Payroll Compliance Specialist
Payroll Compliance Specialist
Job Summary
A prestigious Australian university is seeking an experienced Payroll Compliance Specialist to join its Payroll Services team. This is an excellent opportunity to play a key role in ensuring payroll compliance, financial accuracy and statutory reporting within a large and complex payroll environment.
This role is ideal for someone who is proactive, highly organised and confident working independently. You’ll enjoy solving problems, managing payroll compliance activities and building strong relationships across the organisation.
About the Role
You’ll be responsible for the payroll activities that sit beyond payroll processing. This includes payroll accounting, reconciliations, payroll tax, statutory reporting, overpayments and compliance.
Working within a friendly and collaborative payroll compliance team, you’ll help ensure payroll obligations are met accurately and on time while contributing to continuous improvement across the payroll function.
Key Responsibilities
- Prepare payroll journals and general ledger reconciliations.
- Complete payroll account reconciliations and month-end reporting.
- Manage payroll tax obligations and statutory reporting, including STP submissions to the ATO.
- Monitor, investigate and recover payroll overpayments, including negotiating repayment arrangements where required.
- Maintain accurate overpayment records within the payroll system.
- Analyse payroll data and prepare reports to support compliance and decision making.
- Ensure payroll activities comply with legislative and organisational requirements.
- Identify opportunities for process improvement and maintain strong payroll controls.
About You
You are an experienced payroll professional who understands payroll accounting and compliance in a high-volume environment. You are confident working autonomously, take ownership of your work and thrive in a fast-paced environment.
To be successful, you will have:
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in payroll compliance, payroll accounting or a similar payroll role.
- Essential: Demonstrated experience managing payroll overpayments, including investigations, recovery processes and repayment arrangements.
- Essential: Strong experience with payroll reconciliations, payroll journals and a solid understanding of debits and credits.
- Experience managing payroll tax, STP reporting and other statutory payroll obligations.
- Advanced Excel skills with strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Excellent attention to detail and the ability to manage competing priorities.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Higher education sector experience is preferred, although candidates with experience in other large, complex organisations are encouraged to apply.
What’s on Offer
- Opportunity to join a prestigious Australian university.
- Hybrid working arrangement with a mix of office and remote work.
- Friendly, diverse and collaborative team environment.
- The opportunity to work within a large, complex payroll function.
- A role where you can work autonomously, take ownership and make a genuine impact.