Payroll Specialist | ASX-Listed Group, Sydney South West

Arete Executive; Sydney; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Arete Executive is seeking a Payroll Specialist to own the payroll for ~500 employees on a weekly and fortnightly cycle. The position is based in Sydney South West within a growing NSW payroll team that serves multiple sites.

You will ensure accurate pay, handle leave and terminations, and support the rollout of a new HRIS while coaching staff on timekeeping to reduce errors. The role emphasizes service to employees and compliance with enterprise agreements.

Qualifications

• Experience processing payroll for 500+ employees weekly and fortnightly.
• Ability to interpret enterprise agreements or awards.
• Able to explain payslips clearly to frontline staff.
• Coaching staff who enter timekeeping data to reduce errors.
• Experience working in a high-volume payroll environment.

Responsibilities

• Own a payroll of around 500 employees, processed weekly and fortnightly.
• Manage leave, terminations, STP and same-day super.
• Document payroll procedures to enable cover during leave.
• Support rollout of a new HRIS across states as the team grows.

Skills

High-volume payroll

Weekly/fortnightly payroll

Attention to detail

Clear payslip explanations

Coaching timekeeping data

Tools

HRIS

Job description

Payroll Specialist | ASX-Listed Group, Sydney South West

• Own a 500-employee weekly and fortnightly payroll
• Excellent team culture
• Join a payroll team growing nationally
• Sydney South-West

Payroll Specialist | ASX-Listed Group

• Own a 500-employee weekly and fortnightly payroll
• Excellent team culture
• Join a payroll team growing nationally
• Sydney South-West

About the Company and Opportunity
Our client is part of an ASX-listed group with $2B+ in revenue that delivers essential services across Australia. The business has a strong base of long-term revenue and is growing steadily. Its culture is down to earth and humble.
This role is available following an internal promotion. You will own a payroll of around 500 employees, processed weekly and fortnightly, within an NSW payroll team that pays 2,500+ employees across multiple sites. The team is growing as other states move into a centralised national payroll, so you will also gain exposure across the business.
The workforce is mostly frontline and shift-based, covered by enterprise agreements, so accurate pay and clear explanation matter. A big part of the role is service: taking the time to walk employees through their payslips, answering questions with patience and respect, and coaching the site staff who enter timekeeping data so errors are fixed at the source rather than through adjustments. Training in the enterprise agreements will be provided.
The measure of success is simple. Every pay run is on time and correct, nobody is underpaid, and workers’ compensation payments are processed promptly. You will also manage leave, terminations, Single Touch Payroll and same day super for your payroll, document your procedures so the payroll can be covered during leave, and contribute to the rollout of a new HRIS as more states come on board.You will be based on site with the team in Sydney’s South West.

About You
You are a payroll professional who has done this before in a high-volume, weekly and fortnightly environment. You have processed payrolls of several hundred employees or more end to end, and interpreted enterprise agreements or awards to calculate pay correctly. You have resolved employee pay queries and explained payslips clearly and respectfully to frontline or shift-based staff. You have reduced errors by coaching the people who submit time and attendance data, and have strong attention to detail.

What’s on Offer
This is a chance to own a payroll of your own in a stable, growing ASX-listed business, bringing superb career progression for performance. As the function expands nationally and the new HRIS comes in, you will build exposure and experience well beyond a single payroll. You will join a down to earth team where people are supported and valued for getting it right.

Arete champions diversity and inclusion and welcomes applications from candidates of all backgrounds and particularly encourages women to apply.