Senior Payroll Officer

AccountAbility Recruitment; Central Coast Council; On-site; AUD 109,000 - 146,000; Part time

Job summary

AccountAbility Recruitment is seeking a Senior Payroll Officer for a 6-week contract based at Somersby on the Central Coast. The role is a hands-on, stand-alone payroll position covering ~120 employees on weekly/fortnightly cycles.

The successful candidate will own the payroll, investigate discrepancies, and apply awards/EA rules with strong Excel and reporting skills. Immediate start and onsite with some WFH flexibility.

Qualifications

• Strong end-to-end Australian payroll experience.
• Excellent Excel skills and reporting ability.
• Experience with Awards/Enterprise Agreements.
• Sound understanding of Australian payroll legislation.
• High attention to detail and accuracy.

Responsibilities

• End-to-end weekly and fortnightly payroll processing.
• Process payroll for approximately 120 employees.
• Reviewing electronic timesheets and payroll exceptions.
• Working across multiple EBAs and Awards.
• Interpreting and applying payroll legislation and employee entitlements.
• New starters, terminations and redundancy calculations.
• PAYG, superannuation, leave and leave loading.
• Payroll reconciliations and job costing.
• Payroll tax and statutory reporting.
• Responding to payroll queries from employees and managers.
• Identifying discrepancies and investigating unusual payroll data.
• Payroll reporting and Excel-based analysis.
• Providing additional finance support where required.

Skills

Payroll processing

Australian payroll

Excel skills

Awards/EA knowledge

Reconciliation

Reporting

Attention to detail

Autonomy

Tools

Excel

Job description

Senior Payroll Officer | 6 week Contract | Central Coast

An established Australian organisation within the infrastructure and construction sector is seeking an experienced Senior Payroll Officer to provide interim support for a 6 week annual leave cover.

Based at the organisation's Somersby head office, this is a hands-on, standalone payroll position responsible for approximately 120 employees across weekly payrolls.

This role would suit an experienced Senior Payroll Officer who enjoys taking ownership of their payroll, investigating discrepancies and working through exceptions rather than simply processing what's put in front of them.

The Role

• End-to-end weekly and fortnightly payroll processing
• Processing payroll for approximately 120 employees
• Reviewing electronic timesheets and payroll exceptions
• Working across multiple EBAs and Awards
• Interpreting and applying payroll legislation and employee entitlements
• New starters, terminations and redundancy calculations
• PAYG, superannuation, leave and leave loading
• Payroll reconciliations and job costing
• Payroll tax and statutory reporting
• Responding to payroll queries from employees and managers
• Identifying discrepancies and investigating unusual payroll data
• Payroll reporting and Excel-based analysis
• Providing additional finance support where required

About You

We are looking for someone who brings:

• Strong end-to-end Australian payroll experience
• Strong Excel skills
• Experience working with Awards and/or Enterprise Agreements
• Sound understanding of Australian payroll legislation
• Strong reconciliation and reporting capability
• An enquiring and investigative approach to payroll
• Confidence questioning information and following up discrepancies
• High attention to detail and accuracy
• The ability to work autonomously and take ownership of a payroll function

Experience within construction, manufacturing, infrastructure or another award/EBA-driven environment would be advantageous, although not essential.

What's On Offer?

• 6 week contract
• Immediate / next week start
• Somersby location
• Free onsite parking
• Stable, established Australian organisation
• Standalone position with support from Finance and HR
• Predominantly office-based with occasional flexibility to work from home