Payroll Manager - 2026

St Andrew's Cathedral School; Sydney; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

St Andrew's Cathedral School in Sydney seeks an experienced Payroll Manager to lead the end-to-end payroll for all staff. You will ensure accurate, timely payments and compliance with awards and reporting requirements, while maintaining confidentiality and delivering high service levels to staff and stakeholders.

The role requires expertise in payroll systems (Aurion/MicroPay IQ), STP reporting, and audit support, with the ability to work collaboratively with the Finance team in a school

Qualifications

• Experience in managing end-to-end payroll for a medium to large organisation.
• Sound knowledge of payroll legislation, awards, ATO requirements, superannuation and salary packaging.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a team.
• Experience with payroll reconciliations, compliance reporting and audit support.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end payroll processing for all employees, ensuring accurate and timely payments.
• Process payroll transactions, including salaries, allowances, superannuation, taxation, salary packaging, leave, and terminations.
• Maintain payroll records and employee data, including leave balances and payroll system administration.
• Ensure compliance with payroll legislation, Awards, Agreements, STP reporting, and year-end obligations.
• Reconcile payroll-related accounts, prepare statutory and audit reporting, and support external audits.
• Respond to payroll enquiries and provide payroll-related advice to staff.
• Train users in ESS, support payroll systems, and drive process improvements.
• Perform other duties as directed by the Executive Director of Operations and Finance Manager.

Skills

End-to-end payroll management

Attention to detail

Confidentiality

Customer service

Education

Accounting/Payroll/Bookkeeping qualification

Tools

Aurion Payroll

MicroPay IQ

Job description

1d ago , from St Andrew's Cathedral School

Join a leading independent school and play a critical role in ensuring our people are supported through accurate, compliant and efficient payroll operations.

We are seeking an experienced and detail-oriented Payroll Manager to lead the end-to-end payroll function for our School. This is a pivotal role responsible for delivering accurate and timely payroll services while ensuring compliance with relevant awards, legislation and reporting requirements.

Working closely with the Finance team and key stakeholders across the School, you will bring extensive payroll expertise, a commitment to confidentiality and outstanding customer service to support our staff and broader community.

The School

Located in the heart of Sydney’s CBD, St Andrew’s Cathedral School (SACS) is an independent,Kindergarten to Year 12 Anglican school located in two high-rise buildings.The schooloffers students a strong academic program and extensive opportunities to be involved in sport, music, drama and outdoor education. As an authentically Christian school in the Anglican tradition, Christian values are embedded in all aspects of daily life, with honesty, integrity, humility, respect and service being foundational to the richness of relationships at SACS.We seek to develop students who think critically and creatively and have hearts that love, minds that grow and lives that give.

The Opportunity

As Payroll Manager, you will be responsible for managing the complete payroll cycle and ensuring all payroll processes are delivered accurately, efficiently and in accordance with legislative and industrial requirements.

Key responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end payroll processing for all employees, ensuring accurate and timely payments.
• Process payroll transactions, including salaries, allowances, superannuation, taxation, salary packaging, leave, and terminations.
• Maintain payroll records and employee data, including leave balances and payroll system administration.
• Ensure compliance with payroll legislation, Awards, Agreements, STP reporting, and year-end obligations.
• Reconcile payroll-related accounts, prepare statutory and audit reporting, and support external audits.
• Respond to payroll enquiries and provide payroll-related advice to staff.
• Train users in ESS, support payroll systems, and drive process improvements.
• Perform other duties as directed by the Executive Director of Operations and Finance Manager.

About you

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• Relevant qualifications in Accounting, Payroll, Bookkeeping, or a related field.
• Proven experience managing end-to-end payroll in a medium to large organisation.
• Strong experience with Aurion Payroll, MicroPay IQ (including reporting), or similar payroll systems.
• Sound knowledge of payroll legislation, awards, ATO requirements, superannuation, and salary packaging.
• Experience with payroll reconciliations, compliance reporting, and audit support.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a team.
• High attention to detail, confidentiality, and customer service focus.

Interviews will commence as applications are received.

Child Safety

St Andrew's Cathedral School is a child safe organisation. Our School promotes the safety and wellbeing and inclusion of all students. In support of SACS’ commitment to embedding child safety (Standard 1), we ensure that our staff are suitable for working with children and young people and that they are supported (Standard 5).

Staff are required to maintain a child safe culture, act in every child’s best interest and to keep them safe from harm, in accordance with the School’s policies and procedures (Standard 10) which reflect the Child Safe Standards.

It is a condition of employment that all new Staff at the School must sign a written statement or complete an electronic acknowledgement that they have read and understand our Child Safe Policy and the Child Safe Codes of Conduct prior to commencing at the School.

Prior to employment at the School, this position requires the successful applicant to have a valid, verified, paid Working with Children Check clearance in accordance with the Child Protection (Working with Children) Act 2012.

For more information on Working with Children Checks, please visit the NSW Office of the Children's Guardian website.