Senior Payroll Lead: 6-Week Contract (Standalone)

Ambition Recruitment; Gosford; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free onsite parking

Occasional WFH flexibility

Job summary

Ambition Recruitment on the Central Coast NSW seeks a Senior Payroll Officer for a 6-week contract at the Somersby head office. You will own end-to-end weekly/fortnightly payroll for ~120 employees and manage timesheets, EBAs, awards, and statutory reporting.

The role suits an autonomous professional who investigates discrepancies and applies payroll legislation, with strong reconciliation and reporting skills. Onsite parking is available; occasional flexibility to work from home may be possible.

Qualifications

• Strong end-to-end Australian payroll experience.
• Experience with Awards and/or Enterprise Agreements.
• Sound understanding of Australian payroll legislation.
• Strong reconciliation and reporting capability.
• Investigative approach to payroll and discrepancies.

Responsibilities

• End-to-end weekly and fortnightly payroll processing.
• Process payroll for ~120 employees.
• Review timesheets and payroll exceptions.
• Work across multiple EBAs and Awards.
• Apply payroll legislation and entitlements.
• Handle new starters, terminations and redundancy calculations.
• Pay statements: PAYG, superannuation, leave, leave loading.
• Payroll reconciliations and job costing.
• Payroll tax and statutory reporting.
• Respond to payroll queries from staff and managers.
• Investigate discrepancies and unusual data.
• Payroll reporting and Excel-based analysis.
• Provide additional finance support as needed.

Skills

End-to-end payroll

Awards/EA

Payroll legislation

Reconciliation

Attention to detail

Autonomy

Tools

None

Job description

Ambition Recruitment on the Central Coast NSW seeks a Senior Payroll Officer for a 6-week contract at the Somersby head office. You will own end-to-end weekly/fortnightly payroll for ~120 employees and manage timesheets, EBAs, awards, and statutory reporting.

The role suits an autonomous professional who investigates discrepancies and applies payroll legislation, with strong reconciliation and reporting skills. Onsite parking is available; occasional flexibility to work from home may be possible.