This is an urgent appointment. The organisation needs someone who can hit the ground running, provide payroll continuity, support a small remote team, and help drive key payroll improvement projects already underway.
The role can be based anywhere in Australia, with the entire payroll function working remotely. Access to come on site to one of their Capital City offices would be beneficial but is not essential.
Why this opportunity?
- Immediate start available
- Fully remote role
- Initial 4-month appointment with strong potential to extend or transition into a permanent position
- Opportunity to lead meaningful payroll transformation projects
- Join an organisation committed to strengthening payroll processes, systems and controls
This is a hands-on senior payroll position combining payroll leadership, operational delivery and improvement work.
You'll provide expertise across Australian payroll compliance while supporting a team and helping improve payroll processes, controls and systems.
Key responsibilities include:
- Leading and supporting end-to-end Australian payroll processing
- Providing day-to-day guidance to a remote payroll team
- Ensuring payroll accuracy, compliance and continuity
- Managing payroll reconciliations, reporting and exception management
- Reviewing payroll controls, documentation and standard operating procedures
- Supporting payroll integration, systems and process improvement initiatives
- Partnering closely with Finance, HR and operational stakeholders
- Providing expert advice on awards, leave, superannuation, terminations and payroll legislation
- Identifying and addressing payroll risks, inefficiencies and manual workarounds
We're looking for someone who combines strong technical payroll capability with excellent stakeholder management skills.
You'll bring:
- Extensive Australian payroll experience in a complex environment
- Strong knowledge of modern awards, NES, superannuation, leave and termination payments
- Experience leading or mentoring payroll teams
- A hands-on approach and willingness to support payroll processing when required
- Strong reconciliation, reporting and payroll controls experience
- Experience improving payroll processes, documentation and compliance frameworks
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to build credibility quickly
- A collaborative and solution-focused approach
- Education sector experience
- Experience interpreting and applying education-related awards
- Employment Hero or similar payroll/HRIS experience
- Experience in payroll projects, integrations or payroll transformation initiatives
This is a genuine business-critical appointment and interviews will be arranged as suitable candidates are identified.
If you're available at short notice and looking for an opportunity where you can make an immediate impact, we'd love to hear from you.
For a confidential discussion, contact Katie Badman today on
Katie.Badman@beaumontpeople.com.au
Beaumont People has been partnering with purpose-led organisations for over 20 years. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and are committed to inclusive recruitment practices.
