Senior Payroll Team Lead - End-to-End Australia Payroll

Asuria Australia; Willoughby; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Access to career development

15 weeks parental leave

Bonus leave days

Salary sacrificing for super & novated

Employee discount program

Job summary

Asuria Australia is seeking an experienced Payroll Manager to lead end-to-end payroll for multiple entities in Australia. You will work closely with the People & Culture team on onboarding and terminations, ensuring timely and accurate payroll processing while managing compliance and risk.

The role requires hands-on leadership, deep knowledge of Australian payroll rules, and a track record of delivering accurate payroll in a high-volume environment.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years processing end to end high volume payroll experience in a mid to large organization.
• Demonstrated experience managing payroll operations while remaining hands-on with payroll processing.
• Strong understanding of Australian payroll legislation, awards and employment conditions.
• Previous experience leading or supervising a payroll team.
• Solid understanding of payroll processing and practices including fortnightly payrolls, PAYG, Payroll Tax, Workcover, Superannuation and termination payments.
• Solid understanding of relevant industry awards and contracts.
• Strong attention to detail especially with payroll.
• Solid Microsoft Office skills including advanced Excel skills.
• Ability to develop ad hoc reports when required.

Responsibilities

• Perform and oversee end-to-end payroll process across cycles for multiple entities.
• Partner with P&C team on employee movements, onboarding & termination process.
• Escalate significant compliance, financial or operational risks to the Financial Controller.
• Ensure payroll is processed accurately, efficiently and within deadlines.
• Plan and allocate team workloads to meet payroll deadlines and service requirements.
• Prepare and lodge quarterly returns with state wise PLSA.
• Process superannuation payments as per payday legislation.
• Support internal and external payroll audits and respond to audit requirements.

Skills

Payroll processing

End-to-end payroll

Australian payroll legislation

Leading payroll team

Fortnightly payrolls

PAYG

Payroll Tax

Workcover

Superannuation

Termination payments

Awards & contracts

Attention to detail

Advanced Excel

Ad hoc reporting

Tools

Excel

Job description

Asuria Australia is seeking an experienced Payroll Manager to lead end-to-end payroll for multiple entities in Australia. You will work closely with the People & Culture team on onboarding and terminations, ensuring timely and accurate payroll processing while managing compliance and risk.

The role requires hands-on leadership, deep knowledge of Australian payroll rules, and a track record of delivering accurate payroll in a high-volume environment.