Payroll Specialist

What's the role

As a Payroll Specialist, you will play a critical role in ensuring accurate and timely payroll operations while maintaining compliance and driving continuous improvement. This position requires strong technical expertise, attention to detail, and the ability to collaborate effectively with multiple stakeholders across the business. This is an exciting time to join the team as we implement a new payroll processing system, you will be actively involved in testing and supporting the successful rollout of this transformation.

What you'll be doing

• Payroll Processing: Solving issues and errors that blocks the payroll run from completion.
• Reconciliation & Compliance: Manage reconciliation processes and associated reporting, ensuring compliance with Shell FCM controls. Oversee posting to Finance and timely execution of third-party payments, including bank file balancing.
• Regulatory Updates: Monitor Australian statutory and legal changes (e.g., STP Reporting, Payroll Tax, Superannuation) and work with Country Payroll Managers to implement system adjustments.
• Audit & Risk Management: Support self-audit activities, ensuring operational effectiveness and compliance with directives and regulations.
• Continuous Improvement: Lead initiatives to improve processes, reduce costs, and enhance performance. Maintain project schedules and documentation for assigned CI projects.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with senior local stakeholders, regulators, and tax authorities. Provide guidance to HR policy teams and HR Operations on process clarifications.
• Record Management: Ensure payroll records and control files are properly retained in line with Group Record Management standards.
• Employee Support: Respond to employee queries via Salesforce within SLA requirements.
• Change Implementation: Actively support changes impacting Australian payroll, including the Global Payroll Strategy.

What you bring

• Extensive experience in in-country payroll operations with strong knowledge of Australian legislation.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and working knowledge of SAP HR/Payroll systems (testing experience is a plus).
• Strong planning and organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Proven track record of driving service excellence and process improvements.
• Exceptional attention to detail and commitment to accuracy.
• Solid project management skills, including planning, execution, and stakeholder coordination.
• Excellent interpersonal and analytical skills with a collaborative, solution-oriented mindset.
• Fluent in English, both written and verbal.

APPLICATION PERIOD WILL RUN UNTIL NOVEMBER 27.

What we offer

You bring your skills and experience to Shell and in return you work with talented, committed people on one of the most important challenges facing our planet. You'll have the opportunity to develop the skills you need to grow in an environment where we value honesty, integrity, and respect for one another. You'll be able to balance your priorities as you become the best version of yourself.

• Progress as a person as we work on the energy transition together.
• Continuously grow the transferable skills you need to get ahead.
• Work at the forefront of technology, trends, and practices.
• Collaborate with experienced colleagues with unique expertise.
• Achieve your balance in a values-led culture that encourages you to be the best version of yourself.
• Benefit from flexible working hours, and the possibility of remote/mobile working.
• Perform at your best with a competitive starting salary and annual performance-related salary increase – our pay and benefits packages are considered to be among the best in the world.
• Take advantage of paid parental leave, including for non-birthing parents.
• Join an organisation working to become one of the most diverse and inclusive in the world. We strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientation, and life experiences to apply.
• Grow as you progress through diverse career opportunities in national and
• international teams.
• Gain access to a wide range of training and development programmes.

Note: We are keen to support flexible working arrangements, subject to local regulations and legislative frameworks. If this is of interest to you, please describe in your application the type of flexible working arrangements for which you would like to be considered (e.g., part-time, job share).

We'd like you to know that Shell has a bold goal: to become one of the world's most diverse and inclusive companies. You can get to know more about how we're working towards that goal, click here.

We are committed to attracting a broader and more diverse pool of candidates. If this position doesn't feel like the perfect fit for your qualifications right now, we'd still love to hear from you. Consider creating a profile in our Talent Community so we can keep you in mind for future opportunities that may align with your skills.

Shell in Australia

Shell has operated in Australia since 1901. From operating Australia's first oil refinery, which was central to meeting Australia's fuel needs, to fuelling the first Qantas commercial flight in the 1920s, to playing a foundation role in building some of Australia's largest and most innovative natural resource developments.

Throughout this 124-year relationship the needs of our customers and the nation have changed and we have continued transforming our portfolio to meet these needs. Today, we are a leading natural gas producer and are playing our part in the transition to a low-carbon future by investing in the power sector, renewable energy sources and carbon abatement activities.

Shell has a significant Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) business in Australia that makes a valuable contribution to today's energy supply. This integrated gas portfolio includes our two Shell-operated gas production and liquefaction businesses, Shell QGC in Queensland and Prelude Floating LNG offshore in Western Australia, and our joint venture interests in Gorgon and North West Shelf in Western Australia and Arrow Energy in Queensland.

Today, Shell's portfolio in Australia also includes zero- and low-carbon energy businesses such as commercial and industrial retailer, Shell Energy carbon farming specialist, Select Carbon the 120MW Gangarri solar development; residential energy retailer, Powershop Australia a 49% stake in WestWind Australia a 50% share of Kondinin Energy and several grid-scale Battery Energy Storage Solutions projects. High quality Shell branded fuels and lubricants are available right across Australia, through an exclusive brand license arrangement with Viva Energy.