Payroll & Remuneration Manager

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

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus 10-20%

Hybrid work 3 days in office / 2 days

Job summary

Ambition Recruitment is recruiting a Payroll & Remuneration Manager for a national organisation in Sydney CBD. The role balances hands-on payroll delivery with leadership, governance and remuneration initiatives, with a hybrid arrangement allowing 2 days working from home.

You will lead a payroll team, manage compliance, and drive process improvements across multiple business units, ensuring timely fortnightly payroll and strong stakeholder collaboration.

Qualifications

• Proven payroll management experience in a complex environment.
• Experience with remuneration initiatives and benefits?

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end payroll function 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 improvements.
• Provide remuneration expertise and contribute to remuneration framework development.

Skills

Payroll leadership

Payroll compliance

Stakeholder mgmt

Remuneration knowledge

ADP Payforce

Tools

ADP Payforce

Job description

$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