Payroll Governance Specialist – Compliance & Audits

Singtel Group; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working arrangements

Employee discounts

Parental Leave

Wellbeing support services

Diversity initiatives

Counselling services

Transport assistance

Job summary

Optus is seeking an experienced Payroll Governance Consultant to join our Payroll & Governance team in Sydney. This role focuses on governance, compliance, controls, reporting and continuous improvement beyond processing.

You will drive payroll governance and compliance activities, conduct audits, investigate discrepancies, monitor governance registers, and support transformation initiatives across Payroll, Finance, IT and People & Culture to ensure audit readiness.

Qualifications

• Experience in payroll governance, compliance, audit, risk management, reporting, or payroll operations.

Responsibilities

• Drive payroll governance and compliance activities, ensuring payroll processes, controls and documentation align with legislative and organisational requirements.
• Conduct payroll audits, control testing and data analysis to identify risks, exceptions and opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Investigate payroll discrepancies, perform root cause analysis and partner with stakeholders to deliver timely and effective resolutions.
• Monitor payroll reporting, compliance metrics and governance registers, providing actionable insights to support informed decision-making.
• Support payroll transformation initiatives, system enhancements and testing activities to improve operational efficiency and control effectiveness.
• Collaborate with Payroll, Finance, Employee Relations, Technology and People & Culture teams to strengthen governance frameworks and ensure audit readiness.

Skills

Payroll governance

Compliance

Audit

Risk management

Payroll reporting

Australian payroll laws

Excel

SAP ECP

Stakeholder management

Continuous improvement

Tools

SAP ECP

Job description

Optus is seeking an experienced Payroll Governance Consultant to join our Payroll & Governance team in Sydney. This role focuses on governance, compliance, controls, reporting and continuous improvement beyond processing.

You will drive payroll governance and compliance activities, conduct audits, investigate discrepancies, monitor governance registers, and support transformation initiatives across Payroll, Finance, IT and People & Culture to ensure audit readiness.