⚡ Big Career Energy

Title: Payroll Officer

Type: Temporary | 3-4 months | Potential to become permanent

Hourly Rate: Circa $50 per hour including superannuation

Location: North Melbourne hybrid, or remote anywhere in Australia for candidates with MYOB PayGlobal experience

👋 Who are we?

We’re partnering with an established not-for-profit organisation to find an experienced Payroll Officer to support its team through a busy period of change.

You’ll join a close-knit payroll function responsible for approximately 1,000 employees, working across a complex award and EBA environment while the organisation introduces new workforce technology.

This is a hands-on role where you can quickly get across the payroll and take some pressure off an experienced team. There is also potential for the opportunity to become permanent, so you’ll ideally be open to both the initial assignment and something longer term.

For Melbourne-based candidates, the role offers a hybrid arrangement. Fully remote candidates across Australia will also be considered where they have direct MYOB PayGlobal experience. Please note that any ongoing opportunity would require you to be based in Melbourne.

😊 Who are you?

You’re an experienced Payroll Officer who’s confident with end-to-end payroll and comfortable working in a busy, deadline-driven environment.

You understand that good payroll is about more than processing correctly. You’re approachable, solutions-focused and able to communicate clearly and empathetically with employees when they have questions about their pay.

You’ll bring:

• Strong end-to-end payroll experience
• Experience working across awards and/or enterprise agreements
• Good knowledge of Australian payroll legislation and compliance
• Confidence processing starters, variations, terminations and deductions
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy
• Clear, concise and empathetic written communication
• Confidence managing employee payroll queries
• Experience using MYOB PayGlobal, Humanforce or AlayaCare
• The ability to pick up new systems and processes quickly
• Openness to a potential temp-to-perm opportunity

You don’t need experience across all three systems. However, direct MYOB PayGlobal experience is required for candidates seeking a fully remote arrangement.

🤸 Day to day

You’ll support the delivery of a fortnightly payroll for approximately 1,000 employees, including:

• End-to-end payroll processing
• Processing new starters, employee changes and terminations
• Working across multiple awards and an enterprise agreement
• Managing salary packaging arrangements and deductions
• Investigating payroll discrepancies, overpayments and recoveries
• Responding to employee payroll queries via email
• Producing payroll reports for People & Culture and Finance
• Maintaining accurate payroll data and employee records
• Supporting strong payroll governance, compliance and data integrity
• Working within the MYOB PayGlobal payroll environment
• Supporting the team through its transition to Humanforce and AlayaCare

🧰 What’s in your toolkit?

You know payroll and can hit the ground running. You’ll ideally have worked in a complex or manual payroll environment, understand award interpretation and be comfortable investigating issues rather than simply processing what’s put in front of you.

You’ll also be someone who can explain payroll clearly. There’s plenty of communication with employees and managers, so patience, empathy and a strong service mindset will go a long way.

If you’re working remotely, you’ll be comfortable operating independently, communicating proactively and remaining connected with the wider team.

✨ What’s in it for you?

• Circa $50 per hour including superannuation
• Initial 3–4 month temporary assignment
• Potential to become permanent for Melbourne-based candidates
• Hybrid working in North Melbourne
• Fully remote options across Australia for experienced MYOB PayGlobal candidates
• Fortnightly payroll for approximately 1,000 employees
• Exposure to a complex multi-award and EBA environment
• The opportunity to work alongside an experienced payroll team
• Exposure to MYOB PayGlobal, Humanforce and AlayaCare
• The chance to contribute during a significant systems transformation
• Meaningful work within an established not-for-profit organisation

🚀 The Bottom Line

If you’re an experienced Payroll Officer who can step into a busy environment, quickly understand a complex payroll and make life easier for the team, this is a great opportunity.

Whether you’re Melbourne-based or an experienced MYOB PayGlobal user elsewhere in Australia, we’d love to hear from you.