Senior Payroll Lead

Best & Less; Sydney; Sur place; AUD 90 000 - 125 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Best & Less is seeking an experienced Payroll Team Leader to guide a busy payroll function across Australia. You will lead a capable team, ensuring accurate, timely payroll deliveries and robust controls in a large, fast-paced environment.

You’ll partner with People & Culture, Finance and operations to resolve complex matters, drive process improvements and oversee Dayforce-related initiatives, while maintaining a service-focused culture.

Qualifications

• Experience leading payroll teams in large organisations.
• Strong knowledge of payroll legislation and awards.
• Experience with Dayforce and time/attendance systems.
• Excellent attention to detail and deadlines.
• Retail or high-volume payroll experience valued.
• Strong stakeholder management and customer service.

Responsabilités

• Lead and support the Payroll team, coaching and development.
• Oversee end-to-end payroll processing across weekly and fortnightly cycles.
• Review outputs, reconciliations and exceptions for accuracy.
• Provide payroll advice to leaders and team members.
• Oversee time and attendance exceptions and resolve issues.
• Ensure compliance with legislation, Modern Awards, and company policies.
• Support month-end and year-end activities and reconciliations.
• Partner with People & Culture, Finance and operations on payroll matters.
• Support system improvements and process changes, including Dayforce.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes and team member experience.
• Build a positive, accountable culture within Payroll.

Connaissances

End-to-end payroll

Team leadership

Payroll compliance

Dayforce Payroll

Stakeholder management

Excel proficiency

Outils

Dayforce Workforce Management

Time & Attendance systems

Description du poste

At Best & Less, we’re looking for an experienced and hands‑on Payroll Team Leader to lead our Payroll team and help deliver accurate, timely and compliant payroll outcomes for our team members across Australia.

This is a great opportunity for a payroll professional who enjoys balancing the detail of payroll with leading and developing a team, improving processes and partnering with stakeholders across the business. You’ll play a key role in maintaining strong payroll controls while creating a supportive, service-focused environment for both your team and the wider business.

At Best & Less, we’re looking for an experienced and hands‑on Payroll Team Leader to lead our Payroll team and help deliver accurate, timely and compliant payroll outcomes for our team members across Australia.

This is a great opportunity for a payroll professional who enjoys balancing the detail of payroll with leading and developing a team, improving processes and partnering with stakeholders across the business. You’ll play a key role in maintaining strong payroll controls while creating a supportive, service-focused environment for both your team and the wider business.

What You’ll Do

• Lead and support the Payroll team, providing day-to-day guidance, coaching and development.
• Oversee end-to-end payroll processing across weekly and fortnightly pay cycles, ensuring accuracy and deadlines are consistently met.
• Review payroll outputs, reconciliations and exceptions, providing oversight and quality control before payroll finalisation.
• Provide trusted payroll advice and support to leaders and team members across the business.
• Oversee Time & Attendance exceptions and work with stakeholders to resolve payroll issues efficiently.
• Ensure payroll processes comply with relevant legislation, Modern Awards, Enterprise Agreements and company policies.
• Support month-end, year-end, STP and payroll reconciliation activities.
• Partner with People & Culture, Finance and operational teams to resolve complex payroll matters.
• Support payroll system improvements, implementations and process changes, including within Dayforce.
• Identify opportunities to improve payroll processes, controls and the overall team member experience.
• Build a positive, accountable and customer-focused culture within the Payroll team.

About You

You’ll be an experienced payroll professional who is confident working in a large, complex environment and enjoys bringing people together to deliver great outcomes.

• Strong end-to-end payroll experience within a large and complex organisation.
• Previous experience leading, coaching or supporting a payroll team.
• Strong knowledge of payroll legislation, Modern Awards, Enterprise Agreements and compliance requirements.
• Experience with Time & Attendance systems and complex workforce environments.
• Experience using Dayforce Payroll and Dayforce Workforce Management will be highly regarded.payroll
• Experience supporting payroll system implementations, transitions or process improvements.
• Strong reconciliation, problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Intermediate to advanced Excel capability.
• Strong stakeholder management and customer service skills.
• Excellent attention to detail with the ability to work confidently to payroll deadlines.
• Retail or other high-volume payroll experience will be highly regarded.