Australia Payroll Specialist

Location: Manila, Philippines; hybrid workplace

Company

Global payroll provider delivering compliant payroll and payment solutions for businesses and their employees.

What you will do

• Prepare and process end-to-end Australian payroll for APAC clients on weekly, bi-weekly, and monthly cycles, including on- and off-cycle processing.
• Collect payroll data, process payroll, produce reports and journals, upload bank files, and apply mass changes in the payroll system.
• Process new hires, salary increases, back pays, redundancies, terminations, tax treatments, superannuation, PAYG, child support, and other statutory deductions.
• Complete monthly and quarterly remittances, end-of-year processing, reconciliations, payment summaries, statutory reports, and General Ledger reconciliation.
• Handle client payroll and tax queries, submit reports to business units, and ensure client-specific SLAs are met.
• Identify payroll risks, establish solutions with the team, maintain knowledge of legislation, and update the Australia payroll manual.

Requirements

• Strong knowledge of Australian payroll legislation, statutory requirements, and filings.
• Ability to interpret awards, legislation, tax requirements, and superannuation rules.
• Hands-on in-house Australian payroll processing experience.
• Clear communication skills and the ability to explain payroll processing matters.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially advanced Excel.
• Ability to work independently and under pressure in a fast-paced environment, meet deadlines, and prioritize workload.
• Ownership, integrity, respect, teamwork, customer focus, initiative, and commitment to continuous improvement.

Nice to have

• Regional payroll experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid workplace with a culture based on professionalism, passion, empowerment, innovation, and teamwork.
• Competitive salary, vacation allowance, sick leave, bereavement leave, marriage leave, study leave, and paid volunteering days.
• Group life insurance, HMO, Employee Assistance Program, Calm app, and de minimis benefit.
• WFH allowance, mid-year bonus, 13th-month pay, regularization bonus, and first-year anniversary bonus.
• Employee referral program and an environment focused on employee development and continuous improvement.