Top Payroll Jobs in Sydney

Coordinates HR administration and payroll for employee onboarding, lifecycle changes, offboarding, payroll adjustments, time and attendance verification, reconciliations, compliance reporting, workers’ compensation, and HR projects. The role maintains employee records, supports managers and stores, administers HR policies and employment documentation, manages payroll vendors, and collaborates with HR, accounting, and payroll stakeholders across Australia and New Zealand.

Provides day-to-day ANZ payroll operations, ensuring accurate and timely payments, statutory compliance, reconciliations, employee record maintenance, and resolution of payroll queries. Maintains payroll documentation, supports month- and year-end processing, manages vendor relationships, and assists with payroll system migrations. The role also requires monitoring regulatory changes and safeguarding confidential employee information.

Manage end-to-end Australian and New Zealand payroll, including validations, approvals, reconciliations, legislative compliance, deductions, lifecycle actions, and audit support. Provide payroll system and legislation expertise, resolve complex queries, mentor payroll officers, partner with Finance and HR, safeguard employee data, and lead process improvements and automation.

Supports payroll compliance engagements by analyzing payroll and timekeeping data, identifying wage discrepancies, developing SQL, Python, and Excel models, and delivering wage remediation projects. Responsibilities include data ingestion, recalculation, validation, reconciliation, reporting, visualization, technical documentation, client collaboration, and translating legal and business requirements into data specifications. The role also contributes to project planning, team leadership, proposals, and business development.

Provides People and Culture expertise supporting payroll compliance, including validating employment and payroll data in PeopleSoft, reviewing policies, identifying discrepancies and risks, coordinating HR and Finance stakeholders, liaising with employees, and maintaining audit-ready records. The role supports compliance improvements, investigations, governance, and reliable project outcomes within a fixed-term payroll compliance project team.

Manage end-to-end payroll for more than 400 employees across multiple entities, including payroll processing, reconciliations, journals, tax and superannuation compliance, and statutory returns. Administer employee share and equity plans, support financial reporting and audits, resolve payroll queries, maintain accurate records, and improve payroll automation and data security. The role partners closely with Finance, People and Culture, external administrators, and tax advisors.

Leads accurate and compliant payroll service delivery, governance, audits, controls, risk management, and legislative adherence. Drives payroll process improvement, automation, and operational efficiency while enhancing employee experience. Manages and develops the Payroll Services team, oversees stakeholder relationships and complex escalations, and uses reporting and analytics to improve service performance and decision-making.

Process accurate end-to-end payroll across weekly, fortnightly, and monthly cycles. Manage wages, deductions, leave, bonuses, employee changes, and terminations while applying Australian payroll legislation, Awards, Agreements, taxation, and superannuation requirements. Maintain payroll and time-and-attendance data, resolve employee enquiries, support reconciliations, statutory payments, reporting, and audits, and contribute to payroll process improvements, automation, and system projects.

Processes Australia and Hong Kong payroll through ADP, including timesheet review, pay calculations, deductions, adjustments, reconciliations, records maintenance, and issue resolution. Prepares payroll journals, vouchers, general ledger entries, partner compensation payments, and payslips. Ensures compliance with payroll tax, superannuation, PAYG, FBT, GST, and related obligations while supporting finance reporting and payment approvals.

Supports Workday sales cycles as a Workforce Management and Payroll subject matter expert. Delivers product demonstrations, presentations, workshops, seminars, discovery sessions, proof-of-concept builds, and RFX responses. Develops solution designs and implementation specifications, addresses prospect questions, supports qualification and deal closure, and influences C-level HR leaders. Requires strong payroll and workforce management expertise, HCM technology knowledge, presentation skills, and willingness to travel more than 50% of the time.

Leads payroll transformation, system enhancement, process improvement, Enterprise Agreement implementation, and acquisition integration projects. Manages delivery from planning through implementation while ensuring accurate, compliant payroll outcomes. Collaborates with Payroll Operations, Industrial Relations, Technology, and HR teams; oversees requirements gathering, testing, risk management, stakeholder engagement, reporting, change management, and cross-functional delivery.

Manage end-to-end payroll processing and administration, maintain employee and payroll records, process payroll changes, perform reconciliations and reporting, respond to employee enquiries, support compliance and audits, and contribute to payroll process improvements. The role requires strong Excel skills, Australian payroll legislation knowledge, accuracy, communication, and the ability to meet deadlines.

