Payroll Team Lead

MW Recruitment; City of Brisbane; Hybrid; AUD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working arrangement

Leadership role with autonomy

Exposure to payroll system Implement9

Supportive, collaborative team culture

Ongoing professional development

Job summary

MW Recruitment is partnering with a Brisbane-based accounting and advisory firm to recruit an experienced Payroll Team Leader for their CFO Solutions division. The role blends onshore and offshore delivery, ensuring accurate, compliant payroll outcomes for Australian clients.

You will lead, mentor and manage a payroll team across multiple pay cycles, drive system implementations and process improvements, and build strong client relationships in a collaborative, hybrid working environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years’ experience as a Payroll Specialist or Senior Payroll Officer.
• Experience leading or supervising a team is advantageous.
• Strong knowledge of Australian payroll legislation, superannuation and employment obligations.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of onshore and offshore payroll professionals delivering accurate payroll services.
• Mentor and develop payroll staff, including onboarding and performance management.
• Oversee day-to-day payroll workflows, capacity planning across cycles.
• Review reconciliations, statutory reporting and legislative submissions.
• Escalate complex payroll and system issues.
• Lead payroll system implementations and process improvements.
• Build and maintain trusted client relationships.

Skills

Payroll leadership

Team leadership

Analytical skills

Organisational skills

Tools

Xero Payroll

Employment Hero

KeyPay

MYOB

Job description

A well-established accounting and advisory firm based in Brisbane is seeking an experienced Payroll Team Leader to join their CFO Solutions division. The firm operates a collaborative onshore and offshore service delivery model, giving clients consistent, high-quality payroll outcomes across a diverse portfolio of Australian businesses and industries.

This is a firm that invests heavily in its people and its systems, with a strong focus on technology, process improvement and genuine career development. Continued growth within the payroll function has created this opportunity for an experienced payroll professional ready to step into a leadership role.

BENEFITS AND PERKS

Hybrid working arrangement

Leadership role with genuine autonomy

Exposure to payroll system implementations and process improvement projects

Supportive, collaborative team culture

Ongoing professional development and certifications supported

THE ROLE:

Leading a team spanning onshore and offshore payroll professionals, you will oversee the delivery of accurate, compliant payroll services for a range of Australian clients.

Leading, mentoring and developing a payroll team, including onboarding and performance management

Overseeing day-to-day payroll workflows, capacity and forward planning across multiple pay cycles

Reviewing payroll reconciliations, statutory reporting and legislative submissions

Acting as the key escalation point for complex payroll and system issues

Leading payroll system implementations, migrations and process improvement initiatives

Building and maintaining trusted client relationships

THE INDIVIDUAL:

Minimum 3 years' experience as a Payroll Specialist or Senior Payroll Officer

Previous experience leading or supervising a team (Advantageous)

Strong knowledge of Australian payroll legislation, superannuation and employment obligations

Working knowledge of Fair Work requirements, Modern Awards and Enterprise Agreements

Experience with payroll platforms such as Xero Payroll, Employment Hero, KeyPay or MYOB

Strong analytical and organisational skills with excellent attention to detail

Please note you must be an Australian citizen (or permanent resident), a New Zealand citizen or hold a current Australian Work Visa to apply. We are unable to assist those looking for sponsorship, or those based outside of Australia looking for remote opportunities.