The Role:

Our client is a growing, multi-entity professional services group seeking an experienced Payroll Team Lead to join its centralised payroll function on a fixed-term basis through to June 2027.

Reporting to the Group Payroll Manager, you will take ownership of day-to-day payroll operations, act as a senior escalation point and provide guidance to a four-person offshore payroll team.

With payrolls operating across multiple entities and systems, this is an opportunity to step into a genuinely complex environment where strong payroll knowledge, organisation and problem-solving skills will make an immediate impact.

Key Responsibilities:

• Oversee the end-to-end delivery of fortnightly and monthly payrolls across multiple payrolls;

• Provide day-to-day leadership, guidance and technical support to the offshore payroll team;

• Monitor payroll progress, deadlines, exceptions, approvals and outstanding actions;

• Review payroll outputs, reconciliations and exceptions and drive issues through to resolution;

• Act as a senior escalation point for complex payroll and operational queries;

• Identify payroll risks and issues early and proactively address them;

• Maintain strong payroll controls, checklists, reconciliations and compliance processes; and

• Build strong relationships with HR, Finance, managers and broader business stakeholders.

About You:

• Strong end-to-end Australian payroll experience in a Senior Payroll Officer or Team Lead capacity;

• Experience leading, coordinating or mentoring a payroll team;

• Strong knowledge of Australian payroll legislation and compliance;

• Experience working across multiple entities, payrolls or business units;

• Strong reconciliation, controls and exception-management experience;

• Excellent problem-solving skills with a strong sense of ownership and follow-through;

• Highly organised, with the ability to manage competing deadlines;

• Confident communicating with HR, Finance and senior stakeholders; and

• Exposure to acquisitions, payroll transitions or implementations is highly regarded.

What’s on offer:

• $120,000–$130,000 + Super;

• Fixed-term contract through to June 2027;

• CBD location with 3 days per week in the office;

• Senior position within a centralised and growing payroll function;

• Opportunity to lead an offshore payroll team;

• Exposure to a complex, multi-entity payroll environment; and

• Opportunity to contribute to payroll standardisation and process improvement.

How to Apply

For more information or a confidential discussion please click to reveal the contact details for Aleks Dabek at u&u aleks.dabek@uandu.com or via phone 0406 750 101 quoting reference number 46466.

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