Senior Payroll Officer (Payroll Transformation)

Senior Payroll Officer | Payroll Transformation

• Location: Melbourne
• 12 month contract

About Kinetic

Kinetic is Australia and New Zealand’s largest bus operator, moving millions of passengers every year through safe, reliable and customer-focused transport services. With a workforce of more than 4,000 employees across 19 legal entities, we are committed to delivering modern, efficient and compliant people systems that support our teams and the communities we serve.

About the Role

We're looking for an experienced Senior Payroll Officer to join our payroll team during an exciting period of transformation. 

Supporting our Head of Payroll and Payroll Project Implementation Lead, you'll play a key role in ensuring our payroll expertise is embedded throughout the implementation of a new payroll solution. Drawing on your strong operational payroll knowledge, you'll help validate processes, support testing activities, provide award and compliance expertise, and contribute to the successful delivery of the project. 

This role is ideal for an experienced Payroll Officer or Senior Payroll Officer who enjoys working in complex payroll environments and is keen to be involved in a major payroll transformation. Previous implementation experience is welcome but not essential – we're equally interested in payroll professionals with strong technical payroll knowledge, a continuous improvement mindset, and a willingness to learn. 

What You’ll Be Doing

• Providing guidance on Awards, Enterprise Agreements, payroll legislation, tax and superannuation requirements. 
• Supporting payroll process design, system configuration validation and payroll compliance activities. 
• Participating in testing activities, including system testing, user acceptance testing and parallel payroll runs. 
• Reviewing payroll data, reconciliations and payroll outcomes to ensure accuracy and compliance. 
• Assisting with data readiness, payroll reporting and validation activities. 
• Supporting go-live readiness, payroll cutover activities and post-implementation support. 
• Contributing to process improvement initiatives that enhance payroll efficiency and employee experience. 
• Working closely with Payroll, People & Culture, Finance and project stakeholders across the business. 

What You Bring

• Strong end-to-end payroll experience within a medium to large organisation. 
• Sound knowledge of Australian payroll legislation, Awards, Enterprise Agreements, superannuation and payroll tax obligations. 
• Experience interpreting Awards and Enterprise Agreements in a complex payroll environment. 
• High attention to detail and a strong focus on payroll accuracy and compliance. 
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. 
• Ability to build effective relationships and work collaboratively across business functions. 
• A proactive mindset and interest in improving payroll processes and systems. 

Highly Regarded 

• Exposure to payroll system implementations, upgrades or transformation projects. 
• Experience working within a multi-entity or large-scale payroll environment. 
• Experience supporting payroll testing, reconciliations or process improvement initiatives. 

How to apply:

Kinetic is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and our people represent the community which we service. We invite all suitably qualified applicants to apply, including First Nations People, and people from diverse social, cultural and gender backgrounds.

If you're interested in this rewarding role with Kinetic then click the 'Apply' button now!