Payroll & Remuneration Leader | Hybrid | Sydney CBD

Ambition Recruitment; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus 10-20%

Hybrid work arrangement

Senior leadership role

Job summary

Ambition Recruitment’s client in Sydney CBD is seeking an experienced Payroll & Remuneration Manager to lead the payroll function across multiple business units with a 5-person team. The role requires strong compliance, remuneration expertise and stakeholder collaboration to deliver accurate fortnightly payroll.

The position offers a hybrid work pattern (3 days in office, 2 days from home), a competitive package and bonus potential tied to performance, with a focus on governance and process

Qualifications

• Proven payroll leadership in a complex environment.
• Experience with remuneration and benefits initiatives.
• Strong leadership with payroll team management experience.
• Extensive knowledge of Awards, Enterprise Agreements and IR legislation.
• Strong payroll compliance, auditing and governance experience.
• Advanced understanding of payroll legislation and best practice controls.
• Experience with ADP Payforce highly advantageous.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to work operationally while providing strategic leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end payroll across multiple business units.
• Manage a team of 5 with leadership and mentorship.
• Ensure accurate and timely fortnightly payroll.
• Drive payroll compliance, audit readiness and governance activities.
• Oversee onboarding, terminations, leave management and payroll controls.
• Lead payroll reconciliations, EOFY activities and statutory obligations.
• Partner with People & Culture, Finance and operations stakeholders.
• Support payroll system initiatives and process improvement projects.
• Provide remuneration and benefits expertise and contribute to remuneration framework development.

Skills

Payroll leadership

Payroll compliance

Remuneration management

Stakeholder management

Process improvement

ADP Payforce

Tools

ADP Payforce

Job description

Ambition Recruitment’s client in Sydney CBD is seeking an experienced Payroll & Remuneration Manager to lead the payroll function across multiple business units with a 5-person team. The role requires strong compliance, remuneration expertise and stakeholder collaboration to deliver accurate fortnightly payroll.

The position offers a hybrid work pattern (3 days in office, 2 days from home), a competitive package and bonus potential tied to performance, with a focus on governance and process