Payroll Team Leader

• $150k -$160k + Super

• Explosive growth trajectory

• Commercial Property Services

This leading Australian organisation in the commercial property services sector has established itself as an industry pioneer, delivering exceptional outcomes across diverse markets nationwide. Excellence-driven and innovation-focused, they invest heavily in talent development, competitive rewards, and genuine work-life balance that fuels both personal growth and business success.

As the Payroll Team Leader, you will join a dynamic and accomplished Finance team. This role presents an excellent opportunity to contribute to the organisations continued success while advancing your career in a progressive, employee-focused environment. Reporting directly to the Group Payroll Manager your responsibilities include:

• Lead and oversee all aspects of the organisations payroll operations, ensuring accuracy and compliance across fortnightly and monthly processing cycles

• Provide expert interpretation and application of Modern Award conditions within a complex, multi-site workforce environment

• Conduct comprehensive periodic reviews of statutory calculations including PAYG withholding, payroll tax, superannuation contributions, and other regulatory requirements

• Collaborate with key stakeholders to analyse labour cost variations at site level, providing strategic insights and recommendations for cost optimisation

• Drive continuous improvement initiatives in payroll systems and processes, implementing best-practice solutions to enhance operational efficiency and accuracy

• Manage and monitor third-party payroll service providers, ensuring service level agreements are met and maintained

• Provide mentorship and leadership support to the broader Finance team, contributing to organisational capability building and knowledge transfer

• Successfully execute special projects and ad-hoc initiatives as directed by senior management

To be considered in this role, you will possess 5-6 years of progressive experience in payroll management within a similar-sized organisation, demonstrating strong technical competency and team leadership capabilities. You will have exceptional analytical and problem-solving abilities, advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and business systems, and excellent stakeholder management skills across all organisational levels.

To apply for this role, please email your resume to ********@lawsonelliott.com.au quoting reference JP13771 or for additional information phone Jenny Po on (02) 8274 0***.

Information :

• Company : Lawson Elliott Recruitment
• Position : Payroll Team Leader
• Location : Sydney CBD NSW
• Country : AU