Payroll Consultant Melbourne

The Prospect Our client is looking for an experienced Payroll Consultant to join the People Operations team on an immediate‑start contract basis. This is a hands‑on, project‑critical role supporting the transition of our client’s Australian payroll function to ADP, while maintaining accurate and compliant payroll delivery throughout. Reporting to the People Operations Manager, you’ll act as a key liaison between the internal team and the outsourced payroll provider — guiding the transition from current state through to go‑live, while keeping day‑to‑day payroll running without disruption. What You’ll Be Doing
- Processing end‑to‑end payroll across the business, ensuring accuracy and timeliness throughout the transition period
- Supporting the ADP implementation — managing the vendor relationship and working through data migration, configuration, and go‑live activities
- Applying Modern Awards knowledge (Rapid Food Industry Award, General Retail Industry Award, Hospitality Industry Award) to ensure correct pay rates, penalties, loadings, and entitlements across a complex workforce
- Cleansing, validating, and reconciling payroll data ahead of migration
- Partnering with HR, Finance, and operations to resolve queries and communicate changes
- Developing process documentation, runbooks, and SOPs to support the team post go‑live What We’re Looking For
- Proven experience processing payroll in an outsourced model — ideally with direct involvement in an outsourcing or system transition project
- Strong working knowledge of Modern Awards, particularly in F&B; and/or retail environments with multi‑award, multi‑shift complexity
- Confidence managing payroll across varying employment types — full time, part‑time, casual, and peak‑period arrangements
- High attention to detail with the ability to balance operational delivery alongside a transformational project
- Available to work in office 5 days per week from our client’s Melbourne office for the duration of the contract #J-18808-Ljbffr Apply on Kit Job: kitjobau.com/job/3rttur