Payroll Specialist

📋 Description

• Own end-to-end payroll delivery for all Australia and New Zealand locations, ensuring timeliness, accuracy, and compliance with local labor and tax laws.
• Manage payroll through local providers and global aggregator (e.g., ADP Celergo/Strada/other providers), escalating and resolving payroll issues quickly.
• Oversee payroll funding requests, GL reconciliations, and statutory payments across the region.
• Implement strong pre- and post-payroll controls in alignment with global standards.
• Coordinate with HR and Finance for data validation, accruals, and reporting requirements.
• Establish SLAs and KPIs for Australia and New Zealand payroll performance, driving accountability and service excellence.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, HR, or related field (preferred).
• 5+ years of payroll experience, with experience in retail or luxury industry as a plus
• Experience managing both Australia and New Zealand payroll in a global aggregate model (e.g., ADP, Celergo, Safeguard, Cloudpay, UKG, etc.).
• Strong understanding of statutory payroll and tax requirements across Australia and New Zealand.
• Proven experience working with global stakeholders across HR, Finance, and IT.
• Advanced excel skills.