Payroll Compliance And Employment Tax Specialist

Recruitment Partners; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

u&u Recruitment Partners is seeking an experienced employment tax professional for a 12-month fixed-term contract based in North Ryde, Sydney. The role focuses on reviewing taxation and compliance of employee payments within a large, complex payroll environment, working across payroll, finance, tax and HR to identify risks and implement sustainable treatments.

The role offers hybrid work with two days from home.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in employment tax, payroll tax or payroll compliance.
• Strong knowledge of FBT, payroll tax, PAYG withholding and superannuation.
• Experience with complex payroll environments and employee payments.
• Exposure to awards and Enterprise Agreements.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Ability to interpret legislation for real-world payroll.

Responsibilities

• Review a broad range of employee payments from an employment tax perspective.
• Apply knowledge of FBT, payroll tax, PAYG withholding and superannuation to scenarios.
• Work through complex or ambiguous tax matters and provide practical recommendations.
• Consider relevant awards and Enterprise Agreements when assessing payroll treatments.
• Highlight areas requiring attention and help the project team find solutions.
• Partner with diverse stakeholders across the organisation.
• Apply technical judgement to project findings and investigations.
• Ensure analysis and recommendations are clearly captured and supported.

Skills

Employment tax

Payroll tax

Payroll compliance

FBT

PAYG withholding

Superannuation

Enterprise Agreements

Stakeholder engagement

Analytical ability

Attention to detail

Big4 experience

Tools

SAP

Oracle

JD Edwards

Job description

Job Details

Our client is a large, established organisation with a significant Australian footprint and a complex payroll environment. With an important compliance project underway, they are looking to add specialist employment tax capability to a broader team spanning payroll, finance, tax, HR and related functions.

About the role

This 12-month fixed-term contract is suited to an experienced employment tax professional who enjoys getting into the detail, solving complex problems and using their technical knowledge to solve real payroll and tax challenges. Based in North Ryde, you will join a specialist project focused on reviewing the taxation and compliance of employee payments. Rather than sitting purely within an advisory capacity, you will work across the business to understand how payments are being applied in practice, identify areas of risk and help establish appropriate and sustainable treatment going forward. You will be reporting directly to the Project Lead and enjoy hybrid 2 days working from home.

Key responsibilities

• Review a broad range of employee payments, allowances and deductions from an employment tax perspective
• Apply your knowledge of FBT, payroll tax, PAYG withholding and superannuation to a variety of employee payment scenarios
• Work through complex or ambiguous tax matters and provide practical recommendations
• Consider relevant awards and Enterprise Agreements when assessing payroll treatments
• Highlight areas requiring attention and help the project team work through suitable solutions
• Partner with a diverse group of technical and operational stakeholders across the organisation
• Apply your technical judgement to project findings and investigate matters requiring deeper consideration
• Make complex tax issues easier for the wider business to understand and act on
• Contribute your expertise as identified issues move through to resolution and
• Ensure your analysis and recommendations are clearly captured and supported

If you’re an experienced employment tax or payroll compliance specialist looking to apply your technical expertise within a complex, high-impact project, we’d love to hear from you.

About you

You are likely an experienced employment tax, payroll tax or payroll compliance professional who has worked within a complex corporate or advisory environment. You enjoy technical work but can also step back and consider how recommendations will work operationally. Importantly, you can communicate confidently with stakeholders outside of tax and explain complex issues in a straightforward way. Experience gained within a Big 4, specialist tax practice, or large corporate environment would translate well into this opportunity.

Key skills & attributes

• 5+ years' experience across employment tax, payroll tax or payroll compliance
• Strong knowledge of FBT, payroll tax, PAYG withholding and superannuation
• Experience working with complex payroll environments and employee payments
• Exposure to awards and Enterprise Agreements
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability
• Comfortable interpreting legislation and applying it to real-world payroll scenarios
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills
• High attention to detail and sound professional judgement
• Previous involvement in complex payroll reviews or related project work will be highly regarded
• Exposure to large payroll platforms such as SAP, Oracle or JDE will be advantageous

Additional information and contact

At u&u Recruitment Partners, we value diversity, equity and inclusion. We welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and people with disability. Should you require reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats to apply), or have a preferred method of communication, we encourage you to make a request via [e-mail]. In response to these requests, we will collaborate closely with you to implement the appropriate adjustments. Additionally, for a barrier-free and inclusive online experience, you can access u&u’s opportunities using accessibility software Recite Me at https://www.uandu.com/jobs.