Payroll Governance Consultant

Location: NSW, Australia; hybrid arrangement with three days in the office and two days remote or from home

Company

hirify.global is an Australian telecommunications company delivering mobile, broadband, and digital services to more than 11 million customers.

What you will do

• Drive payroll governance and compliance activities, ensuring processes, controls, and documentation meet legislative and organisational requirements.
• Conduct payroll audits, control testing, and payroll data analysis to identify risks, exceptions, and improvement opportunities.
• Investigate payroll discrepancies, perform root cause analysis, and coordinate effective resolutions with stakeholders.
• Monitor payroll reporting, compliance metrics, and governance registers, providing actionable insights for decision-making.
• Support payroll transformation initiatives, system enhancements, and testing activities.
• Collaborate with Payroll, Finance, Employee Relations, Technology, and People & Culture teams to strengthen governance and audit readiness.

Requirements

• Experience in payroll governance, compliance, audit, risk management, reporting, or payroll operations.
• Strong knowledge of Australian payroll legislation, including awards, enterprise agreements, superannuation, and taxation requirements.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret payroll data, identify issues, and drive resolutions.
• Proficiency in Excel and enterprise payroll systems such as SAP ECP or similar platforms.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, including the ability to present insights clearly.
• Experience supporting continuous improvement, controls testing, audits, and payroll transformation initiatives.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible hybrid working with three office days and two remote or home-working days.
• Competitive remuneration, employee discounts, an $80 monthly credit, and 25% off hirify.global products.
• Additional Connected days and up to 16 weeks of inclusive, carer-neutral paid parental leave.
• Employee-led diversity networks and inclusion initiatives.
• 24/7 access to counselling and wellbeing support services.
• Free hirify.global bus service from Macquarie University Metro Station.

Hiring process

• Inclusive recruitment support and accessibility adjustments are available on request.