Payroll Specialist

Beca; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working options

Parental leave (up to 14 weeks)

Career development opportunities

Diversity & inclusion culture

Job summary

Beca is seeking a Payroll Specialist to deliver accurate end-to-end payroll for our Australian workforce. You will collaborate with Finance and People & Culture to ensure timeliness, accuracy and compliance across payroll processes.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years' Australian payroll experience, strong knowledge of legislation, and comfort handling complex scenarios including parental leave and terminations. Flexible arrangements may be discussed for the right candidate.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of end-to-end Australian payroll experience in medium to large organisations.
• Strong knowledge of payroll legislation, awards and compliance.
• Ability to handle complex payroll scenarios including parental leave and terminations.
• Proactive in staying up to date with employment laws and payroll tax changes.

Responsibilities

• Deliver accurate end-to-end payroll for the Australian workforce and ensure timeliness.
• Prepare payroll reporting, reconciliations and year-end processes.
• Administer superannuation and compliance activities as required.
• Partner with Finance and People & Culture to drive payroll improvement projects.

Skills

End-to-end payroll

Australian payroll

Payroll legislation

Parental leave handling

Leave calculations

Superannuation

Workday experience

Tools

Workday

Datapay

Job description

As a Payroll Specialist who enjoys complexity, look no further! Supporting our Australian business as part of a global Finance Operations team committed to operational excellence and amplifying value, you can be assured this is far from a routine payroll environment.

Ideally based in Melbourne, you will play a key role in delivering accurate and timely end-to-end payroll services for our Australian workforce. From payroll processing, reporting and reconciliations through to superannuation administration and compliance activities, you'll help ensure our people are paid correctly and on time, every time.

Working closely with stakeholders across Finance and People & Culture, you will respond to payroll enquiries with professionalism, accuracy and care. You will also contribute to year-end processing and reporting requirements, while supporting payroll improvement initiatives and projects as the business continues to evolve.

About you

You bring 5+ years of experience delivering end-to-end Australian payroll within a medium to large organisation, with a strong understanding of payroll legislation, compliance obligations and payroll best practices. You are confident managing complex payroll scenarios, including parental leave, terminations, salary packaging, leave calculations and superannuation requirements.

Recognised as a trusted source of payroll expertise, you stay current with employment legislation, awards, payroll tax and regulatory changes, proactively expanding your knowledge and sharing insights with others.

You thrive in a fast-paced environment where accuracy, attention to detail and exceptional service are paramount. With strong payroll systems experience and confidence working with reporting and reconciliation processes, you can effectively manage complex payroll activities while ensuring compliance and delivering high-quality outcomes. Experience with Workday and Datapay is not essential, but would be highly regarded as we continue to embed and optimise these platforms across the business.

Above all, you are a collaborative team player who builds strong relationships with stakeholders at all levels. You take pride in supporting employees and leaders, balancing technical expertise with a customer-focused mindset and a passion for continuous improvement. You enjoy being part of a team that makes a tangible difference to people across the business and are committed to delivering a reliable, accurate and professional payroll service.

What We Offer:

A career with Beca will provide you with:

Flexibility & Wellbeing: We recognise that achieving a work-life balance is unique to everyone. Enjoy flexible working options to manage your personal and family priorities, along with dedicated leave for wellbeing and community engagement.

Belonging & Ownership: Join a diverse and inclusive team where collaboration and creativity thrive, and you can bring your whole self to work. You may also have the chance to take advantage of our unique shareholder opportunities, sharing in our collective success.

Parental Leave: Take time for what matters most with up to 14 weeks of fully paid parental leave, inclusive of all genders.

Career Growth & Development: Your growth is our priority! Benefit from continuous learning and professional development through our company training programmes and support for professional accreditation, including pathways to Chartership with Engineers Australia. Work alongside industry leaders and gain hands‑on experience to unlock your career potential.

Beca prides itself on supporting a diverse and inclusive culture – open to inputs from creative people of all genders, ethnicity, identity, thought and experiences.

Who is Beca?

Beca is one of the Asia-Pacific region's largest employee-owned professional services consultancies. Our team of over 4000 professionals is diverse enough to bring a wide range of perspectives and expertise to every client and challenge, creating resourceful, smart solutions from our collective experience and insights.

‘Creative people together transforming our world’ is our vision. It reflects our culture, our aspirations and our purpose – to make everyday better. Our four values – partnership, tenacity, enjoyment and care – sit at the heart of everything we do, reflecting how we work every day with each other and our clients.

At Beca we make everyday better for our clients, our people and our community and your involvement makes it possible. Our size and agility mean you’re not just on the fringes; you’re making a visible difference, partnering to develop and deliver solutions from the ground up.

As a people-focused business, we understand that work-life balance means a lot of different things to different people and that it’s not always easy juggling work with everything else life throws at us. This is why we are happy to discuss flexible working arrangements for all opportunities in the Beca team.