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Payroll Compliance Specialist

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Location: North Sydney
Salary: $110000 - $120000 per annum
Job Type: Fixed Term
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Reference: V-136838
Posted: 1 day ago

Job description

Payroll Compliance Specialist |10-Month Fixed Term Contract | North Sydney/WFH | Up to $134k Package

A leading organisation is seeking an experienced Payroll Compliance Specialist to support a large-scale systems transformation project. This role will suit someone with deep payroll legislation knowledge, strong award/EBA interpretation skills, and experience working in complex or high-volume payroll environments.

You’ll be the compliance expert within the project team, reviewing current practices, identifying risks, and helping transition payroll operations into a new enterprise platform.

About the Role
  • Act as the payroll compliance SME for a national transformation project

  • Review existing payroll practices and recommend compliance improvements

  • Support the transition to a new cloud-based payroll system

  • Assess the accuracy of Modern Award and EBA interpretation, including time, casual loadings, overtime, and shift-work

  • Design and document manual award interpretation processes

  • Review pay code configuration and ensure full STP2 reporting compliance

  • Implement internal checking processes for ATO lodgements

  • Work closely with payroll, risk, and project stakeholders throughout the transition

About You
  • 3–5+ years in payroll compliance, payroll operations, or a similar function

  • Strong Award and EBA interpretation experience

  • Background working with timesheet-driven or high-volume casual workforces

  • Experience with cloud payroll systems 

  • Excellent attention to detail and strong analytical capability

  • Confident communicating complex compliance concepts to stakeholders

  • Able to perform in fast-paced and evolving project environments

 

Get in touch | harry.fickling@charterhouse.com.au 

 

 

 

 

 

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