Senior Payroll Lead for Major Infrastructure Project

John Holland; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Job summary

John Holland, as part of the T2D Alliance delivering the 78 km North-South Corridor in Adelaide, is seeking a Senior Payroll Specialist to deliver end-to-end payroll for about 200 staff across the project.

You will operate weekly payroll under an Enterprise Bargaining Agreement (EBA), manage complex rosters and overtime, ensure legislative compliance, and provide expert payroll guidance within a large infrastructure program.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years’ experience delivering end-to-end payroll.
• Strong knowledge of Australian payroll legislation (Fair Work, superannuation, PAYG).
• Experience interpreting EBAs and awards.
• Proven ability to manage high-volume, complex payrolls with accuracy.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end processing of weekly payroll using Dayforce.
• Process complex payroll transactions including terminations and redundancies.
• Prepare redundancy estimates and final entitlements.
• Maintain payroll overpayment register and coordinate recoveries.
• Perform monthly payroll reconciliations, superannuation and GL reporting.
• Submit superannuation reporting and ensure fund compliance.
• Ensure EBAs and statutory obligations compliance.
• Maintain employee payroll records and timesheets using Kronos or similar.
• Support audits and respond to compliance requests.
• Participate in UAT, system upgrades and process improvements.
• Provide backup guidance to Payroll Advisors.

Skills

End-to-end payroll

Australian payroll legislation

Excel skills

Dayforce payroll system

Stakeholder management

Tools

Dayforce

SAP

Chris21/iChris

ADP

Workday

Kronos

Job description

John Holland, as part of the T2D Alliance delivering the 78 km North-South Corridor in Adelaide, is seeking a Senior Payroll Specialist to deliver end-to-end payroll for about 200 staff across the project.

You will operate weekly payroll under an Enterprise Bargaining Agreement (EBA), manage complex rosters and overtime, ensure legislative compliance, and provide expert payroll guidance within a large infrastructure program.