australian payroll knowledge.
• Experience in complex, high-volume payroll environments.
• Sound Enterprise Agreement interpretation skills.
• Demonstrated problem-solving and stakeholder management abilities.
• Experience improving payroll processes and team performance.

Responsibilities

• Leading, coaching and developing an established payroll team.
• Overseeing payroll processing, reconciliations and pre/post-payroll checks.
• Resolving complex payroll calculations, escalations and compliance matters.
• Ensuring accurate interpretation of Enterprise Agreements and Australian payroll legislation.
• Driving process improvements, internal controls and operational efficiencies.
• Building strong relationships with Payroll Compliance, HR and Finance stakeholders.

Skills

Payroll leadership

Australian payroll

High-volume payroll

Enterprise Agreement interpretation

Problem solving

Stakeholder management

Process improvement

Job description

AccountAbility Recruitment is partnering with a large-scale organisation in Sydney to recruit a Payroll Team Leader to oversee accurate and compliant payroll for about 8,000 employees. This is a hands-on leadership role with a focus on people development and payroll excellence.

Reporting to the Payroll Manager, you'll lead a team of four payroll professionals, manage fortnightly payroll, resolve complex issues, ensure Enterprise Agreement interpretation and Australian legislation compliance, and