Payroll Advisor

• Brisbane based with flexible working options
• Join our high performing Payroll Team
• 12 month Full Time Opportunity

• Act as a key liaison between internal and external stakeholders, to ensure payroll integrity and continuous improvement in a highly regulated environment.
• Provide support and technical payroll expertise for initiatives, audits and complex projects as required.
• Utilise your extensive experience, by coaching and mentoring other members of the Payroll team, to reduce single points of sensitivity, embed a solid understanding of Payroll principles, correct award and legislative interpretation, and drive process improvement.
• Manage end-to-end payroll operations in partnership with a third-party MSA, ensuring key milestones are met, and all tasks and deliverables required for a successful payroll are completed.
• Support strong governance and compliance with relevant legislation including the Fair Work Act, ATO regulations, superannuation legislation, and the Suncorp Enterprise Agreement.
• Drive and maintain oversight of payroll outputs to ensure accuracy and compliance, by both our MSA and Suncorp Payroll team.
• Coordinate and manage Single Touch Payroll (STP) submissions and other statutory reporting requirements, including payroll tax, PAYG, and superannuation obligations.
• Undertake and contribute to control testing, internal and external audits and compliance monitoring activities, proactively identifying high-risk scenarios and contributing to risk planning and controls.
• Maintain an up-to-date knowledge and understanding of the changing pay, super and tax landscape internally and externally, providing early insight into changes in legislation, compliance and obligations.
• Research, analyse and recommend on current and potential payroll compliance, opportunities and issues, including evaluating business impacts.
• Manage sensitive payroll-related escalations and high-care matters, identifying risks and reporting or escalating to the Payroll Operations Manager where needed.
• Collaborate with HR, Finance and our technology teams, to ensure payroll data accuracy and system alignment.

• 8+ years of payroll experience, with at least 2 years in a senior Payroll position within a medium-large organisation.
• Demonstrated operational experience and technical skills across the full payroll ambit (including STP, taxation, payroll tax, workers compensation/ income protection, LSL, redundancy).
• Prior experience with a payroll system transition (e.g. data migration, testing, system implementation and process changes) would be fabulous.
• Experience working with, or managing relationships with, a payroll MSA or offshore partner.
• A strong understanding of Australian payroll legislation, taxation, superannuation, and industrial relations is non-negotiable, and a demonstrated ability to translate complex payroll legislative and regulatory requirements into recommendations is important.
• Experience interpreting complex EBAs and modern awards, ideally within the insurance or financial services sector, would be great.
• Proficiency in enterprise payroll systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle PeopleSoft, ADP, Chris21) and HRIS platforms, and hands-on experience with time & attendance systems will ensure you hit the ground running.
• Advanced Excel skills and experience with payroll reporting and reconciliation is non-negotiable.
• High attention to detail, analytical thinking, and problem-solving ability.
• Advanced data analytical skills, including being able to identify trends, provide data driven insights and recommend improvements.
• Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex payroll concepts in a way that is easily understood by non-payroll professionals.
• Prior experience leading people would be advantageous, and a desire to help 'grow' and develop others is important.
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Exceptional learning agility, a sense of humour, openness to asking questions and a desire to be part of a fast moving and high performing team - also non-negotiable!

• A range of flexible working and leave options, including 20 weeks paid parental leave, 4 weeks paid secondary carer parental leave and unlimited paid emergency response leave
• Discounts and offers on a range of retail favourite stores as well as insurance products
• Give back to our communities with payroll giving, donation matching and paid volunteer leave
• Invest in your brighter future with ongoing study support and career development programs; and
• Prioritise your work/life balance with our robust employee assistance program and dedicated employee council

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