Payroll Analyst & Quality Assurance Specialist
Payroll Analyst & Quality Assurance Specialist
Contract Type:
Full Time
Location:
Sydney - NSW
Industry:
HR & Recruitment
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Salary Type:
Year
Date Published:
23-Mar-2026
A newly created opportunity with a large NSW State Government agency for a payroll specialist to join this newly formed team in Parramatta, with 2 days WFH.
- Salary negotiable depending on experience
- NSW State Government | Hybrid - Parramatta + WFH
- 12 months FTC Opportunity
About the Company:
Our large NSW State Government client functions to reduce violence, crime and fear throughout the NSW Community.
Purpose of the role:
Reporting to the Manager for Shared Services and HR Transactional Services, this role supports payroll and workers compensation functions by ensuring data accuracy, compliance and strong quality assurance across all payroll-related activities. Working alongside specialists in the same functional area, this position provides additional analytical capacity, controls and governance over workers compensation and payroll processes.
Key responsibilities:
- Extract, analyse and reconcile data from SAP and other systems to ensure payroll transactions related to workers compensation are accurate and compliant.
- Implement and maintain quality assurance practices for payroll activities, in line with NSW Police policies, legislation and industry best practice.
- Develop and run regular checks, reports and exception analyses to identify errors, inconsistencies or non-compliance in payroll and workers compensation records.
- Work closely with payroll, workers insurance and HR teams to investigate and resolve discrepancies and document corrective actions.
- Support the design, documentation and continual improvement of processes, procedures and controls relating to payroll and employee record amendments.
- Maintain high-quality records and audit trails for all payroll changes and workers compensation-related adjustments, ensuring robust governance and traceability.
- Contribute to projects and initiatives aimed at strengthening data integrity, system utilisation and reporting capability within the shared services environment.
Ideal candidate profile:
- Demonstrated experience with SAP (or similar large ERP) in a payroll, HR, finance or shared services context.
- Strong data reconciliation and analysis skills, with the ability to work with large data sets and identify trends, gaps and anomalies.
- Experience implementing or operating quality assurance frameworks for payroll or other high-volume transactional processes.
- High-level technical skills and advanced proficiency with computer systems and applications (e.g. Excel, reporting tools).
- Solid understanding of compliance and governance requirements relating to payroll, workers compensation and employee record keeping.
- Strong attention to detail, excellent documentation skills and the ability to work effectively with stakeholders across payroll, workers insurance, HR and line agencies.
How to Apply
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