Senior Payroll Lead (End-to-End) for 700+ Staff | Hybrid

Elements Recruitment Australia; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 99,000 - 121,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Permanent full-time

Hybrid working

Macquarie Park location

Job summary

Elements Recruitment Australia is recruiting a Senior Payroll Officer to manage end-to-end payroll for 700+ staff from Macquarie Park, within a national payroll team. This hands-on role requires strong knowledge of Australian payroll legislation and awards, and experience with Micropay, ADP and Preceda.

You will handle high-volume email enquiries while ensuring accurate, on-time pay. The position is permanent full-time with hybrid work (2 days in office), offering opportunities to contribute to

Qualifications

• Strong end-to-end payroll experience in a complex, high-volume environment.
• Experience independently managing a payroll portfolio of 700+ employees.
• Experience using Micropay, ADP and Preceda or similar systems.
• Strong knowledge of Australian payroll legislation and Awards.
• Competent knowledge of Superannuation and Payroll Tax.
• Understanding of Long Service Leave nationally highly regarded.
• Confident managing high-volume email enquiries and resolving payroll issues.

Responsibilities

• End-to-end processing of payroll for approximately 700+ employees.
• Managing a high-volume payroll portfolio within a larger payroll team.
• Responding to and resolving national employee and stakeholder payroll enquiries.
• Interpreting Awards and applying relevant payroll legislation.
• Ensuring accurate processing of pay, leave, deductions and employee changes.
• Supporting payroll compliance, reporting and reconciliations.
• Applying sound knowledge of Superannuation and Payroll Tax.
• Supporting Long Service Leave calculations and administration, with national knowledge highly regarded.
• Maintaining accurate payroll records and data integrity.
• Contributing to process improvements and payroll-related projects during a period of change.

Skills

End-to-end payroll

High-volume payroll

Australian payroll legislation

Awards compliance

Superannuation

Payroll tax

Customer service

Tools

Micropay

ADP

Preceda

Job description

Elements Recruitment Australia is recruiting a Senior Payroll Officer to manage end-to-end payroll for 700+ staff from Macquarie Park, within a national payroll team. This hands-on role requires strong knowledge of Australian payroll legislation and awards, and experience with Micropay, ADP and Preceda.

You will handle high-volume email enquiries while ensuring accurate, on-time pay. The position is permanent full-time with hybrid work (2 days in office), offering opportunities to contribute to