Senior Payroll Officer

Arcadis

Senior Payroll Officer at Arcadis responsible for assisting payroll processes for approx. 1100 employees in Australia.

Posted 5/20/2026full-timeMelbourne • 🇦🇺 AustraliaSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Assisting with End-to-end payroll process in Australia, constituting approx. 1000 Permanent employees and 100 casual employees
Provide adequate backup to allow for absences of Payroll Manager, both planned and unforeseen
Assistance with Payroll related general ledger activities and assisting with End of Month Reports, Annualised Salaries and Reconciliation processes
Salary Packaging & Leave Reconciliations
Assisting with Payroll Tax, Superannuation Lodgements
Assisting with Process Improvement Projects
Award Interpretation experience and understanding of annualised salaries process
Prompt resolution and responses to employee and stakeholder queries
Performing other duties and responsibilities as required from time to time by your manager or Arcadis
Timesheet reconciliation and compliance, including timecard comparison across different systems to support internal processes
Assistance with payroll systems configuration and maintenance of employee records

Requirements

What you’ll need

Extensive working knowledge of Sage MicroPay
Demonstrated past experience in a similar Australian payroll position, preferably in a professional services environment
Current knowledge and understanding of legislation relating to payroll e.g. Single touch payroll
Demonstrated accuracy and attention to detail
Good communication skills
Professional approach, demonstrated ability to work with people with a variety of backgrounds and seniority
Advanced skills in Microsoft Office, particularly, Excel and Outlook

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health and Safety compliance
Support for process improvement projects
Professional development opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools

payroll processinggeneral ledger activitiesend of month reportssalary packagingleave reconciliationspayroll taxsuperannuation lodgementstimesheet reconciliationprocess improvementaward interpretation

Soft Skills

attention to detailcommunication skillsprofessionalismproblem resolutionstakeholder management