Payroll & Remuneration Manager

AccountAbility; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus 10-20%

Hybrid work 3/2

Competitive package

Senior leadership

Payroll governance exposure

Large-scale payroll ops

People & Culture collaboration

Job summary

AccountAbility in Sydney is seeking a Payroll & Remuneration Manager to lead the end-to-end payroll across multiple business units. You will manage a team of five, drive compliance, and oversee fortnightly payroll, onboarding and terminations, and remuneration initiatives.

This hands-on leadership role focuses on governance, process improvements, and stakeholder collaboration with People & Culture and Finance.

Qualifications

• Proven Payroll Management experience within complex environment.
• Experience with Remuneration and benefits initiatives.
• Strong leadership capability with experience managing payroll teams.
• Extensive knowledge of Awards, Enterprise Agreements and Industrial Relations 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 the end-to-end payroll function across multiple business units.
• Manage a team of 5, leadership and mentorship.
• Ensure accurate and timely fortnightly payroll.
• Drive payroll compliance, audit readiness and governance activities.
• Interpret and apply Awards, Enterprise Agreements and industrial instruments.
• Oversee onboarding, terminations, leave management and payroll controls.
• Lead payroll reconciliations, EOFY activities and statutory obligations.
• Partner closely with People & Culture, Finance and operational stakeholders.
• Support payroll system initiatives and process improvement projects.
• Provide remuneration and benefits expertise and contribute to remuneration framework development.

Skills

Payroll leadership

Remuneration initiatives

Stakeholder mgmt

Auditing & governance

Awards & IR knowledge

Payroll compliance

ADP Payforce

Strategic leadership

IR legislation knowledge

Tools

ADP Payforce

Job description

Payroll & Remuneration Manager

• $180,000 - $190,000 + Super + Bonus | Sydney CBD | 2 Days WFH
• Drive payroll excellence, remuneration initiatives and reward frameworks
• Lead a payroll team delivering payroll with strong payroll compliance expertise

A rare opportunity to lead payroll and remuneration in a key leadership role focused on compliance, process improvement and team development!

THE CLIENT

A well-established national organisation is seeking an experienced Payroll & Remuneration Manager to provide leadership across its payroll function.

This is a hands-on leadership role suited to someone who enjoys balancing operational payroll delivery, stakeholder management, compliance, and process improvement initiatives.

BENEFITS

• Competitive package
• Annual bonus potential of 10-20%
• Senior leadership role with a voice and 'seat at the table' driving positive change
• Hybrid working arrangement with 3 days in the office and 2 days from home
• Opportunity to influence payroll governance, compliance and process improvements
• Exposure to large-scale payroll operations and complex industrial environments
• Fantastic team-oriented culture with strong leadership and support
• Collaborative People & Culture leadership team

THE ROLE

• Lead the end-to-end payroll function across multiple business units
• Manage a team of 5, leadership and mentorship
• Ensure accurate and timely fortnightly payroll
• Drive payroll compliance, audit readiness and governance activities
• Interpret and apply Awards, Enterprise Agreements and industrial instruments
• Oversee onboarding, terminations, leave management and payroll controls
• Lead payroll reconciliations, EOFY activities and statutory obligations
• Partner closely with People & Culture, Finance and operational stakeholders
• Support payroll system initiatives and process improvement projects
• Provide remuneration and benefits expertise and contribute to remuneration framework developmeTHE

PERSON

• Proven Payroll Management experience within complex environment
• Experience with Remuneration and benefits initiatives
• Strong leadership capability with experience managing payroll teams
• Extensive knowledge of Awards, Enterprise Agreements and Industrial Relations 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
• Full Australian working rights required