Senior Payroll Officer

Searson Buck Group; Hobart; On-site; AUD 55,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working arrangement

Central Hobart CBD location

Payroll remediation project

Job summary

Hays in Hobart is seeking an experienced Payroll Specialist for a six-month term to support a large organisation’s payroll operations. The role focuses on hands-on payroll processing, data remediation, and long service leave calculations within a complex historical dataset.

Based in the Hobart CBD, you will tackle line-by-line data issues, coordinate remediation payments, and ensure compliance with legislative and award requirements while engaging with internal stakeholders to validate outcomes.

Qualifications

• Experience as payroll specialist in a medium to large organisation.
• Experience with data remediation and complex legacy data.
• Strong numerical skills and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• End-to-end payroll processing support within a complex environment.
• Investigating and resolving payroll data issues.
• Performing long service leave, remediation and redundancy calculations.
• Working through fragmented or incomplete payroll data, applying detailed line-by-line calculations.
• Supporting remediation payments and corrections in line with legislative and award requirements.
• Liaising with internal stakeholders to validate payroll data and outcomes.
• Ensuring accuracy, compliance and attention to detail across all payroll outcomes.

Skills

Payroll processing

Data remediation

Long service leave calculations

Issue resolution

Job description

Payroll Specialist

7000 Hobart Hays

Job Description

Experienced Payroll Specialist required for a 6‑month contract, based in the Hobart CBD.

Your new company
A well‑established, large and complex organisation is seeking an experienced Payroll Specialist to join their finance team on a temporary basis. This role has been created to provide hands‑on payroll support, with a strong focus on data remediation and long service leave remediation calculations. Based in the Hobart CBD, this opportunity will suit an experienced payroll professional who enjoys working through complex historical data and applying detailed, line‑by‑line calculations to resolve payroll issues.

Your new role
You will be responsible for:

• End‑to‑end payroll processing support within a complex environment
• Investigating and resolving payroll data issues
• Performing long service leave, remediation and redundancy calculations
• Working through fragmented or incomplete payroll data, applying detailed line‑by‑line calculations
• Supporting remediation payments and corrections in line with legislative and award requirements
• Liaising with internal stakeholders to validate payroll data and outcomes
• Ensuring accuracy, compliance and attention to detail across all payroll outcomes

What you'll need to succeed

• Strong hands‑on payroll processing experience in a medium to large organisation
• Demonstrated experience with payroll remediation
• Proven ability to work through complex or incomplete historical payroll data
• Experience calculating long service leave entitlements and remediation
• High attention to detail and strong numeracy skills
• A methodical, analytical approach to problem solving
• WWVP is a must

What you'll get in return

• Competitive hourly rate
• Flexible working arrangement: full‑time or 0.8 FTE
• Central Hobart CBD location
• Opportunity to contribute to a meaningful payroll remediation project within a large organisation

35 Melville St Hobart 7000 TAS, 413 Canterbury Rd Surrey Hills 3127 VIC, 40 Innovation Dve (Tech 2 Ground) Dowsing Point 7010 TAS

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Contract

6‑Month Fixed Term Contract | ASAP Start | Lead Complex Payroll Operations Within a Community‑Focused Org