Payroll Manager - SME

Sharp & Carter; Sydney; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Sharp & Carter requires a diligent Payroll Manager to join the Lower North Shore team in Sydney. This role supports a dynamic payroll function, ensuring accurate processing for facilities and corporate staff and adherence to all relevant awards and EBAs.

The successful candidate will lead payroll projects, manage UAT testing, and ensure end-to-end Australian payroll compliance while collaborating with HR and Finance teams.

Qualifications

• Experience in a high-volume payroll environment.
• Thorough understanding of end-to-end payroll processes.
• Knowledge of Australian awards and EBAs.
• Strong communication and customer service skills.

Responsibilities

• Process fortnightly time sheets and reconcile reports.
• Handle staff movements including new starters and departures.
• Process bonuses and salary sacrifice requests and ensure payments are accurate.
• Approve all leave types per company policies and processes.
• Prepare manual payments when required.
• Respond to queries via face-to-face, telephone or email.
• Apply payroll knowledge and company policies to provide quality responses.
• Assist Finance with queries and reports.
• Apply knowledge of awards and EBAs to end-to-end payroll processes.
• Act as Payroll SME for Australia payroll project.
• Lead payroll workstream activities from testing through go-live and stabilization.

Skills

End-to-end payroll

Awards & EBAs

Excel skills

Payroll systems

Timekeeping & month-end

Tools

Chris21/Ichris

Oracle Payroll

Excel

Job description

Position description

Our client is lookingfor a dilligent Payroll Manager to join a dynamic team on the Lower North Shore. Reporting into HR, the purpose of the role is to support the payroll team by process and pay facilities and corporate staff, support and ensure adherence to all relevant awards, agreements and status related topayment of employees. You will also be responsible for integration and Payroll UAT testing and managing the end to end Australian payroll.

The responsibilities

• Process fortnightly time sheets, including administration of fortnightly reports and reconciliation.
• Process staff movements including new starters, departures and other movements
• Process bonuses and salary sacrifice requests, and checking to ensure payments have been made accurately
• Approve all leave types (applying company's policies and processes)
• Preparing manual payments when required
• Respond to all customer queries (face to face, telephone, email)
• Apply payroll knowledge, knowledge of company policies and procedures and problem-solving skills to provide a quality response
• Assisting Finance team on queries and reports
• Apply knowledge of awards and EBA's to the end to end payroll process
• Act as Payroll Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Australia payroll project.
• Lead payroll workstream activities from testing through go-live and stabilization.
• Ensure payroll requirements, controls, and compliance obligations are reflected in project design and implementation.

The successful applicant:

• Prior experience in a high-volume payroll environment
• Thoroughly understands the end to end payroll process
• Knowledge of Chris21/Ichris or Oracle payroll system
• Experience preparing payroll reports and reconciliations
• Experience with a wide rangeEBAs and Awards, strong knowledge in this area
• Intermediate excel skills (V-lookups, Pivot tables)
• Excellent communication and customer service skills, able to promote Payroll best practice.