Payroll Data Tester

Category 5 Labour Management; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 115,000; Part time

Job summary

Category 5 Labour Management in Sydney is seeking a Payroll Data Tester for a casual, 12-month tenure in a hybrid work setup. The role partners with Payroll Data Developers, IR, Legal, and Technology to validate payroll data models and ensure accurate calculations, compliance, and auditable results.

The tester will develop test cases, perform data validation, and support UAT and remediation efforts, while maintaining robust testing documentation and audit evidence.

Qualifications

• Experience in payroll data testing or payroll compliance programs.
• Strong SQL and data validation skills.
• Understanding of Australian payroll legislation, awards and agreements.
• Experience validating complex calculation logic and large data sets.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute test cases for payroll compliance and remuneration data models.
• Validate model calculations against requirements and rules.
• Reconcile model outputs against source payroll and workforce data.
• Identify, investigate, and document defects and discrepancies.
• Perform regression testing after enhancements and fixes.
• Validate calculation outcomes, employee payments, and reporting outputs.
• Collaborate with Payroll Data Developers to ensure requirements are implemented and tested.
• Support user acceptance testing and provide evidence for sign-off.
• Maintain testing docs, results and audit evidence.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of testing processes and QA practices.

Skills

SQL skills

Data testing

Test planning

Defect management

Stakeholder comms

Payroll legislation

Data validation

Big data handling

Tools

Snowflake

Azure Data Factory

Databricks

Power BI

Job description

Category 5 Labour Management – Sydney CBD NSW

Payroll Data Tester
Roster:Casual 12-month tenure | Working Monday to Friday, Hybrid role

Location:Sydney NSW or Melbourne, VIC

Role Purpose

The Data Model Tester is responsible for validating payroll compliance data models to ensure calculations, business rules, interpretations, and requirements have been accurately implemented. Working closely with the Payroll Data Developer, Industrial Relations, Legal, Payroll and Technology teams, the role will execute structured testing activities to verify that payroll entitlement calculations align with documented requirements, enterprise agreements, legislation, and project decisions. The position plays a critical role in ensuring payroll compliance models are accurate, auditable, reliable, and suitable for reporting, remediation, and employee payment outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute test cases for payroll compliance and remuneration data models.
• Validate model calculations against requirements, business rules, methodology documentation, and interpretation decisions.
• Reconcile model outputs against source payroll and workforce data.
• Identify, investigate, and document defects, anomalies, and calculation discrepancies.
• Perform regression testing following model enhancements and defect remediation.
• Validate calculation outcomes, employee payment results, and compliance reporting outputs.
• Collaborate with Payroll Data Developers to ensure requirements are fully implemented and tested.
• Support user acceptance testing and provide evidence to support model sign-off.
• Maintain testing documentation, execution results, and audit evidence.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of testing processes, controls, and quality assurance practices.

Skills & Experience Required

• Intermediate to Advanced SQL skills, including data validation and reconciliation.
• Experience in Data model testing, data testing, payroll testing, or payroll compliance programs.
• Strong understanding of test planning, test execution, and defect management processes.
• Experience validating complex calculation logic and large data sets.
• Knowledge of Australian payroll legislation, awards, and enterprise agreements.
• Experience working with payroll, workforce management, or HR systems.
• Exposure to Snowflake, Azure Data Factory, Databricks, and Power BI is desirable.
• Strong analytical, documentation, and stakeholder communication skills.

About the company

Category 5 Labour Managementis an Australian owned success story, a leading provider of full-service labour management solutions, supporting the local communities in which we operate and the people within them.

With our commitment to achieving a diverse workforce, we strongly encourage Female, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants.