Payroll Project Specialist

About the Company

Our commercial client operates nationally, providing services globally. They are currently undertaking an ambitious large-scale project to overhaul their payroll operations and require the expertise of a specialist who knows their way around a spreadsheet and a system upgrade. This is your chance to join a company that values excellence, celebrates innovation, and gets serious things done (with a bit of cheeky fun on the side).

You'll be joining a tight-knit, high-performing project team that truly touches every part of the business. It will be fast, complex, and never boring!


About the Role

You'll be the go-to problem-solver for complex payroll challenges, helping to modernise and future-proof systems through:

· Deep-dive data and process analysis

· Designing and documenting new payroll system states

· Collaborating with cross-functional SMEs to nail requirements and roll out changes

· Producing slick, high-quality documentation that tells the full story—from “as is” to “nailed it”

· Contributing to transformation projects (think enterprise agreements and continuous improvement)




About You

· Extensive payroll experience within a medium-to-large business

· Experience with testing payroll systems

· Sharp communicator who loves a good challenge and knows how to read an EA like a novel

· Experience interpreting complex data and delivering process change

· Experience with Power BI or other dashboard tools

· Understanding of payroll integrations and time & attendance systems



The Benefits


Joining this project isn’t just another job—it’s a chance to make real impact in a high-profile, enterprise-level environment while enjoying some serious benefits:

· 12-Month Fixed Term Contract – With full leave entitlements (yes, you still get your holidays and sick leave like any permanent employee)

· Salary up to $150,000 + Super

· Hybrid Flexibility – Work 2 days a week from home

· Prime city location – the offices are perfectly placed, with easy access to trains, buses, the ferry and great coffee

· Big-Name Brand, Big-Time Project – Contribute to a major transformation in a national brand with over 5,000 employees.



Please apply with current resume in Microsoft Word format only (.doc or .docx). If you would like to have a confidential discussion, please contact Britt Molony on +61 0417737307, quoting reference JN -052025-40427. Want to know more about Davidson? Visit us at www.davidsonwp.com