Senior Payroll Services Officer

Australian Catholic University; North Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 105,000 - 114,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

17% superannuation

Salary packaging & leave

Job summary

Australian Catholic University (ACU) invites applicants for a Senior Payroll Services Officer to lead the fortnightly payroll production and reconciliation. The role sits in Payroll Services and requires coordinating with a high-performing team to meet critical deadlines, ensuring accurate payments, superannuation handling, and salary packaging.

The position offers hybrid work flexibility at the North Sydney campus and a total remuneration package including competitive superannuation and leave

Qualifications

• Experience in payroll processing and reconciliation.
• Ability to meet deadlines and manage priority tasks.

Responsibilities

• Deliver timely production and reconciliation of ACU's fortnightly payroll.
• Support the Wage Compliance Program and payroll-related matters as directed.

Skills

Senior payroll

Payroll reconciliation

Team collaboration

Job description

Synopsis

Campus Location: North Sydney, Australia

Job No: APTAV109837#003

• Outstanding senior payroll opportunity to deliver timely, accurate production and reconciliation of ACU's fortnightly payroll
• Work alongside a high performing team delivering crucial People & Culture and payroll services
• ACU offers 17% employer superannuation, salary packaging and generous leave provisions
• Full time, fixed term 6 month opportunity with some hybrid flexibility working at North Sydney campus

About the role

Operating within Payroll Services, the Senior Payroll Services Officer supports the delivery of timely, accurate production and reconciliation of ACU's fortnightly payroll. The position will undertake and review a range of records and processes relied upon for payroll processing, organisational reporting and workflow to other university systems. The Senior Payroll Services Officer manages, organises and prioritises tasks involved in the cyclical payroll processes from commencement to closure ensuring that activities and processes are completed to support all payments, superannuation and salary packaging as well as deduction monies generated, reconciled and deposited within established deadlines. Responsibilities also include achieving critical fortnightly, monthly, quarterly, biannual and annual deadlines. The position will also support the Wage Compliance Program with payroll related matters as directed by the National Manager - Payroll Services.

For full position details, refer to the position description

Contact

General enquiries can be sent to Dipak Pandey, National Manager - Payroll Services at: [e-mail]

What we offer

• The University pursues an excellence agenda and offers an environment where staff are welcomed and safe, and valued through development, participation and involvement.
• Total remuneration valued to $124,509 - $134,699 total rem (pro rata) pa, including salary component $105,212 - $113,823 (pro rata) pa (HEW 7), employer contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading.
• 17% employer superannuation contributions to eligible continuing and fixed-term staff.
• Annual leave loading of an equivalent to 17.5% of four weeks' salary pro rata payable, dependent on your commencement date.
• As an ACU staff member, you will have access to generous benefits which include but not limited to: flexible work, study leave, a variety of leave provisions and salary packaging. Find out more information about the benefits or working at ACU here .

Applications close: 01-NOV-2026 at 11:59pm AUS Eastern Standard Time

Preferred candidates will be required to complete mandatory pre-employment declarations and background checks, including those related to gender-based violence and foreign interference, in line with ACU's compliance requirements.

Candidates must hold Australian work rights to apply for this position. For permanent/ continuing roles, applicants must have permanent work rights. For further information visit Immigration and Citizenship(homeaffairs.gov.au)

Your Privacy of personal information is maintained in accordance with ACU policy. For more details visit: www.acu.edu.au/careers

ACU is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace culture that values diversity and enables our people to reach their potential. This is underpinned by our mission and values, grounded in our respect for all people and the advancement of the common good. In line with our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion we welcome candidates from all backgrounds and lived experiences. ACU is recognised as a Veteran Employment Supporter and veterans are encouraged to apply. ACU offers support for candidates that may require adjustments through the recruitment process. Please contact [e-mail] to discuss your requirements in confidence.

About ACU

Australian Catholic University (ACU) is a publicly funded university whose teaching, research and service is shaped by the vision of flourishing lives, thriving communities, and a more ethical future for our world. ACU has more than 2,500 staff and 34,000 students across eight campuses: Ballarat, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, North Sydney, Strathfield, Blacktown and Rome.

ACU draws on the Catholic intellectual tradition which values human reason and welcomes everyone regardless of their faith, cultural tradition or circumstances. ACU invites all staff - both academic and professional - to embrace, and to support in ways meaningful to them, its mission to respect the dignity of every human person, to seek knowledge and to advance the common good.

ACU does not accept candidate applications submitted by external recruitment agencies through the ACU careers website.