Payroll Compliance & Auditing Analyst

Appreciating Talent; Sydney; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Appreciating Talent in Sydney is seeking a Payroll Officer to join the team, reporting to the Payroll Manager. You will work with large volumes of historical payroll data, investigate discrepancies, and ensure processing aligns with Australian legislation, awards, and enterprise agreements.

You will review seven years of records, identify underpayments or overpayments, document findings, and support remediation with stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Experience in payroll, compliance, auditing, reconciliation or remediation.
• Comfortable with large volumes of historical payroll data and detailed employee records.
• Strong analytical skills and exceptional attention to detail.
• Proven ability to investigate discrepancies and resolve issues.
• Solid understanding of Australian payroll legislation, awards, enterprise agreements and entitlements.
• Strong Excel and data analysis skills.
• Highly organized, methodical and confident working independently through complex data.
• Able to document findings clearly and accurately.

Responsibilities

• Review seven years of historical payroll data to assess compliance and identify potential discrepancies.
• Investigate payroll records, employee entitlements, pay rates, allowances, overtime and other relevant payroll components.
• Identify potential underpayments, overpayments and inconsistencies in payroll processing.
• Analyse large volumes of data to identify trends, anomalies and areas of non-compliance.
• Work through discrepancies from initial investigation through to resolution, ensuring findings are accurately documented.
• Reconcile payroll data against relevant records, awards, enterprise agreements and legislative requirements.
• Prepare detailed reports outlining findings, discrepancies and recommended corrective actions.
• Work collaboratively with internal stakeholders to resolve identified issues and support remediation where required.

Skills

Payroll experience

Payroll compliance

Payroll auditing

Reconciliation

Data analysis

Excel

Attention to detail

Documentation

Tools

Excel

Job description

Appreciating Talent in Sydney is seeking a Payroll Officer to join the team, reporting to the Payroll Manager. You will work with large volumes of historical payroll data, investigate discrepancies, and ensure processing aligns with Australian legislation, awards, and enterprise agreements.

You will review seven years of records, identify underpayments or overpayments, document findings, and support remediation with stakeholders.