Payroll Compliance Data Analyst – Flexible Hours

High Growth Ventures; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

KPMG is seeking a Payroll Compliance Data Analyst – Consultant in Sydney for a permanent full-time role. You will support payroll compliance projects, analyze complex datasets, and develop data models to enable remediation programs.

You will translate business and legal requirements into technical specifications and deliver client-ready reports. Join a team that emphasises collaboration, strong client relationships, and end-to-end remediation delivery while working in a dynamic professional

Qualifications

• Solid understanding of KPMG procedures and internal processes.
• Comprehensive knowledge of audit and accounting practises.
• Strong professional acumen with the ability to lead and direct a team effectively.

Responsibilities

• Support the Payroll Compliance team in executing a variety of projects and engagements.
• Analyse large and complex payroll and time and attendance datasets to uncover discrepancies, underpayments, and wage compliance issues.
• Develop and maintain SQL, Python, and Excel-based data models to support payroll recalculations and remediation programs in line with industrial instruments.
• Translate intricate business and legal requirements into clear technical data specifications, contributing to the preparation of methodologies and analytical reports for client presentations.
• Deliver end-to-end wage remediation engagements, from scoping and data ingestion to calculation validation, quality review, and final reporting.
• Conduct data quality assessments and reconciliation procedures to ensure payroll data accuracy and integrity throughout remediation projects.
• Prepare technical working papers, client-ready reports, and data visualisations that effectively communicate payroll compliance risks, financial impacts, and remediation outcomes.

Skills

SQL

Python

Excel

Education

Tertiary degree in finance/accounting/IT

Job description

KPMG is seeking a Payroll Compliance Data Analyst – Consultant in Sydney for a permanent full-time role. You will support payroll compliance projects, analyze complex datasets, and develop data models to enable remediation programs.

You will translate business and legal requirements into technical specifications and deliver client-ready reports. Join a team that emphasises collaboration, strong client relationships, and end-to-end remediation delivery while working in a dynamic professional