Payroll Manager - SME

Sharp and Carter; Willoughby City Council; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Sharp and Carter is seeking a diligent Payroll Manager to join a dynamic team on the Lower North Shore. Reporting to HR, you will support and manage end-to-end Australian payroll for facilities and corporate staff, ensuring adherence to awards and EBAs.

You will lead payroll testing and UAT, manage fortnightly processing, respond to queries, and collaborate with Finance to deliver accurate payroll and reports. Experience with Chris21/Ichris or Oracle is preferred.

Qualifications

• Prior experience in a high-volume payroll environment.
• End-to-end payroll process experience.
• Knowledge of Chris21/Ichris or Oracle payroll systems.
• Experience preparing payroll reports and reconciliations.
• Experience with EBAs and Awards and strong knowledge in this area.
• Intermediate Excel skills (VLOOKUP, Pivot tables).
• Excellent communication and customer service skills; promote payroll best practice.

Responsibilities

• Process fortnightly time sheets and reconcile fortnightly reports.
• Process staff movements including starters, departures and other movements.
• Process bonuses and salary sacrifice requests; ensure accurate payments.
• Approve all leave types per company policies.
• Prepare manual payments when required.
• Respond to customer queries (face-to-face, phone, 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.
• Act as Payroll 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.

Skills

High-volume payroll

End-to-end payroll

Payroll reporting

Excel (VLOOKUP/Pivot)

Communication skills

Tools

Chris21/Ichris

Oracle payroll

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 range ofEBAs 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.