Strategic Payroll Governance & Compliance Consultant

Kirra Services Pty Ltd; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Kirra Services is seeking a Payroll Specialist to partner with People & Culture, Legal, Finance, and SAP HR teams to ensure accurate payroll outcomes and strong governance in a fast-paced environment. You will lead remediation, investigations, and process improvements across payroll, aligning with risk controls and operational excellence.

The role requires SAP payroll expertise, strong analytical skills, and the ability to influence senior stakeholders while delivering exceptional payroll

Qualifications

• Payroll experience in a complex corporate environment.
• Strong SAP or similar systems experience.
• Payroll reconciliations proficiency.
• Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to interpret complex information for accurate outcomes.
• User acceptance testing knowledge and skills.
• Strong MS Office literacy, especially Excel.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders.
• Strong time management with multiple priorities.
• Experience with HR solutions and tools supporting HR products and strategy.
• Focus on operational excellence and customer-centric delivery.
• Ability to work autonomously when needed.
• Tertiary education in Business, Finance, CS or related discipline.

Responsibilities

• Complete investigations and reconciliations of payroll data and information.
• Deliver payroll remediation, reconciliation and investigations.
• Investigate and resolve payroll issues raised by colleagues and internal channels.
• Apply payroll subject matter expertise to remediation outcomes.
• Gather requirements from legislative or business changes to payroll processes.
• Assist with developing payroll processes and procedures.
• Review, design and improve payroll processes and systems.
• Deliver payroll activities with internal partners and stakeholders.
• Align payroll activities with Operational Excellence projects and P&C function.
• Work with P&C teams to ensure accurate payroll content and great user experience.
• Identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities.
• Maintain risk controls and adhere to policies and procedures.

Skills

Payroll

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder influence

MS Excel

Communication skills

UAT knowledge

Time management

Education

Tertiary education in Business/Finance/CS

Tools

SAP

HRIS

Excel

Job description

Kirra Services is seeking a Payroll Specialist to partner with People & Culture, Legal, Finance, and SAP HR teams to ensure accurate payroll outcomes and strong governance in a fast-paced environment. You will lead remediation, investigations, and process improvements across payroll, aligning with risk controls and operational excellence.

The role requires SAP payroll expertise, strong analytical skills, and the ability to influence senior stakeholders while delivering exceptional payroll