Senior Finance Associate – Payroll

BAE Systems
Australia
Full timeFunction: Finance & AccountingSkills: ["Communication","Stakeholder management","Organisational skills","Continuous improvement","Problem-solving"]

Own end-to-end payroll delivery for a large, complex organization, ensuring accurate, compliant, and timely payments. Provide expert advice on complex payroll matters by interpreting policies, procedures, awards, and enterprise agreements, while maintaining strong governance and record-keeping. Operate Oracle payroll and time/attendance systems, resolve complex payroll queries, and support continuous improvement through coaching and knowledge sharing within the payroll team.

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BAE Systems
BAE Systems
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Senior Finance Associate – Payroll

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Job Summary

Own end-to-end payroll delivery for a large, complex organization, ensuring accurate, compliant, and timely payments. Provide expert advice on complex payroll matters by interpreting policies, procedures, awards, and enterprise agreements, while maintaining strong governance and record-keeping. Operate Oracle payroll and time/attendance systems, resolve complex payroll queries, and support continuous improvement through coaching and knowledge sharing within the payroll team.
Location: Australia
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Finance & Accounting
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Deliver accurate, compliant, and timely payroll services within a large, complex organisational environment while meeting deadlines and service standards.
  • •Provide expert payroll advice to stakeholders and resolve complex payroll queries by interpreting relevant policies, procedures, awards, and enterprise agreements.
  • •Ensure payroll compliance and governance through accurate record-keeping, strong data integrity, and adherence to legislative, statutory, privacy, and organisational requirements.
  • •Maintain and use Oracle payroll and time and attendance systems to support efficient payroll processing and employee data management.
  • •Coach, train, and support team members to enable knowledge sharing, manage competing priorities, and deliver high-quality payroll outcomes.

Key Requirements

  • •Strong experience delivering accurate, compliant, and timely payroll services in a large and complex organisation.
  • •Sound knowledge of payroll legislation, statutory obligations, awards, enterprise agreements, and HR compliance requirements.
  • •Experience using Oracle payroll and HR/time-and-attendance systems for payroll operations and employee data management.
  • •Ability to provide expert payroll advice, interpret policies and agreements, and resolve complex payroll queries.
  • •Excellent organisational, communication, and stakeholder management skills to manage competing priorities and deliver high-quality outcomes.
Skills:CommunicationStakeholder managementOrganisational skillsContinuous improvementProblem-solving
Tech Stack:OracleOracle HROracle PayrollTime and attendance systemsMicrosoft OfficeHR policiesEnterprise agreementsAwards

Eligibility

Nationality:Australian National
Security Clearance:Defence security clearance

Company Brief

BAE Systems
Multinational defence, security and aerospace company designing, manufacturing and supporting military and civilian systems including naval ships, submarines, aircraft, cyber solutions and electronic systems for governments and commercial customers.
Industry: Defense Manufacturing
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom
Founded: 1999
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