Payroll Officer

The Role

As a Payroll Officer, youll own the full payroll cycle end-to-end, ensuring our people are paid accurately, on time, and always in compliance. Beyond processing, youll be a key partner in labour cost management, reporting, and driving operational excellence across both employees and third-party labour.

This role is hands-on, data-driven, and business-criticalperfect for someone who thrives on accuracy, accountability, and making payroll more efficient and scalable.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end payroll for all employee types (salaried and timesheet-based), ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance.

• Manage statutory requirements including PAYG, Superannuation, Payroll Tax, and Single Touch Payroll (STP) submissions to the ATO.

• Ensure compliance with Fair Work, NES, modern awards, and contractual obligations.

• Own payroll accounting deliverables: journals, month-end accruals, reconciliations, and financial reporting inputs.

• Oversee 3PL labour compliance, validating weekly timesheets, invoices, and vendor reporting accuracy.

• Provide labour cost insights, including gross margin analysis, workforce cost tracking, and cost centre allocations.

• Optimise payroll systems (e.g., Rippling, Deputy)championing automation, accuracy, and scalability.

• Administer the Employee Share Scheme (ESS), including compliance, tracking, and reporting.

• Lead and support payroll audits, providing documentation, process visibility, and system transparency.

• Identify and deliver continuous improvements, turning payroll data into actionable insights for compliance, cost control, and decision-making.

What Were Looking For

• 2+ years experience in end-to-end payroll, ideally in high-growth or complex labour environments.

• Solid knowledge of Australian payroll legislation, Fair Work compliance, and STP.

• Hands-on experience with cloud-based payroll platforms (Rippling, Deputy, Xero, or similar) and strong Excel/reporting skills.

• Detail-obsessed, with excellent analytical and reconciliation ability.

• Organised, deadline-driven, and able to manage both recurring processes and ad hoc priorities.

• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, high-change environment; proactive in driving improvements.

• A natural sense of ownership, accountability, and discretion when handling sensitive information