Payroll jobs in Australia

Transform a payroll function. Influence an organisation. Leave a legacy.
This is a career-defining opportunity for a strategic payroll leader to redesign, modernise and elevate a large national payroll operation, delivering transformational change across people, processes, systems and structure.

Join a leading Australian hospitality brand in a 6-month fixed-term contract with the potential to extend supporting the accurate delivery of payroll services across a large, multi-site workforce. This hybrid opportunity offers exposure to high-volume payroll operations, a collaborative team environment, and the chance to make an immediate impact.

An opportunity has become available for an experienced Payroll Officer to join a leading international financial services business on an initial 3-6 month temporary assignment. This role will see you supporting payroll operations, ensuring compliance and supporting employees through accurate and timely payroll processing.

Join a supportive team in a role that combines payroll and HR administration, providing hands-on experience across a range of employee lifecycle activities. This is an excellent opportunity to develop end-to-end payroll knowledge while building valuable skills in a collaborative and growth-focused environment.

A well-established and rapidly expanding organisation operating across multiple locations nationally is seeking an experienced Payroll Manager to take ownership of its payroll operations and lead a dedicated payroll team. This is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on payroll leader who enjoys balancing operational delivery with continuous improvement initiatives

Join a dynamic payroll team where you'll be responsible for delivering accurate and timely payroll services while partnering with key business stakeholders. This role offers excellent exposure to payroll compliance, reporting and employee engagement within a fast-paced environment.

This short-term contract will see you responsible for the accurate and timely delivery of end-to-end payroll processing, ensuring compliance with relevant legislation, policies and employment agreements. You'll also partner with internal stakeholders to resolve payroll queries, manage payroll reporting and contribute to ongoing process improvement initiatives.

We are seeking a skilled Payroll Officer to join the accounting and finance team in Melbourne within the healthcare industry. This role focuses on ensuring the accurate and timely processing of payroll while adhering to compliance standards.

Our client, a leading Australian transport and logistics business, is seeking a detail-oriented payroll professional to join their supportive payroll team on a 12-month contract basis. This is a fantastic opportunity to work within a high-volume, fast-paced environment where accuracy, customer service and teamwork are highly valued.

Payroll Officer | Weekly Payroll | Flexible | Western Sydney | Onsite parking

We are seeking an experienced Payroll Officer to manage payroll processing for approximately 20 employees. This flexible part-time role requires previous Pronto payroll experience and offers the opportunity to support a reputable mining company based in West Perth.

An excellent opportunity for an experienced Payroll Officer to join a supportive and collaborative payroll team on a 12-month fixed-term contract. This role offers a combination of BAU payroll processing and support a significant SuccessFactors implementation project.

We're seeking experienced Payroll Officers for temporary opportunities supporting a high-performing payroll outsourcing team. These roles will focus heavily on SAP payroll processing within a dynamic, client-facing environment.

An exciting opportunity for a Payroll Governance professional in either Newcastle, Sydney or Melbourne to lead the design and continuous improvement of payroll controls, frameworks and compliance initiatives. This role is ideal for someone who thrives on analysing processes, reducing risk and driving operational excellence.

Short-term Payroll Officer contract supporting a fortnightly payroll for approximately 200-250 employees, with a mostly casual workforce. The role will focus on payroll processing, roster and timesheet approvals, discrepancy checking, employee queries and award interpretation.

This is a rare opportunity to step into a high-impact payroll leadership role where systems, compliance and continuous improvement take centre stage.

If you're motivated by complexity, projects and building best-practice payroll environments, this role will put you at the forefront of real organisational change.

An exciting opportunity for an experienced Payroll Officer to join a leading global payroll services provider supporting clients across Australia. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working in a fast-paced outsourced payroll environment managing end-to-end processing.

We're proud to be partnering with a well-established and growing Australian organisation to appoint an experienced Payroll Specialist. This is a fantastic opportunity to take ownership of a national payroll function within a dynamic, operationally complex environment. Reporting directly to the CFO, you'll play a critical role in ensuring payroll is delivered accurately, on time, and in full compliance with Australian legislation and enterprise agreements

Step into a pivotal role with a high-performing mining services organisation that is investing heavily in its people, systems, and future growth. Join a business where payroll is highly valued, complexity is embraced, and your expertise can genuinely influence process improvement and future system transformation.

Lead a high-performing payroll team in a large, complex organisation where your expertise will drive both operational excellence and continuous improvement.
If you're looking for a leadership role that combines people management, payroll complexity and genuine flexibility, this is an opportunity to make a real impact.

Lead a high-performing payroll team supporting one of Australia's largest workforces while enjoying genuine flexibility, exceptional career development opportunities and a collaborative team culture. This is an opportunity to make a real impact in a large-scale, complex payroll environment where your expertise and leadership will be highly valued.

Ready to lead a payroll team that is supported by best-in-class systems, exceptional leadership, and genuine workplace flexibility? This is your opportunity to join a high-performing government organisation where people are valued, innovation is encouraged, and your leadership will make a real impact.

Join a fast-paced, collaborative team that values precision, continuous improvement, and exceptional employee experience.

Join a respected organisation in a Melbourne CBD location as a WorkCover Payroll Specialist, responsible for the accurate calculation and processing of Workers' Compensation payments in accordance with Victorian legislation and payroll requirements. This hybrid role offers the opportunity to utilise and expand your WorkCover payroll expertise while working with a range of payroll systems and stakeholders.

Step into a high-impact payroll role where your expertise will shape compliance, systems, and performance at scale.

Join a future-focused infrastructure organisation investing heavily in best-in-class payroll technology, transformation, and people.

Join a high-performing payroll team where accuracy, compliance, and continuous improvement are genuinely valued. This is a standout opportunity to step into a business that invests in its people, systems, and future.

Looking for a payroll role that gives you true flexibility without compromising on scale or complexity? Step into a high-impact position where your work directly supports one of Australia's largest and most respected organisations.

Michael Page is partnering with a well-established national organisation to recruit an experienced Payroll Officer on a fixed-term contract through to March 2027. You will support the Payroll Supervisor across the full payroll lifecycle while managing employee queries and maintaining payroll compliance

Ready to play a critical role in a major payroll transformation? Join a high-performing team where your expertise will directly influence the success of a large-scale SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll (ECP) implementation and shape the future of payroll operations.

Step into a pivotal leadership role where you'll shape the future of payroll within one of Australia's most respected organisations.

This is an opportunity to influence strategy, drive transformation, and elevate best-practice payroll performance at scale.