Payroll Lead

• Hourly rate contract, commencing ASAP until July 2026
• Ipswich based
• Work from home two days per week

Your new company:

This organisation delivers essential local government services that support a fast-growing community, from infrastructure and planning to community services and sustainability. It values collaboration, integrity and accountability, with a strong focus on serving the community, supporting its people and creating a safe, inclusive and future-focused workplace culture.

They are seeking an experienced Payroll Coordinator / Lead to manage the payroll function whilst the organisation goes through a system implementation. The successful candidate may be required to work closely with the system implementation team to ensure a smooth transition.

Your new role:

Reporting to the Manager, People and Culture this role will see you provide leadership to the Payroll Team ensuring end-to-end processing of payroll and superannuation for approximately 1,600 employees is completed.

• Lead, coach, and develop the payroll team by ensuring operational excellence and a focus on employee experience, whilst promoting continuous improvement and high performance.
• Act as a subject matter expert in payroll and employee remuneration related projects, with a focus on successful system upgrades and/or implementation.
• Manage end-to-end payroll processes to ensure timely and accurate processing, including data entry, verification, and distribution of payslips or direct deposits while maintaining strict confidentiality.
• In partnership with the Manager, People and Culture and Employee Relations, investigate and resolve complex payroll issues considering current agreements, awards, and relevant industrial legislation, and provide advice to employees/management and People and Culture.
• Lead and direct the payroll response to audits conducted by the Queensland Audit Office and Internal Audit and ensure remediation actions are completed in a timely manner.

What you’ll need to succeed:

• Demonstrated success managing a Payroll Team.
• Extensive experience in a medium to large payroll environment.
• Expert knowledge of relevant industrial awards, agreements, and legislation’s applicable to payroll.
• Previous experience supporting large organisations through system implementation, highly regarded, however, may not be essential.
• Systems exposure to Workday HCM, Aurion, Kronos, EC Payroll, and / or SAP SuccessFactors would be advantageous.
• Full-time availability from Monday – Friday January 2026 – July 2026.

How to apply:

If this sounds like you express your interest and suitability via the ‘Apply Now’ function.

If you would like more information about this role, or wish to have a confidential discussion about your career aspirations, please contact Steph Smithers (07) 3031 4500 or steph.smithers@talentinternational.com // Emma Hansen (07) 3031 4517 or emma.hansen@talentinternational.com today.

We look forward to hearing from you ✨