Senior Payroll Lead - Hybrid, EA Expertise, Path to Manager

Dowsing; Perth; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working arrangements

Job summary

Dowsing Group is seeking an experienced Senior Payroll Officer to manage end-to-end payroll for Australia and New Zealand staff from our Maddington base. The role supports awards and enterprise agreements and sits within a growing finance team.

The successful candidate will drive a transformation from Vista to ELMO/Employment Hero, with potential to progress to Payroll Manager and broaden payroll governance across the group.

Qualifications

• At least 7 years’ experience in end-to-end payroll in a medium sized business.
• Confidence in interpreting awards and EAs, and an ability to build effective relationships and problem solve.
• 1 to 2 years’ experience supporting a payroll system implementation and/or deep payroll systems experience with ELMO and/or Employment Hero.
• Strong communication skills and a collaborative, detail-oriented approach.

Responsibilities

• Oversee end-to-end payroll for Australian and New Zealand staff, ensuring accuracy across awards and agreements.
• Support a payroll system implementation and system enhancements, with the aim of a future Payroll Manager role.
• Collaborate with finance and HR to build strong working relationships and resolve payroll issues promptly.

Skills

End-to-end payroll

Awards interpretation

Interpersonal communication

Payroll system implementation

Team collaboration

Tools

ELMO

Employment Hero

Vista by Viewpoint

KeyPay

Job description

Dowsing Group is seeking an experienced Senior Payroll Officer to manage end-to-end payroll for Australia and New Zealand staff from our Maddington base. The role supports awards and enterprise agreements and sits within a growing finance team.

The successful candidate will drive a transformation from Vista to ELMO/Employment Hero, with potential to progress to Payroll Manager and broaden payroll governance across the group.