Payroll Governance & Compliance Consultant

Kirra Services; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Kirra Services is seeking a Payroll Specialist to partner with People & Culture, IR, Legal, Risk, Finance, Data Analytics and SAP HR to ensure accurate payroll outcomes and strong governance. You will drive remediation, investigations and continuous improvement across payroll processes.

You will use your SAP experience, analytical skills and stakeholder influence to deliver accurate payroll content and a user-friendly experience while maintaining compliance and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• Payroll experience in a complex corporate environment.
• Strong experience with SAP or similar systems.
• Strong experience in payroll reconciliations.
• Advanced analytical and problem solving skills.
• Ability to interpret complex information and translate it into accurate outcomes.
• User acceptance testing knowledge and skills.
• Strong Excel proficiency.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders.
• Strong time management and ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, changing environment.
• Experience with HR solutions and tools to support HR products and strategy.
• Strong focus on operational excellence and customer-centric delivery.
• Ability to work autonomously.
• Tertiary education in Business, Finance, CS or related discipline.

Responsibilities

• Complete investigations and reconciliations of payroll data and information.
• Deliver payroll remediation, reconciliation and investigation activities.
• Investigate and resolve payroll issues raised by colleagues and matters escalated via internal channels.
• Apply payroll subject matter expertise to support remediation outcomes.
• Gather technology and process requirements from legislative or business changes.
• Assist with development of new payroll processes and procedures.
• Review, design and improve payroll processes and systems.
• Deliver payroll related activities in collaboration with internal partners.
• Support alignment between payroll activities and Operational Excellence projects.
• Work with People & Culture teams to ensure payroll content accuracy and exceptional user experience.
• Identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities.
• Maintain focus on risk and compliance and ensure controls.
• Perform relevant controls and escalate risks or breaches when identified.

Skills

Payroll experience

Analytical skills

Problem solving

UAT knowledge

Communication

Stakeholder influence

Time management

Autonomy

Fast-paced environment

HR solutions knowledge

Operational excellence

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Computer Science or related

Tools

SAP

Job description

Kirra Services is seeking a Payroll Specialist to partner with People & Culture, IR, Legal, Risk, Finance, Data Analytics and SAP HR to ensure accurate payroll outcomes and strong governance. You will drive remediation, investigations and continuous improvement across payroll processes.

You will use your SAP experience, analytical skills and stakeholder influence to deliver accurate payroll content and a user-friendly experience while maintaining compliance and operational excellence.