Excellent Bens

• $100K–$120K + super, depending on experience
• 2 days working from home each week
• Flexible start and finish times, ideal for school drop-offs and pick-ups, as long as payday deadlines are met
• Step up and cover the Payroll Manager in their absence. It’s a great opportunity to learn how to run a payroll department and build towards your next career move
• Employed directly, with full annual leave and sick leave entitlements
• Strong potential to convert to a permanent role
• Supportive, friendly team culture
• Easy CBD location, close to all stations

Nuts & Bolts

• End-to-end Australian payroll for around 500 employees
• Manual calculation of terminations and redundancies, as the payroll system has no termination wizard
• Long service leave calculations and LSL registration/compliance
• Workers’ compensation administration and premium calculations
• Purchased leave, novated leases and FBT
• Payroll general ledger entries and reconciliations
• Supporting payroll queries and helping out across the team beyond BAU
• Stepping in confidently and using sound judgement when the Payroll Manager is away

About You

• Strong end-to-end Australian payroll experience, ideally 7–10+ years
• Highly confident with manual payroll calculations, especially terminations, redundancies and LSL
• Workers’ compensation experience highly regarded
• Knowledge of novated leases, purchased leave and FBT a big plus
• Solid Excel skills (intermediate level)
• Stand-alone payroll experience highly regarded; you’re comfortable working autonomously
• Friendly, helpful and an excellent communicator, happy to pitch in wherever needed
• Flexible on payroll systems, as the business values capability over system experience