Payroll Specialist

Adecco Australia Group; Greater Dandenong; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Alstom is hiring an experienced Payroll Specialist in Melbourne to deliver accurate, compliant payroll services for a large workforce. The role focuses on end-to-end payroll processing, continuous improvement, and collaboration with the broader team.

You will handle complex payroll scenarios, ensure compliance with Australian regulations, and contribute to audits while supporting a blue-collar workforce and a high-volume payroll environment.

Qualifications

• A relevant tertiary qualification in a related field.
• Extensive payroll processing experience within a large workforce environment, ideally supporting over 1,000 employees in a blue-collar workforce.
• Strong payroll systems expertise, with hands-on SAP experience; SAP Globalview knowledge will be highly regarded.
• Experience working with EBAs, with exposure to the manufacturing or industrial sector highly regarded.
• Advanced Excel skills and a thorough understanding of Australian payroll legislation.
• Excellent attention to detail, with a strong commitment to accuracy, discretion and confidentiality.

Responsibilities

• Resolve payroll queries within agreed SLAs, escalating complex matters to payroll specialists when necessary.
• Coordinate the maintenance and continuous improvement of third-party system interfaces, including benefits providers.
• Review and validate payroll data and results to ensure accuracy and compliance with established standards.
• Provide guidance and support to team members, sharing payroll knowledge and best practices.
• Review and maintain work instructions to ensure they remain accurate, up to date and compliant.
• Identify and submit change requests to accommodate evolving policies and business process requirements within the payroll system.
• Identify payroll processing issues and improvement opportunities, implementing effective solutions where appropriate.
• Assist with audits and compliance activities, ensuring adherence to tax, superannuation and relevant legislative requirements.
• Support timely payroll processing and ensure consistent payroll accuracy.

Skills

Payroll processing

SAP

Excel

EBAs

Australian payroll laws

Attention to detail

Confidentiality

Education

Relevant tertiary qualification

Tools

SAP GlobalView

Job description

Are you an experienced Payroll Specialist who thrives on accuracy,compliance and continuous improvement !

Join Alstom and play a key role in delivering reliable,timely and compliant payroll services for a large workforce supportingMelbourne’s essential transport infrastructure.

About Us

About Alstom -

From high-speed trains and metros totrams, monorails, and digital mobility, Alstom delivers a comprehensive range of solutions to meet the world's evolving mobility needs. Operating in 63countries and employing over 86,000 people of 184 nationalities, Alstom focuses oninnovation, engineering excellence, and smart project delivery to shapethe future of transport.

Responsibilities

We’re seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Payroll Specialist to join the team in a hands-on role supporting end to end payroll accuracy,compliance and service delivery.

This is an excellent opportunity for a payroll professional whounderstands the complexities of managing payroll at scale and enjoys taking ownershipwhile collaborating with a broader team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Resolve payroll queries within agreed SLAs,escalating complex matters to payroll specialists when necessary.
• Coordinate the maintenance and continuousimprovement of third-party system interfaces, including benefits providers.
• Review and validate payroll data and results toensure accuracy and compliance with established standards.
• Provide guidance and support to team members,sharing payroll knowledge and best practices.
• Review and maintain work instructions to ensurethey remain accurate, up to date and compliant.
• Identify and submit change requests toaccommodate evolving policies and business process requirements within the payroll system.
• Identify payroll processing issues andimprovement opportunities, implementing effective solutions where appropriate.
• Assist with audits and compliance activities,ensuring adherence to tax, superannuation and relevant legislativerequirements.
• Support timely payroll processing and ensureconsistent payroll accuracy.

Your Profile

To be successful in this role, you will bring:

• A relevant tertiary qualification in a related field.
• Extensive payroll processing experience within alarge workforce environment, ideally supporting over 1,000 employees in a blue-collarworkforce.
• Strong payroll systems expertise, with hands-onSAP experience; SAP Globalview knowledge will be highly regarded.
• Experience working with Enterprise BargainingAgreements (EBAs), with exposure to the manufacturing or industrial sector highlyregarded.
• Advanced Excel skills and a thoroughunderstanding of Australian payroll legislation.
• Excellent attention to detail, with a strongcommitment to accuracy, discretion and confidentiality.

Please note: As part of the onboarding process,successful candidateswill be required to undergo a Drug & AlcoholTest and National Police Check

• Contract Duration: 12 Months
• Contribute to Melbourne’s essential transportinfrastructure.
• Collaborative team environment with opportunitiesto apply your payroll expertise.
• Hands-on role focused on payroll accuracy,compliance and continuous improvement

Contact

For further info, please contact Dee Pathania0482 620 ***