Senior Payroll Officer
On-siteBella Vista, New South Wales, Australia
Job Summary
Independently manage the complete fortnightly payroll cycle, including complex payments, reconciliations, bank files, and statutory obligations. Act as second-in-command to the Payroll Manager, providing operational coverage during planned and unplanned absences. Deliver advanced Dayforce Payroll and Workforce Management configuration, reporting, testing, and troubleshooting support while maintaining strict compliance with employment, taxation, superannuation, and record-keeping requirements. Identify and implement system, process, and governance improvements to strengthen payroll accuracy and employee experience. This role combines hands-on delivery with continuous improvement within Greenstone's Human Resources team, supporting our mission to enable global financial protection through data-driven decision making and award-winning insurance products.
Required Qualifications
- Extensive experience independently processing Dayforce Australian payroll in a medium-to-large, complex organisation
- Recent hands-on expertise in Dayforce Payroll and Workforce Management (essential, minimum 2 years)
- Demonstrated ability to calculate and validate terminations, redundancies, commissions, bonuses, back payments and adjustments
- Strong knowledge of Australian payroll legislation, modern awards, PAYG, Single Touch Payroll, superannuation, payroll tax and leave obligations
- Experience maintaining payroll controls, reconciliations, audit evidence and accurate payroll records
- Strong Microsoft Excel and strong numerical, analytical and problem-solving skills
- Demonstrated curiosity and disciplined problem-solving — able to investigate unfamiliar Dayforce or payroll issues methodically, validate assumptions against system configuration and results, and explain both the cause and proposed solution to technical and non-technical stakeholders
Hiring someone like this?
Get your role in front of qualified candidates on Sorce.