Senior Payroll Officer

The Opportunity

Join Veolia’s high-performing national payroll team and play a key role in delivering accurate, compliant, and efficient payroll services to thousands of employees across Australia. You’ll manage complex end-to-end payroll processing, drive continuous improvement initiatives, and support projects within one of Australia’s most recognised sustainability leaders.

What's on offer

• Career development opportunities
• Great company culture and collaborative team environment
• Exposure to complex payroll processes
• Nearby and on-site parking
• Eligibility for discretionary yearly bonuses

What you'll be responsible for

• Process and review payroll in line with EBAs, awards, and legislative requirements

• Oversee payroll officers to ensure onboarding, offboarding, and employee change workflows are managed accurately and completed on time 

• Perform detailed pay-to-pay variance checks, tax and super calculations, and resolve discrepancies

• Provide guidance and training to Payroll Officers and support ongoing process improvement

• Partner with HR and Finance to resolve complex payroll queries

• Ensure payroll processes comply with regulatory and internal compliance requirements by conducting regular compliance activities, including monitoring adherence to SOPs and performing data quality checks 

• Support payroll system testing and configuration in SAP SuccessFactors ECP

• Maintain confidentiality and ensure legislative and policy compliance at all times

What you'll need to be successful

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in end-to-end payroll processing

• Proven experience with SAP SuccessFactors & ECP (essential)

• Strong knowledge of payroll legislation, ATO compliance, superannuation, and payroll tax

• Advanced Excel skills and strong analytical ability

• Excellent attention to detail, communication, and stakeholder management skills

• Collaborative team player with the ability to manage priorities and meet deadlines

• Experience with UKG Pro (desirable)

A Veolia Career

Veolia values employees and their health and wellbeing. All of our employees are entitled to:

• Employee share plan where employees have the opportunity to purchase discounted Veolia shares 
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) through Assure which covers mental health, nutrition,  financial, legal, coaching and career transition support
• Bupa health insurance discount 
• Career development including formal training
• You will also have access to corporate discounts, as well as eligibility to volunteer at one of Veolia's partnered volunteer organisations
• The opportunity to work in a truly diverse and inclusive culture

Veterans are encouraged to visit our Veterans at Veolia webpage to discover what we can offer.

We encourage people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent and people from diverse backgrounds to apply.

We are a Circle Back Initiative Employer and commit to respond to every applicant

Our environmental solutions help customers preserve and renew our natural resources, creating a better future for our planet. Here, you’ll have the opportunity to build your career, and a more sustainable world.

At Veolia we value diversity, equality and inclusion, we are committed to providing working environments where everyone is included and treated fairly and with respect. We welcome applications from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples, Veterans, people with Disability, mature age and early careers, members of the LGBTI+ community, and people from all cultural backgrounds. We also encourage our Veterans to visit our Veterans at Veolia webpage.