Payroll Officer

Hungry Jacks; Sydney; On-site; AUD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Hungry Jack's is seeking an experienced Payroll Officer to join the National Support Office payroll team. You will help process payroll across about 25,000 employees using Workday and support staff and stakeholders across Australia.

This role is part of a significant systems transformation with the Workday rollout, offering growth within a dynamic, collaborative payroll function.

Qualifications

• 1–2 years experience in a high-volume payroll environment.
• Strong knowledge of payroll legislation, taxation requirements, Awards and EBAs.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively within a team and manage competing priorities.
• Intermediate Excel skills including formulas and pivot tables.
• Experience using Workday or similar payroll/HRIS systems.
• Payroll qualifications (Certificate or Diploma) highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Assisting with end-to-end weekly payroll processing in a team environment using Workday Payroll.
• Data entry and maintenance for new starters, employee changes, and terminations.
• Review and management of Time & Attendance data from LIFELENZ.
• Calculation of various leave types including parental leave, annual leave, long service leave, sick leave, and workers compensation.
• Assisting with month-end and year-end payroll processes.
• Accurate interpretation of Awards and EBAs.
• Responding to payroll enquiries via email, phone, and JIRA ticketing system.
• Monthly and year-to-date payroll reconciliations.
• Assisting with superannuation and payroll tax reconciliations.
• Participating in end-of-month and end-of-financial-year activities.
• Supporting continuous improvement initiatives across payroll systems and processes.

Skills

Payroll knowledge

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Excel expertise

Workday/HRIS

Time management

Awards & EBAs

Numerical accuracy

Education

Payroll qualification (Certificate/Diploma)

Tools

Workday

LIFELENZ

JIRA

Job description

The Careers are Better at Hungry Jack's!

We are seeking an experienced Payroll Officer to join our high-performing Payroll Team within the Hungry Jack’s National Support Office. In this role, you will play a key part in ensuring the timely and accurate processing of payroll across a workforce of approximately 25,000 employees nationally, while providing exceptional support to employees and stakeholders across Australia.

This is also an exciting opportunity to join the business during a significant period of systems transformation, with the recent implementation of the new and exciting Workday platform across the organisation.

Payroll Processing Responsibilities

• Assisting with end-to-end weekly payroll processing in a team environment using Workday Payroll
• Data entry and maintenance for new starters, employee changes, and terminations
• Review and management of Time & Attendance data from LIFELENZ
• Calculation of various leave types including parental leave, annual leave, long service leave, sick leave, and workers compensation
• Assisting with month-end and year-end payroll processes
• Accurate interpretation of Awards and EBAs
• Responding to payroll enquiries via email, phone, and JIRA ticketing system
• Monthly and year-to-date payroll reconciliations
• Assisting with superannuation and payroll tax reconciliations
• Participating in end-of-month and end-of-financial-year activities
• Supporting continuous improvement initiatives across payroll systems and processes
• 1-2 years’ experience within a high-volume, fast-paced payroll environment
• Strong knowledge of payroll legislation, taxation requirements, Awards and EBAs
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong attention to detail and numerical accuracy
• Ability to work collaboratively within a team environment and manage competing priorities
• Experience using Workday or similar payroll/HRIS systems
• Payroll qualifications (Certificate or Diploma highly regarded)
• Intermediate Excel skills including formulas and pivot tables

Why Join Hungry Jack’s?

• Join a large and growing Australian business
• Opportunity to work within a supportive and collaborative Payroll Team
• Exposure to a newly implemented, market-leading Payroll platform
• Career development opportunities within Payroll & Systems
• Fast-paced, dynamic environment with genuine growth opportunities