Own end-to-end fortnightly and monthly payroll processing, including salaries, superannuation, deductions, tax, timesheets, allowances, employee changes, and off-cycle payments. Provide payroll support, maintain secure records, interpret employment agreements and legislation, generate reports, support system enhancements and risk management, train users, and back up the Payroll Manager.

Process fortnightly Australian payroll end to end across two entities, including starters, terminations, leave, overtime, deductions, PAYG, superannuation, STP, and workers’ compensation. Reconcile payroll data and journals, perform validation checks, support month-end and audits, answer employee queries, and collaborate with global teams. The role offers exposure to Canadian and international payroll, process improvements, AI tools, and future payroll system implementations.

Lead national payroll operations for a large, geographically dispersed workforce. Manage and develop a team of seven, ensure accurate and compliant payroll delivery, oversee Australian payroll legislation and statutory obligations, and drive governance, audits, reporting, reconciliations, process improvement, transformation, and SAP Payroll enhancements. Partner with HR, Finance, IT, and operational stakeholders while managing legislative changes, system upgrades, and payroll-related projects.

Tests SAP Payroll and related HR systems to ensure accurate, compliant payroll outcomes. Responsibilities include defining testing approaches, creating and executing test cases, conducting SIT, UAT and regression testing, validating payroll calculations, reconciling discrepancies, managing defects, maintaining testing evidence, and collaborating with Payroll, HR, Technology, vendors, and project teams on system releases and legislative updates.

Manage accurate, timely payroll processing for European countries, ensuring compliance with local labor and tax laws. Validate timecards, audit payroll registers, resolve discrepancies, support T&A training, create SOPs, implement payroll policies, and lead process improvement projects while partnering with stakeholders to address payroll inquiries.

Implement and architect Workday Payroll solutions, serving as the bridge between business and technical teams. Responsibilities include requirements gathering, solution design, configuration, testing, integrations, client workshops, process improvement, implementation support, and project communication. The consultant guides clients through transformation and payroll system transitions while coordinating with integration teams and managing expectations.

Own end-to-end payroll and accounts receivable across Australian and New Zealand entities. Manage payroll compliance, reconciliations, statutory lodgements, collections, disputes, month-end close, reporting, cash flow inputs, audits, and system improvements. Serve as the subject matter expert for payroll legislation, maintain controls, and partner with finance leadership and customer contacts to improve accuracy and cash collection.

The consultant supports client HR/Finance teams by providing Workday post-production services, resolving issues, and improving capabilities in various Workday modules.

Lead end-to-end payroll operations across multiple pay frequencies and employment types. Ensure compliance with Australian payroll legislation, Awards, Enterprise Agreements, taxation, and superannuation requirements. Manage payroll controls, audits, reporting, governance, and risk mitigation. Lead and develop the payroll team, resolve complex stakeholder issues, and drive payroll system enhancements, testing, process improvement, and operational excellence.

Processes and validates payroll across NA, APAC, EMEA, and ANZ regions. Reviews timekeeping records, payroll registers, deductions, garnishments, direct deposits, special payments, and compliance documentation. Supports employees with time and attendance systems, coordinates with third-party payroll providers, prepares management reports, and contributes to payroll process standardization. Roles range from Analyst to Supervisor and leadership levels.

Process end-to-end monthly, fortnightly, and bi-monthly payroll for approximately 250 employees across New Zealand and Fiji. Responsibilities include maintaining employee data, processing starters and terminations, completing final payments, managing IRD Payday Filing and statutory obligations, preparing month-end reports, reconciling and posting to the General Ledger, and resolving payroll queries. The role requires strong MicroPay expertise, Excel skills, accuracy, organization, and effective stakeholder communication.

Manage end-to-end payroll processing for India, validating inputs, preparing MIS reports, coordinating payments and statutory compliance, reconciling payroll with Finance, resolving discrepancies, supporting audits, maintaining confidential records, and improving payroll systems and processes.

Lead end-to-end delivery of global Workday implementations: define scope, manage planning/resourcing/commercials, act as client interface, oversee configuration, testing, data migration, go-live and handover, and support pre-sales and business growth.