Payroll Coordinator

Davidson; Queensland; Hybrid; AUD 41,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

A national organisation seeks a payroll professional for an audit-driven payroll project. Reporting to the HR Manager, you will perform compliance checks and ensure payroll accuracy for employees in Australia and New Zealand. The role demands strong analytical skills and excellent communication, with a contract duration of 3 months. This position is hybrid, requiring one day of work from home, and offers a competitive salary reflective of experience.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated payroll experience in Australia (and ideally New Zealand) under modern awards.
• Comfortable interpreting industrial instruments, employment contracts, and payroll/award rules.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.

Responsibilities

• Perform reconciliation reviews, compliance and audit checks.
• Ensure payroll data accuracy, privacy, and legislative compliance.
• Audit payroll components and escalate payroll risks.
• Escalate payroll risks, breaches or anomalies.
• Maintain awareness of employment legislation and modern-award/contract obligations; contribute to process improvements and audit readiness.

Skills

Payroll experience

Technical skills (Excel, Outlook, MS suite)

Analytical thinking

Verbal and written communication

Stakeholder-management skills

Time management

Tools

Excel

MS Office

Outlook

Job description

About the Company

My client is a national organisation undergoing an audit-driven payroll project. You will join a small but committed HR Services team supporting payroll operations for employees across Australia and New Zealand.

About the Position

Reporting to the HR Manager, this role will:

• Perform reconciliation reviews, compliance and audit checks.
• Ensure that payroll data accuracy, privacy and file-keeping is compliant with legislative requirements.
• Audit payroll components (including leave balances, wage provisions, STI's, wage increases, etc.)
• Escalate payroll risks, breaches or anomalies.
• Maintain awareness of employment legislation and modern-award/contract obligations, contributing to continuous-improvement payroll processes and audit readiness.

About You

• Demonstrated payroll experience in Australia (and ideally New Zealand) under modern awards or similar conditions.
• Comfortable interpreting industrial instruments, employment contracts, and payroll/award rules.
• Strong technical skills (Excel, Outlook, MS suite), with high attention to detail and analytical thinking.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.
• Capacity to manage multiple competing priorities, meet deadlines and work under some pressure.
• Customer-service mindset and stakeholder-management skills; able to collaborate across HR, Finance and business units.
• 3-month fixed-term contract with immediate start.
• Inner-city location, 8 minutes walk from the nearest train station.
• Hybrid: 1 day per week work-from-home.
• Competitive, negotiable hourly / salary rate (reflective of experience and complexity).

If you are a payroll professional who's keen to deliver clean, compliant payroll outcomes and dig into an audit and improvement project - we want to hear from you.

Please apply with current resume in Microsoft Word format only (.doc or .docx). If you would like to have a confidential discussion, please contact Britt Molony on [phone], quoting reference JN -112025-41936. Want to know more about Davidson? Visit us at www.davidsonwp.com

Seniority level

• Entry level

Employment type

• Contract

Job function

• Accounting/Auditing

Industries

• Administrative and Support Services