Key Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end payroll across Australia and Asia and ensuring accuracy and compliance.
• Independently process Australian payroll, including manual calculations, terminations, redundancies and complex adjustments.
• Maintain payroll records, manage employee queries and ensure confidentiality of sensitive information.
• Reconcile payroll reports and partner with Finance on payroll accounting and reporting.
• Ensure compliance with local taxation, superannuation, EBA requirements and employment legislation.
• Identify opportunities to improve and streamline payroll processes.
• Maintain accurate employee data across core HR, payroll and finance systems, including NetSuite and ADP.
• Perform regular data audits and reconciliations, investigating and resolving discrepancies.
• Prepare and deliver people reporting covering headcount, employee movements and payroll metrics.
• Support the development of reporting dashboards and provide meaningful data insights to HR, Finance and business leaders.
• Identify opportunities to improve and automate reporting processes.
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About You

To be successful in this position, you will demonstrate:

• Strong end-to-end Australian payroll experience: Essential. Hands-on experience processing payroll and completing manual payroll calculations, including terminations, redundancies, adjustments and complex employee payments.
• Standalone payroll experience: Confident managing payroll independently, taking ownership of the function and working with minimal supervision.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills: Essential, including VLOOKUPs, XLOOKUPs and Pivot Tables as a minimum.
• Australian legislation and EBA knowledge: Strong working knowledge of Australian payroll legislation, awards, EBAs, taxation and superannuation requirements.
• Excellent communication skills: A confident communicator with fluent English and the ability to engage professionally with stakeholders across different levels and jurisdictions.
• Exceptional attention to detail: Strong accountability, accuracy and a proactive approach to resolving payroll discrepancies.
• Systems experience: Experience working with ADP is highly regarded.
• APAC exposure: Previous experience supporting international payroll across multiple jurisdictions will be advantageous.