Senior Payroll Lead: SAP, Compliance & Process Improvement

Ambition Recruitment; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Permanent role

Career progression

Job summary

Ambition Recruitment in Sydney is seeking an experienced Senior Payroll Specialist to manage end-to-end payroll processing, ensure compliance and interpret complex Awards and Enterprise Agreements. This hands-on role offers leadership exposure and mentorship of junior staff while contributing to process improvements.

This role involves SAP-supported payroll, STP/PAYG compliance, and collaboration with payroll leadership. A two-day hybrid work week is available in a growing payroll function.

Qualifications

• 8+ years end-to-end payroll experience within a complex environment.
• Strong experience interpreting Awards and Enterprise Agreements.
• Strong knowledge of payroll legislation and compliance requirements.
• Excel skills including Pivot Tables and VLOOKUPs.
• SAP experience preferred not essential.

Responsibilities

• End-to-end fortnightly payroll processing.
• Payroll reporting, reconciliations and month-end activities.
• Bank file creation, validation and payroll controls.
• Payroll tax administration and compliance management.
• Interpret and apply multiple Awards and Enterprise Agreements.
• Act as the escalation point for complex payroll queries.
• Troubleshoot payroll system and processing issues.
• Support ongoing compliance obligations including STP, PAYG, Superannuation and Workers Compensation.
• Train, mentor and support junior payroll team members.
• Assist with process improvements, documentation and automation initiatives.
• Support business growth and integration activities as required.

Skills

End-to-end payroll

Compliance

Process improvement

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Excel (Pivot Tables, VLOOKUPs)

Tools

SAP

Job description

Ambition Recruitment in Sydney is seeking an experienced Senior Payroll Specialist to manage end-to-end payroll processing, ensure compliance and interpret complex Awards and Enterprise Agreements. This hands-on role offers leadership exposure and mentorship of junior staff while contributing to process improvements.

This role involves SAP-supported payroll, STP/PAYG compliance, and collaboration with payroll leadership. A two-day hybrid work week is available in a growing payroll function.