Payroll Advisor

RATP DEV Australia; Sydney; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

RATP Dev Australia is seeking a Payroll Advisor to own the compliant, end-to-end payroll lifecycle across NSW and VIC. You will support the Western Sydney Airport and Suburban Rail Loop projects, ensuring adherence to multi-state legislation, EAs and Modern Awards while delivering accurate pay runs and stakeholder support.

This role requires expertise in award interpretation, complex payroll calculations, and integration with Kronos/UKG, with a focus on payroll governance and year-end reporting.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering end-to-end payroll in multi-state environments.
• Strong knowledge of awards, EA interpretations and compliance.
• Experience with Kronos/UKG timekeeping systems.
• Ability to provide payroll support to employees and managers.

Responsibilities

• End-to-End Payroll: Deliver timely, accurate end-to-end pay runs, onboarding, adjustments, leave management, allowances, and final termination calculations.
• Complex Pay Calculations: Process redundancies, retrospective pay adjustments, leave loading, and off-cycle payments.
• Multi-State Compliance: SME for NSW and VIC payroll legislation, ensuring statutory compliance across PAYG tax, payroll tax, superannuation guarantee, and workers' compensation.
• Award & EA Interpretation: Interpret and apply Modern Awards and project Enterprise Agreements to correctly calculate penalty rates, overtime, and enterprise entitlements.
• Time & Attendance Integration: Audit and validate timesheet records from Kronos/UKG, collaborating with operational managers to resolve discrepancies before pay finalisation.
• Finance & Year-End Reporting: Coordinate STP Phase 2 reporting, monthly general ledger reconciliations, and payroll liability reporting (headcount, leave provisions, overtime trends) in partnership with Finance.
• Employee & Stakeholder Support: Provide timely, professional support for employee and manager queries regarding payroll, taxation, leave entitlements, and timesheet processing.

Skills

End-to-End Payroll

Complex Payroll Calculations

Multi-State Compliance

Award & EA Interpretation

Time & Attendance (Kronos/UKG)

Financial Reporting

Employee Support

Tools

Kronos

UKG

Job description

About Us

RATP Dev Australia is partof the RATP Group, a global leader in high-capacity urban rail and the world’sthird-largest public transport operator. With 25,000 employees across 17countries, we design, operate, maintain, and modernise public transportnetworks, delivering tailored mobility solutions that make sustainabletransport the natural choice for cities and communities.

In Australia, we are activelyexpanding our footprint across iconic mega-infrastructure projects:

• SydneyMetro – Western Sydney Airport (Parklife Metro): As part of theParklife Metro consortium (Plenary, RATP Dev, Siemens, and Webuild), RATPDev Western Sydney Airport (RDWSA) will operate and maintain six new metrostations, 12 trains, rail systems, and the stabling and maintenancefacility at Orchard Hills for 15 years.
• SuburbanRail Loop East, Melbourne (TransitLinX): Selected to deliver theLinewide package for SRL East—a 26-kilometre fully tunnelled metrocorridor between Cheltenham and Box Hill—RATP Dev has partnered with JohnHolland in the TransitLinX (TLX) Joint Venture to manage thelong-term Operations & Maintenance (O&M) scope.

About the Role

As our Payroll Advisor,you will be the dedicated subject matter expert managing the compliant,end-to-end payroll lifecycle for RATP Dev Australia across both New SouthWales (NSW) and Victoria (VIC).

Supporting both the WesternSydney Airport and Suburban Rail Loop project workforces, this role ensuresrigorous compliance with multi-state legislation, Enterprise Agreements (EAs),and Modern Awards.

KeyResponsibilities:

• End-to-EndPayroll: Deliver timely, accurate end-to-end pay runs, includingonboarding, adjustments, leave management, allowances, and finaltermination calculations.
• ComplexPay Calculations: Accurately process redundancies, retrospective payadjustments, leave loading, and off-cycle payments.
• Multi-StateCompliance: Serve as the SME for NSW and VIC payroll legislation,ensuring statutory compliance across PAYG tax, payroll tax, superannuationguarantee, and workers' compensation.
• Award& EA Interpretation: Interpret and apply Modern Awards andproject Enterprise Agreements to correctly calculate penalty rates,overtime, and enterprise entitlements.
• Time& Attendance Integration: Audit and validate timesheet recordsfrom Kronos/UKG, collaborating with operational managers to resolvediscrepancies before pay finalisation.
• Finance& Year-End Reporting: Coordinate STP Phase 2 reporting, monthlygeneral ledger reconciliations, and payroll liability reporting(headcount, leave provisions, overtime trends) in partnership withFinance.
• Employee& Stakeholder Support: Provide timely, professional support foremployee and manager queries regarding payroll, taxation, leaveentitlements, and timesheet processing.