Payroll Officer

Careers are Better at Hungry Jack’s

Ready to level up your Payroll career?

If you have foundational payroll experience and you’re looking for your next big step, this is it.

We’re on the hunt for a Junior Payroll Officer with ambition to join our high-performing National Payroll team, supporting 25,000+ employees across Australia while gaining hands-on experience with Workday, one of the world’s leading payroll platforms. This is your chance to learn, grow, and get exposure to large-scale payroll operations and cutting-edge systems.

What You’ll Be Doing

You’ll be right in the action, learning end-to-end payroll in a fast-paced, high-volume environment:

• Assist with weekly payroll processing (Workday Payroll)
• Maintain employee data — new starters, changes, terminations
• Work with Time & Attendance data (LIFELENZ)
• Get exposure to complex payroll calculations:
• Annual, personal, parental & long service leave
• Workers compensation
• Support month-end and year-end payroll activities
• Interpret Awards & EBAs (and actually understand them, not just tick boxes)
• Handle payroll queries via email, phone & JIRA
• Assist with reconciliations (super, payroll tax, YTD)
• Contribute to process improvements and system enhancements

What You Bring

• 1–3 years payroll experience (high-volume is a bonus)
• Basic understanding of payroll legislation, tax, Awards/EBAs
• Strong attention to detail (you spot what others miss)
• Confident communicator — written & verbal
• Team player who can juggle priorities with the right attitude

Bonus Points If You Have

• Exposure to Workday or similar HRIS/payroll systems
• Payroll qualifications (Cert/Diploma)
• Excel skills — formulas, pivots, data handling

What we offer

• 🚀 Step up your career
  • move beyond basic processing into a large-scale payroll operation
• 💻 Learn Workday Payroll
  • highly sought-after system experience
• 🤝 Supportive, high-performing team that actually invests in your growth
• 📈 Real career pathways into Payroll, Systems or Compliance
• ⚡ Fast-paced environment where no two days are the same
• 🐨Be part of a major Australian business

Apply Now: If you’re early in your payroll career and want a role that offers up and coming systems exposure and real career progression, this is your move.