Payroll Project Officer

Our client is seeking an experienced Payroll Specialist to join their team on a high-impact 6-month temporary assignment, with the potential for extension. This role is crucial for managing complex payroll processes, compliance, and detailed reconciliations. This opportunity offers excellent flexibility with 2 days working from home per week.

About the Role

This is a hands-on role focusing on the end-to-end processing of complex payroll events and ensuring absolute compliance and data integrity. Key responsibilities include:

• Complex Payroll Processing: Managing and administering all payroll aspects related to complex employee lifecycle changes and transitions.
• Calculation Expertise: Accurately calculating complex final entitlements, special payments, and ensuring strict associated regulatory and tax compliance.
• Query Resolution: Serving as the subject matter expert to solve complex payroll queries from employees and stakeholders.
• Reconciliation & Compliance: Performing detailed reconciliations of leave balances and ensuring strict adherence to tax compliance regulations.
• Data Integrity: Investigating and resolving data issues across multiple payroll and HR systems.

About You

• Experience: 3-5 years of experience operating as a Senior Payroll Officer or similar capacity.
• Mandatory Expertise: Proven, hands-on experience managing and processing employee lifecycle changes, and associated tax compliance.
• Reconciliation Skills: Strong demonstrable experience in all forms of payroll reconciliation (including leave and general ledger).
• Excel Proficiency: Intermediate to Advanced Excel skills (e.g., VLOOKUPs, Pivot Tables) for data analysis and complex calculations.
• Communication: Excellent communication and problem-solving skills to effectively liaise with HRPBs and resolve queries.

• Prior working knowledge of Workday (HRIS) and PayGlobal (Payroll System) is a definite advantage.

The Benefits

• 6-Month Temporary Assignment with scope for extension.
• Excellent work-life balance with 2 days per week working from home.
• Opportunity to utilise complex payroll and compliance expertise in a senior, high-impact role.

If you are an experienced Payroll Specialist with a passion for accuracy and efficiency, we invite you to apply. For any queries regarding this role or other opportunities within the payroll function, you can reach out to patrick.collins@randstad.com.au, or call 0483 154 427 for a confidential discussion.

At Randstad, we are passionate about providing equal employment opportunities and embracing diversity to the benefit of all. We actively encourage applications from any background.