SENIOR PAYROLL OFFICER - $110/130K + SUPER - FLEX ENVIRONMENT - ADELAIDE, CBD

Absolute Payroll; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remuneration negotiable

Flexible hours

Supportive team culture

Central CBD location

Job summary

Absolute Payroll in Adelaide's CBD seeks a Senior Payroll Officer to own end-to-end payroll, ensure accuracy, and keep processes audit-ready. You will operate in a small team delivering timely payroll and reporting across weekly, monthly, quarterly, and year-end cycles.

This role offers a 3‑month initial contract with a strong potential for permanency, with 5 days in the office and highly flexible hours. Experience with ADP is a bonus, and you will liaise with stakeholders and support compliance.

Qualifications

• End-to-end payroll processing experience in a corporate or consulting environment.
• Ability to deliver accurate payroll and improve reconciliation processes.
• Strong knowledge of payroll taxation, superannuation, and year-end reporting.
• Experience supporting audits and liaising with external bodies.
• Mentor junior staff and promote best practice.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end payroll processing for a small team (3 people).
• Prepare weekly, monthly, quarterly and year-end payroll reports.
• Handle month-end and year-end reconciliations between payroll and finance systems.
• Deliver payroll tax filings, superannuation, and year-end reporting.
• Support internal and external audits and liaise with auditors.
• Mentor and support junior payroll staff and promote best practice.
• Monitor payroll legislation changes and communicate updates to stakeholders.
• Contribute to process improvements and general finance admin.

Skills

End-to-end payroll

Reconciliations

Audits

Payroll taxation

Superannuation

Reporting

Mentoring

Tools

ADP

Job description

SENIOR PAYROLL OFFICER - $110/130K + SUPER - FLEX ENVIRONMENT - ADELAIDE, CBD

Are you a payroll professional who thrives on accuracy, loves a good reconciliation and knows how to keep a business audit-ready without breaking a sweat? This could be your next move. Our client is a leading global consultancy behind some of Australia's most significant infrastructure projects. They're now looking for an experienced Payroll or Senior Payroll Officer to own end-to-end payroll and be the trusted go-to for all things pay, compliance, and reporting. This is an initial 3 months fixed‑term contract with a very high chance of permanency.

Excellent Bens:

• Fantastic remuneration package (and negotiable)
• Although they do require 5 days in office, they offer highly flexible working hours (as an example, 9-2 then finish at home) — perfect for school runs and other activities
• Highly supportive and stable team culture — they don't recruit often
• A role where your payroll expertise is genuinely valued, not just processed
• Excellent central CBD location, close to transport

Nuts & Bolts

• Working in a team of 3, managing end-to-end payroll processing, ensuring accurate and on‑time payroll cycles (ADP experience a bonus, not essential)
• Prepare weekly, monthly, quarterly and year-end management reports
• Handle month-end and year-end reconciliations between payroll and finance systems
• Deliver payroll tax filings, superannuation, and year-end reporting
• Support internal and external audits, liaising with agencies and auditors as needed
• Mentor and support junior payroll staff, promoting best practice
• Keep the business ahead of payroll legislation changes and communicate updates to stakeholders
• Get involved in process improvement and general finance admin as needed