Payroll Specialist I Location Dandenong I 12 Months

Adecco Australia Group; Greater Dandenong; On-site; AUD 85,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Alstom is seeking a Payroll Specialist I in Dandenong for a 12-month contract to deliver accurate, compliant payroll for a large workforce in Melbourne's transport sector. You will own end-to-end payroll processes, resolve queries, and support continuous improvement within a collaborative team.

The role requires a tertiary qualification, extensive payroll experience, SAP expertise (including SAP GlobalView), and strong Excel skills.

Qualifications

• A relevant tertiary qualification in a related field.
• Extensive payroll processing experience within a large workforce, ideally supporting over 1,000 employees in a blue-collar environment.
• Hands-on SAP experience; SAP GlobalView knowledge highly regarded.
• Experience working with EBAs (Enterprise Bargaining Agreements).
• Advanced Excel skills and thorough understanding of Australian payroll legislation.
• Excellent attention to detail with a strong commitment to accuracy, discretion and confidentiality.
• Onboarding may include Drug & Alcohol Test and National Police Check.

Responsibilities

• Resolve payroll queries within SLAs and escalate complex matters when needed.
• Coordinate maintenance and improvement of third-party system interfaces, including benefits providers.
• Review and validate payroll data and results for accuracy and compliance.
• Provide guidance and share payroll knowledge with team members.
• Review and maintain work instructions to keep them accurate and compliant.
• Identify and submit change requests to adapt to evolving policies and processes.
• Identify payroll processing issues and implement effective solutions.
• Assist with audits and compliance activities, ensuring adherence to tax, superannuation and legislative requirements.
• Support timely payroll processing and ensure payroll accuracy.

Skills

Payroll processing

SAP

Advanced Excel

Australian payroll legislation

Attention to detail

Education

Tertiary qualification

Tools

SAP GlobalView

Job description

Payroll Specialist I Location Dandenong I 12 Months

Are you an experienced Payroll Specialist who thrives onaccuracy, compliance and continuous improvement? Join Alstom and play a keyrole in delivering reliable, timely and compliant payroll services for a largeworkforce supporting Melbourne’s essential transport infrastructure.

About Us

About Alstom -

From high-speed trains and metros to trams, monorails, anddigital mobility, Alstom delivers a comprehensive range of solutions to meetthe world's evolving mobility needs. Operating in 63 countries and employingover 86,000 people of 184 nationalities, Alstom focuses on innovation,engineering excellence, and smart project delivery to shape the future oftransport.

Responsibilities

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

This is an excellent opportunity for a payroll professionalwho understands the complexities of managing payroll at scale and enjoys takingownership while collaborating with a broader team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Resolvepayroll queries within agreed SLAs, escalating complex matters to payrollspecialists when necessary.
• Coordinatethe maintenance and continuous improvement of third-party system interfaces,including benefits providers.
• Reviewand validate payroll data and results to ensure accuracy and compliance withestablished standards.
• Provideguidance and support to team members, sharing payroll knowledge and bestpractices.
• Reviewand maintain work instructions to ensure they remain accurate, up to date andcompliant.
• Identifyand submit change requests to accommodate evolving policies and businessprocess requirements within the payroll system.
• Identifypayroll processing issues and improvement opportunities, implementing effectivesolutions where appropriate.
• Assistwith audits and compliance activities, ensuring adherence to tax,superannuation and relevant legislative requirements.
• Supporttimely payroll processing and ensure consistent payroll accuracy.

Your Profile

To be successful in this role, you will bring:

• Arelevant tertiary qualification in a related field.
• Extensivepayroll processing experience within a large workforce environment, ideallysupporting over 1,000 employees in a blue-collar workforce.
• Strongpayroll systems expertise, with hands-on SAP experience; SAP Globalviewknowledge will be highly regarded.
• Experienceworking with Enterprise Bargaining Agreements (EBAs), with exposure to themanufacturing or industrial sector highly regarded.
• AdvancedExcel skills and a thorough understanding of Australian payroll legislation.
• Excellentattention to detail, with a strong commitment to accuracy, discretion andconfidentiality
• Please note: As part of the onboarding process, successful candidateswill be required to undergo a Drug & Alcohol Test and National Police Check

Contract Duration:

• 12-month contract based in Dandenong.
• Contribute to Melbourne’s essentialtransport infrastructure.
• Collaborative team environment withopportunities to apply your payroll expertise.
• Hands-on role focused on payrollaccuracy, compliance and continuous improvement