Assistant Payroll Manager
- $125,000 + Super | Chatswood NSW 2067 | 3 Days Work From Home & Flexible Hours
- For Senior Payrollers or Team Leaders who are ready to fast track to management
- End to End payroll management on Dayforce & play a key role in process improvements and team mentorship.
Rare opportunity for Senior payrollers to step into leadership, drive improvements & fast‑track your career for a leading Fin Services company!
Why You'll Love This Role
- Hybrid working: Only 2 days per week required in the Chatswood office
- Using Dayforce the most in demand payroll software in the market
- Clear career pathway to Payroll Manager with training and mentorship
- Organisation experiencing strong growth and multiple acquisitions going through a large transformation project
- Combination of BAU oversight and high‑level strategic project work
- Leader who values mentorship and long‑term development
The Role
As Assistant Payroll Manager, you will support and guide the national payroll function, ensuring accurate, efficient and compliant payroll processing in the Financial Services space.
The role blends leadership, BAU governance, systems improvements, and involvement in large‑scale transformation projects.
Key Responsibilities
- Oversight of end‑to‑end fortnightly payroll processing on Dayforce
- Support with month‑end and year‑end deadlines
- Interpretation of multiple awards and EBAs
- Ensuring strong compliance, data accuracy and audit readiness
- Acting as second‑in‑command to the Payroll Manager
- Driving process improvements, system testing and control enhancements
- Providing payroll guidance and coaching to the payroll team and wider business stakeholders
About You
You enjoy working in a fast‑paced, change‑driven environment and bring a strong combination of technical payroll knowledge and people leadership skills. You'll be joining a genuine, down‑to‑earth and supportive team that values collaboration, problem‑solving and continuous improvement.
What You'll Bring
- At least 5 years Payroll experience with strong end‑to‑end payroll knowledge
- Experience working with awards and EBAs
- Strong leadership capabilities, someone who wants to progress
- Comfort working through systems upgrades, implementations or payroll transformations
- Excellent stakeholder engagement and professional communication skills
- Dayforce experience ideal but not essential
If we have already spoken and you are already in my Payroll Network before please feel free to call or email me directly - Otherwise please apply now
Gina Morley at AccountAbility - 02 8296 5314
(AccountAbility has been specialising in payroll recruitment, both on a temporary and permanent basis across the Sydney Market for 20+ years! If this particular role doesn't suit then please reach out to Gina Morley to support you further!)
