As we continue to strengthen our payroll governance and compliance capability, we're looking for an experienced Payroll Governance Consultant to join our Payroll & Governance team.
This is an exciting opportunity for a payroll professional who enjoys looking beyond processing and is passionate about governance, compliance, controls, reporting, and continuous improvement. You'll play a key role in helping ensure payroll processes remain compliant, effective, and employee-centric while supporting the ongoing uplift of payroll governance across the organisation.
What You'll Do
- Drive payroll governance and compliance activities, ensuring payroll processes, controls and documentation align with legislative and organisational requirements.
- Conduct payroll audits, control testing and data analysis to identify risks, exceptions and opportunities for continuous improvement.
- Investigate payroll discrepancies, perform root cause analysis and partner with stakeholders to deliver timely and effective resolutions.
- Monitor payroll reporting, compliance metrics and governance registers, providing actionable insights to support informed decision-making.
- Support payroll transformation initiatives, system enhancements and testing activities to improve operational efficiency and control effectiveness.
- Collaborate with Payroll, Finance, Employee Relations, Technology and People & Culture teams to strengthen governance frameworks and ensure audit readiness.
- Experience in payroll governance, compliance, audit, risk management, reporting, or payroll operations.
- Strong knowledge of Australian payroll legislation, including awards, enterprise agreements, superannuation and taxation requirements.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret payroll data, identify issues and drive effective resolutions.
- Proficiency in Excel and enterprise payroll systems such as SAP ECP or similar platforms.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence and present insights clearly.
- Highly organised and detail-oriented, with experience supporting continuous improvement, controls testing, audits and payroll transformation initiatives.
- Competitive remuneration and employee discounts. Make life easier (and more affordable) with $80 monthly credit and 25% off Optus products and unique shopping discounts with our retail partners.
- Flexible working arrangements with opportunities to work three days in the office, two days remote or home.
- Competitive leave policies, including additional 'Connected’ days to focus on culture, family, health, community, or whatever’s important to you.
- We support growing families with inclusive, carer-neutral paid Parental Leave of up to 16 weeks.
- Build meaningful connections through employee-led networks and diversity initiatives including Culture Connect, Elevate Women, Disability Network and Express Yourself (LGBTQIA+).
- Put your wellbeing first with free access to counselling and support services, 24/7 — in-person, by phone, SMS, or video.
- Free Optus bus from Macquarie University Metro Station (every 6-8 minutes); morning and afternoon.
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