Senior Payroll Officer - Part Time

Michael Page; Adelaide; On-site; AUD 100,000 - 120,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible part-time working arrangement

Join a growing ASX-listed mining org

Opportunity to shape internal payroll

Collaborative team environment

Job summary

Our client, a highly successful ASX-listed mining and resources organisation, is seeking a Senior Payroll Officer for a flexible part-time role in Australia. You will own payroll administration, ensure accurate payments, and maintain compliance while transitioning the function in-house.

You will coordinate monthly payroll, manage data, support onboarding/offboarding, and liaise with external providers. This is an opportunity to shape the internal payroll capability within a growing company.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a Senior Payroll Officer or similar role.
• Experience with end-to-end payroll processing in Australia.
• Experience managing payroll for a workforce of similar size and complexity.
• Solid understanding of payroll legislation, taxation, superannuation and employment obligations.
• Experience with Employment Hero or transitioning payroll in-house is advantageous.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating with Finance and HR teams.
• High integrity and discretion with confidential information.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate monthly and ad hoc payroll processing, ensuring accuracy and timely payment.
• Manage transition of payroll activities from outsourced to in-house.
• Maintain payroll records, employee files and leave balances with data integrity.
• Support onboarding/offboarding, payroll setup and final pay calculations.
• Provide HR administration support, including leave management and employee queries.
• Liaise with external payroll providers and advisors.
• Ensure compliance with Australian payroll legislation, taxation and superannuation.
• Assist with payroll reconciliations, reporting and audits.
• Identify opportunities to improve payroll processes and controls.
• Support payroll-related projects within finance and HR.

Skills

Senior Payroll Officer

Payroll Specialist

Australian payroll

Attention to detail

Stakeholder management

Independent worker

Confidentiality

Payroll legislations

Employment Hero

Data integrity

Tools

Employment Hero

Job description

• Market leading remuneration

About Our Client

Our client is a highly successful ASX-listed mining and resources organisation experiencing significant growth as it continues to expand its operations and workforce across Australia. With approximately 150 employees and projected headcount growth over the coming years, the business is seeking an experienced Senior Payroll Officer to play a key role in transitioning payroll operations from a partially outsourced model to an internally managed function.

The organisation offers a collaborative and professional culture, strong leadership, and the opportunity to contribute to the development and optimisation of payroll processes during an exciting period of business growth.

Job Description

Reporting into the Finance leadership team and working closely with HR stakeholders, the Senior Payroll Officer will take ownership of payroll administration and processing, ensuring employees are paid accurately and on time while maintaining compliance with all relevant legislative requirements.

This is a part‑time position ideally suited to an experienced payroll professional who can operate autonomously and provide expert payroll support across the organisation.

• Coordinate monthly and ad hoc payroll processing, ensuring accuracy, completeness and timely payment of all employees.
• Manage the transition of payroll activities from a partially outsourced arrangement to an internally managed function.
• Maintain payroll records, employee files and leave balances, ensuring data integrity, accuracy and confidentiality.
• Support onboarding and offboarding activities, including employment documentation, payroll system setup and final pay calculations.
• Provide support across HR administration activities, including leave management, employee record maintenance and responding to employee queries.
• Liaise with external payroll providers, accountants and professional advisors as required.
• Ensure compliance with relevant Australian payroll legislation, taxation requirements, superannuation obligations, awards and employment agreements.
• Assist with payroll reconciliations, reporting and audit requirements.
• Identify opportunities to improve payroll processes, controls and efficiencies as the organisation continues to grow.
• Support finance and HR teams with payroll-related projects and initiatives.

The Successful Applicant

• Proven experience in a Senior Payroll Officer, Payroll Specialist or similar position.
• Strong end‑to‑end payroll processing knowledge within an Australian environment.
• Experience managing payroll for a workforce of similar size and complexity.
• Sound understanding of payroll legislation, taxation, superannuation and employment obligations.
• Experience working with Employment Hero and/or transitioning payroll functions in-house will be highly regarded.
• Exceptional attention to detail and a high degree of accuracy.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work independently while effectively collaborating with finance and HR teams.
• High levels of integrity and discretion when handling confidential employee information.

What's on Offer

• $100,000 - $120,000 + super (pro rata)
• Join a growing ASX-listed mining organisation.
• Opportunity to establish and shape the internal payroll function.
• Flexible part‑time working arrangement.
• Collaborative and supportive team environment.
• Long-term opportunity with a business experiencing significant growth.