Payroll Coordinator

Job Description

About the Company

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My client is a national organisation undergoing an audit-driven payroll project. You will join a small but committed HR Services team supporting payroll operations for employees across Australia and New Zealand.

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About the Position

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Reporting to the HR Manager, this role will:

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• Perform reconciliation reviews, compliance and audit checks.
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• Ensure that payroll data accuracy, privacy and file-keeping is compliant with legislative requirements.
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• Audit payroll components (including leave balances, wage provisions, STI's, wage increases, etc.)
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• Escalate payroll risks, breaches or anomalies.
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• Maintain awareness of employment legislation and modern-award/contract obligations, contributing to continuous-improvement payroll processes and audit readiness.
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About You

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• Demonstrated payroll experience in Australia (and ideally New Zealand) under modern awards or similar conditions.
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• Comfortable interpreting industrial instruments, employment contracts, and payroll/award rules.
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• Strong technical skills (Excel, Outlook, MS suite), with high attention to detail and analytical thinking.
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• Excellent verbal and written communication.
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• Capacity to manage multiple competing priorities, meet deadlines and work under some pressure.
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• Customer-service mindset and stakeholder-management skills; able to collaborate across HR, Finance and business units.
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• 3-month fixed-term contract with immediate start.
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• Inner-city location, 8 minutes walk from the nearest train station.
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• Hybrid: 1 day per week work-from-home.
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• Competitive, negotiable hourly / salary rate (reflective of experience and complexity).
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If you are a payroll professional who's keen to deliver clean, compliant payroll outcomes and dig into an audit and improvement project - we want to hear from you.

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Please apply with current resume in Microsoft Word format only (.doc or .docx). If you would like to have a confidential discussion, please contact Britt Molony on +61 0417737307, quoting reference JN -112025-41936. Want to know more about Davidson? Visit us at www.davidsonwp.com

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Seniority level

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• Entry level
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Employment type

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• Contract
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Job function

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• Accounting/Auditing
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Industries

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• Administrative and Support Services
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