Payroll Coordinator

Payroll Coordinator

Full-Time 61632 - 75328 $ / year (est.) Hybrid
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At a Glance

  • Tasks: Support payroll operations and ensure compliance across Australia and New Zealand.
  • Company: Join a national organisation with a dedicated HR Services team.
  • Benefits: Competitive pay, hybrid work options, and a vibrant inner-city location.
  • Other info: 3-month contract with immediate start and opportunities for growth.
  • Why this job: Be part of an audit-driven project and enhance your payroll expertise.
  • Qualifications: Experience in payroll and strong analytical skills required.

The predicted salary is between 61632 - 75328 $ per year.

About the Company

My client is a national organisation undergoing an audit-driven payroll project.

You will join a small but committed HR Services team supporting payroll operations for employees across Australia and New Zealand.

About the Position

Reporting to the HR Manager, this role will

  • Perform reconciliation reviews, compliance and audit checks.
  • Ensure that payroll data accuracy, privacy and file-keeping is compliant with legislative requirements.
  • Audit payroll components (including leave balances, wage provisions, STI's, wage increases, etc.)
  • Escalate payroll risks, breaches or anomalies.
  • Maintain awareness of employment legislation and modern-award/contract obligations, contributing to continuous-improvement payroll processes and audit readiness.

About You

  • Demonstrated payroll experience in Australia (and ideally New Zealand) under modern awards or similar conditions.
  • Comfortable interpreting industrial instruments, employment contracts, and payroll/award rules.
  • Strong technical skills (Excel, Outlook, MS suite), with high attention to detail and analytical thinking.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication.
  • Capacity to manage multiple competing priorities, meet deadlines and work under some pressure.
  • Customer-service mindset and stakeholder-management skills; able to collaborate across HR, Finance and business units.
  • 3-month fixed-term contract with immediate start.
  • Inner-city location, 8 minutes walk from the nearest train station.
  • Hybrid: 1 day per week work-from-home.
  • Competitive, negotiable hourly / salary rate (reflective of experience and complexity).

If you are a payroll professional who's keen to deliver clean, compliant payroll outcomes and dig into an audit and improvement project - we want to hear from you.

Please apply with current resume in Microsoft Word format only (. doc or . docx).

If you would like to have a confidential discussion, please contact Britt Molony on +61 0417737307, quoting reference JN -112025-41936.

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Contact Details:

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We think you need these skills to ace Payroll Coordinator

Payroll Experience
Reconciliation Reviews
Compliance Checks
Audit Skills
Data Accuracy
Legislative Compliance
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