Senior Payroll Lead - Hybrid, Australia & NZ

Real Pet Food Company; Crows Nest; Hybrid; AUD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Anniversary day off

Product discounts

Volunteering days

Novated leases

Rewards program

Parental leave

Job summary

Real Pet Food Company is hiring a Senior Payroll Officer to own end-to-end payroll across Australia and New Zealand, ensuring accuracy, timeliness and compliance with Awards and legislation. This role sits within the People & Capability team and reports to the Head of Remuneration & Benefits.

You will drive payroll governance, time & attendance, and partner with leaders to automate processes as we transition from a managed service to an in-house UKG Ready solution.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in a senior payroll role across complex multi-site environments.
• Experience with Modern Awards and Enterprise Agreements and intricate pay rules.
• Knowledge of STP, superannuation, payroll tax and workers compensation.
• Experience managing payroll across Australia and New Zealand.
• Proficiency with Time & Attendance systems and UKG Ready.

Responsibilities

• End-to-end weekly, monthly and out-of-cycle payrolls for AU/NZ in line with legislation and awards.
• Payroll governance, compliance, and payroll tax, superannuation and leave obligations.
• Interpret and apply Awards/Enterprise Agreements in time & attendance & payroll systems.
• Lead time & attendance improvements and accurate pay calculations with operational leaders.
• Payroll reconciliations, reporting, audits and data integrity across Finance & P&C.

Skills

Payroll administration

Advanced Excel

Australian payroll

NZ payroll

Time & Attendance

Tools

UKG Ready

Payroll Metrics

Job description

Real Pet Food Company is hiring a Senior Payroll Officer to own end-to-end payroll across Australia and New Zealand, ensuring accuracy, timeliness and compliance with Awards and legislation. This role sits within the People & Capability team and reports to the Head of Remuneration & Benefits.

You will drive payroll governance, time & attendance, and partner with leaders to automate processes as we transition from a managed service to an in-house UKG Ready solution.