Senior Payroll Lead

3 days ago


Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Appreciating Talent Full time
Unlock Your Potential as a Senior Payroll Lead

We are seeking an experienced and accomplished Senior Payroll Lead to join our team in Sydney. As a key member of our payroll department, you will be responsible for leading a team of Payroll Officers in delivering high-quality, efficient, and effective payroll processing and transactional services across the business.

About the Role:
  • Lead a team of Payroll Officers to process and execute fortnightly payroll efficiently and effectively on time, every time.
  • Ensure that appropriate sign-offs for any and all pay runs are documented, saved, and circulated. Utilise Paytools, to ensure a complete and well-governed sign-off every pay run.
  • A strong advocate of Workday HCM, partner with HR Services Manager to ensure systems are synced and data is accurate across both systems.
  • Responsible for team performance by using metrics, benchmarks and SLAs. A strong advocate of ServiceNow and associated performance dashboards.
  • Provide advice, mentoring, and coaching to Payroll Officers in order to develop their skills and abilities in the role.
  • Interpret awards/agreements and contracts in order to provide advice to Payroll Officers and staff.

The ideal candidate will have substantial payroll experience in a large organisation (2,000 employees+), including end-to-end payroll processing. They will also have a proven ability to understand and interpret payroll legislation and processes, including tax and superannuation.

Your Benefits:
  • A competitive base salary of $150,000 + 17% superannuation.
  • A generous work-from-home balance of 3 days per fortnight in the office, with the remaining time as work from home.
  • A small bonus scheme plus ongoing training and development opportunities.


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