Senior Payroll Specialist - 8 month FTC

Ocado Group
Melbourne, Australia
Workplace: RemoteContractFunction: Solutions Engineering & Sales EngineeringSkills: ["Analytical","Stakeholder management","Communication","Autonomous","Attention to detail"]

Own end-to-end Australian payroll delivery during Ocado’s global payroll transformation, ensuring accurate, on-time processing aligned to Australian requirements. Serve as the local payroll SME for complex matters including Enterprise Agreements, Modern Awards, annualised salaries, entitlements, and time & attendance. Strengthen controls, validate reconciliations, manage external payroll/system providers, and support the transition to future shared services through testing, documentation, training, and knowledge transfer.

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Ocado Group
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Senior Payroll Specialist - 8 month FTC

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Job Summary

Own end-to-end Australian payroll delivery during Ocado’s global payroll transformation, ensuring accurate, on-time processing aligned to Australian requirements. Serve as the local payroll SME for complex matters including Enterprise Agreements, Modern Awards, annualised salaries, entitlements, and time & attendance. Strengthen controls, validate reconciliations, manage external payroll/system providers, and support the transition to future shared services through testing, documentation, training, and knowledge transfer.
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Contract · 8 months
Job Function: Solutions Engineering & Sales Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Deliver accurate and timely Australian payroll, including reviewing calculations, outputs, and reconciliations.
  • •Manage complex payroll transactions, discrepancies, over/underpayments, and employee queries.
  • •Provide expert advice on payroll legislation, Enterprise Agreements, Modern Awards, and employee entitlements.
  • •Oversee time and attendance inputs, resolve exceptions, and support compliance reconciliations and payroll changes/back payments.
  • •Manage external payroll and system providers; maintain controls and audit evidence; support transition to shared services via testing, validation, documentation, training, and knowledge transfer.
Travel: Low travel

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Health InsuranceEquityLife AssuranceSalary SacrificeEmployee Assistance

Key Requirements

  • •Senior-level end-to-end Australian payroll experience.
  • •Strong knowledge of Australian payroll legislation and statutory obligations.
  • •Experience interpreting Enterprise Agreements and/or Modern Awards and applying employee entitlements.
  • •Strong experience with payroll reconciliations, complex discrepancies, governance, and controls.
  • •Experience managing external payroll providers and challenging outputs when required.
Skills:AnalyticalStakeholder managementCommunicationAutonomousAttention to detail
Languages:English
Tech Stack:ExcelGoogle SheetsWorkdayTime and attendance systemsEnterprise HRIS

Eligibility

Work Authorization:Authorization required. Sponsorship not provided.

Company Brief

Ocado Group
Ocado Group provides end-to-end automation, robotics, and software solutions for online grocery retail and logistics, licensing its Ocado Smart Platform to supermarket partners worldwide while operating its own retail joint ventures.
Industry: Supply Chain Technology
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Hatfield, United Kingdom
Founded: 2000
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