Payroll Accountant

The Role

We are seeking an experienced Payroll Accountant to manage end-to-end payroll processing for over 400 employees across multiple entities within a corporate environment. This role is responsible for ensuring accurate, compliant, and timely payroll operations, supporting payroll-related accounting activities, and assisting with the administration of the company’s employee share scheme.

The Payroll Accountant will work closely with the Finance and People & Culture teams to maintain data integrity, streamline processes, and provide a high level of service to all internal stakeholders.

About you

You’re highly organised and detail-oriented, with strong analytical and problem-solving skills. You communicate confidently, manage competing priorities effectively, and handle confidential information with integrity and discretion. You take a proactive approach to your work and enjoy working collaboratively to deliver practical outcomes.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end payroll, ensuring accuracy and timely reporting across salaries, awards, contractors, PAYG, superannuation and STP. • Prepare, post and reconcile payroll journals, provisions and clearing accounts, supporting month-end and year-end financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting and audits. • Administer employee share and equity plans, including allocations, vesting, forfeitures, share-based payments, tax treatment and ESS reporting. • Ensure compliance with payroll, tax and superannuation legislation, including preparing and lodging state-based Payroll Tax returns and annual Workers Compensation wage declarations. • Partner with People & Culture, Finance, external administrators and tax advisors to resolve payroll queries, support employee lifecycle changes and maintain accurate records. • Drive continuous improvement through payroll system automation, process efficiencies and strong data security, confidentiality and attention to detail.

Skills, Knowledge and Experience:

• Certificate IV or Diploma Accounting or Finance (Degree preferred). • 3–5 years’ experience in end-to-end payroll within a corporate or multi-entity environment (400+ employees). • Strong understanding of Australian payroll, taxation, superannuation, and employment legislation. • Proven experience preparing and lodging Payroll Tax and Workers Compensation returns. • Experience with general ledger postings and account reconciliations. • Exposure to employee share or equity plans highly regarded. • Working Excel skills and familiarity with payroll/HRIS systems. Experience with Rippling and NetSuite is highly regarded but not essential.