Senior Payroll Lead — 6-Week Contract

AccountAbility Recruitment; Central Coast Council; On-site; AUD 109,000 - 146,000; Part time

Job summary

AccountAbility Recruitment is seeking a Senior Payroll Officer for a 6-week contract based at Somersby on the Central Coast. The role is a hands-on, stand-alone payroll position covering ~120 employees on weekly/fortnightly cycles.

The successful candidate will own the payroll, investigate discrepancies, and apply awards/EA rules with strong Excel and reporting skills. Immediate start and onsite with some WFH flexibility.

Qualifications

• Strong end-to-end Australian payroll experience.
• Excellent Excel skills and reporting ability.
• Experience with Awards/Enterprise Agreements.
• Sound understanding of Australian payroll legislation.
• High attention to detail and accuracy.

Responsibilities

• End-to-end weekly and fortnightly payroll processing.
• Process payroll for approximately 120 employees.
• Reviewing electronic timesheets and payroll exceptions.
• Working across multiple EBAs and Awards.
• Interpreting and applying payroll legislation and employee entitlements.
• New starters, terminations and redundancy calculations.
• PAYG, superannuation, leave and leave loading.
• Payroll reconciliations and job costing.
• Payroll tax and statutory reporting.
• Responding to payroll queries from employees and managers.
• Identifying discrepancies and investigating unusual payroll data.
• Payroll reporting and Excel-based analysis.
• Providing additional finance support where required.

Skills

Payroll processing

Australian payroll

Excel skills

Awards/EA knowledge

Reconciliation

Reporting

Attention to detail

Autonomy

Tools

Excel

Job description

AccountAbility Recruitment is seeking a Senior Payroll Officer for a 6-week contract based at Somersby on the Central Coast. The role is a hands-on, stand-alone payroll position covering ~120 employees on weekly/fortnightly cycles.

The successful candidate will own the payroll, investigate discrepancies, and apply awards/EA rules with strong Excel and reporting skills. Immediate start and onsite with some WFH flexibility.