Senior Payroll Officer

Type:
Casual, Full Time, Contract 
Salary:
$75.79/hr (incl. casual loading)
Published:
November 4th, 2025
Location:
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Reference:
BH-318706
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About company/role:
  • Global pharmaceutical company
  • Based in Melbourne CBD
  • 6-month casual contract with potential to extend
  • Full-time hours, Mon-Fri
  • WFH 2 days a week once trained

Duties include, but not limited to:
  • Lead redundancy and termination calculations, and manage related queries
  • Reconcile leave balances between Workday, PayGlobal and payroll systems
  • Identify inefficiencies and propose process enhancements
  • Ensure compliance with federal/state regulations and internal policies
  • Support legislative and regulatory changes
  • Manage payroll records, systems, and procedures
  • Perform payroll reconciliations and month-end processing

Skills/experience:
  • Tertiary education in HR/Accounting, Finance, Payroll or relevant discipline
  • 3-5 years experience in a similar position
  • Must have experience in redundancies, terminations, tax compliance, reconciliations
  • Strong Excel experience (intermediate to advance)
  • Experience using Workday and PayGlobal (advantageous)
  • Strong communication skills
  • Excellent attitude
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If you think this could be the role for you then please apply now! Please send us a cover letter AND a detailed resume in WORD format (PDFs can be corrupted / not processed).  
Or, if you have any questions, please contact Linda on 03 9040 1630.

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