Payroll Specialist | 6-Month Contract | East Fairfield

Join a national business during a critical stabilisation phase and play a key role in fixing, streamlining, and managing payroll operations. Reporting to the Head of People & Culture and partnering closely with finance, this is a hands-on role with real impact.

The Opportunity:

• Take ownership of payroll across multiple pay cycles (weekly, fortnightly, monthly)
• Unpack and stabilise payroll processes, identify risks, and implement improvements.
• Configure and optimise Xero payroll and Deputy time & attendance systems.
• Manage awards, allowances, overtime, and unionised workforce complexities.
• Ensure compliance across payroll tax, workers comp, and reporting.
• Partner with P&C and Finance to improve segregation of duties, approvals, and accuracy.
• Support remediation work, including back pay and error corrections, with confidentiality and precision.

What You’ll Bring:

• Proven payroll experience in complex, blue-collar environments.
• Strong understanding of industrial instruments, awards, OT, and allowances.
• Hands-on system skills in Xero (payroll) and Deputy (time & attendance) preferred.
• Process-driven mindset with the ability to streamline, automate, and implement controls.
• Detail-oriented, resilient, and comfortable working through manual processes while building improvements.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to partner across HR, Finance, and Operations.

Why This Role?

• $120k–$130k + super, 6-month contract with potential to extend.
• Immediate impact: fix payroll issues, stabilise processes, and ensure employees are paid correctly.
• Full-time in office presence initially, with flexibility possible once systems are stabilised.
• Opportunity to shape payroll processes and influence long-term improvements.

Apply now via the link to take on a high-impact payroll role where your expertise can make an immediate difference.