Payroll Accountant | On-site, Day shift

We are seeking a Payroll Accountant who will provide specialist ownership of payroll accounting, employee liabilities, workforce planning and personnel cost reporting across all entities.

Job Responsibilities:

Payroll Accounting

• Prepare payroll journals and month-end payroll accruals.
• Reconcile payroll clearing and payroll-related balance sheet accounts.
• Review payroll accounting outputs, general ledger postings, and payroll reports for accuracy.
• Support payroll system interfaces, integrations, and data transfers between payroll and finance systems.

Employee Liabilities

• Calculate and maintain annual leave, long service leave, and other employee entitlement provisions.
• Reconcile superannuation, retirement plans, statutory contributions, and payroll-related liabilities.
• Maintain employee benefits reconciliations and supporting schedules.

Workforce Finance

• Manage personnel budgeting, forecasting, and workforce planning models.
• Monitor headcount movements, salary changes, and workforce-related costs.
• Analyze salary, headcount, and staffing variances against budget and forecast.
• Manage the approval, tracking, and monitoring process for payroll-related changes in coordination with HR and People & Culture teams.

Intercompany Payroll

• Process intercompany payroll recharge calculations and allocations.
• Manage staff movement cost allocations across entities, departments, and cost centers.
• Reconcile intercompany payroll balances and resolve variances.

Executive Payroll Support

• Liaise with executive payroll providers and external stakeholders.
• Maintain executive payroll accounting records and reconciliations.

Compliance & Audit

• Support payroll compliance, statutory reporting, and audit requirements.
• Ensure payroll accounting processes comply with company policies and relevant regulations.
• Assist with internal and external audits relating to payroll transactions and employee liabilities.

Key Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in Payroll Accounting, Payroll Finance, Financial Accounting, or General Ledger Accounting.

• International payroll accounting experience (AU, US, UK, NZ, Canada, or multi-country payroll environment) highly preferred.

• Strong knowledge of payroll accounting principles, journal entries, accruals, and reconciliations.

• Experience with ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, Workday, Microsoft Dynamics, or similar.

• Experience with payroll platforms such as ADP, Ceridian, PayGlobal, Employment Hero, KeyPay, UKG, or similar.

• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills (Pivot Tables, XLOOKUP, SUMIFS, data analysis, reconciliation schedules).

• Experience collaborating with offshore HR, payroll, and finance teams across different jurisdictions.

Work Location: Picadilly, BGC

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 7:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Arrangement: Fully on-site