Senior Payroll Officer | circa $120,000 to $140,000 package equivalent

ThompsonCook | We Only Do Accounting; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

ThompsonCook | We Only Do Accounting is seeking an experienced Senior Payroll Officer to lead payroll delivery on a high-profile project across a large corporate environment. You will oversee offshore resources, perform QA on payroll runs, and handle complex terminations and redundancy payments to support a tight project timeline.

You will collaborate with the Project Payroll Manager and key stakeholders, ensuring accuracy, compliance and timely delivery while maintaining robust payroll controls

Qualifications

• End-to-end payroll experience in a large, complex corporate environment.
• Senior or supervisory payroll experience, including offshore resources.
• Experience with complex terminations and redundancy payments.
• Strong payroll technical knowledge with QA skills.
• Hands-on SAP SuccessFactors and ECP experience.
• Strong communication and stakeholder collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate payroll activities across an allocated business unit.
• Oversee offshore project payroll resources and ensure timely deliverables.
• Perform quality assurance across payroll calculations for complex terminations.
• Process complex termination and redundancy payments accurately.
• Identify and resolve payroll discrepancies and manage risks.
• Maintain payroll controls and meet tight deadlines.

Skills

Payroll leadership

Quality assurance

Offshore coordination

Termination/Redundancy payments

Stakeholder communication

Project delivery

Tools

SAP SuccessFactors

Employee Central Payroll (ECP)

Job description

Senior Payroll Officer | circa $120,000 to $140,000 package equivalent

• Highly confidential, large-scale restructure project | 4-6-month contract
• Oversee project payroll delivery, offshore resources and quality assurance

• Highly confidential, large-scale restructure project | 4-6-month contract
• Oversee project payroll delivery, offshore resources and quality assurance
• SAP SuccessFactors experience essential

The Opportunity

We are partnering with a large corporate organisation on a highly confidential project supporting a significant business restructure.

This is an opportunity for an experienced Senior Payroll Officer to support payroll delivery across a complex project, working closely with the Project Payroll Manager, offshore payroll resources and key business stakeholders to ensure all payroll deliverables are completed accurately and within tight timeframes.

You will play a key role in overseeing offshore payroll resources, providing quality assurance and processing complex termination and redundancy payments to support the successful execution of the project.

The Challenge

Reporting to the Payroll Project Manager, your key responsibilities will include the following:

• Coordinate payroll activities across an allocated business unit, working closely with the Project Payroll Manager and key stakeholders
• Oversee and support offshore project payroll resources, ensuring deliverables are accurate and completed within agreed timelines
• Perform quality assurance across payroll calculations, with a particular focus on complex terminations and redundancy payments
• Process complex termination and redundancy calculations and payments, ensuring accuracy and compliance
• Identify and resolve payroll discrepancies, escalating issues and managing risks where required
• Maintain strong payroll controls and ensure all project deliverables are completed within tight deadlines

The Expertise

Please consider expressing interest in this position if you possess the following:

• Proven experience processing end-to-end payroll within a large, complex corporate environment
• Previous senior or supervisory experience within a large payroll function, ideally overseeing offshore payroll resources
• Demonstrated experience processing complex terminations, redundancy payments and associated entitlements
• Strong technical payroll knowledge, with the ability to perform detailed quality assurance and resolve complex payroll issues
• Hands-on experience with SAP SuccessFactors and Employee Central Payroll (ECP)
• Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate with project teams and business stakeholders