Payroll Specialist

About the role

Crown Resorts is hiring a Payroll Specialist, a senior individual contributor who supports accurate, compliant and timely payroll outcomes across Crown's project activities. The role covers pay processing, award and Enterprise Agreement interpretation, exception resolution, reconciliations, payroll controls and operational readiness. It acts as a trusted escalation point for complex payroll matters and helps embed payroll knowledge into repeatable ways of working. This is a 12-month fixed-term contract.

Key responsibilities

• Provide senior payroll knowledge across pay processing, pay components, leave, deductions, superannuation, tax, terminations, back pay, off-cycle payments and payroll calendar and cut-off requirements.
• Investigate complex payroll exceptions, variances and employee pay queries.
• Support pay run validation, reconciliations, audit evidence, compliance checks and control activities.
• Contribute subject matter expert input to payroll transformation, blueprint workshops, user acceptance testing, parallel runs, defect assessment, cutover readiness and hypercare.

Required profile

• Previous payroll project and systems testing experience.
• Demonstrated experience interpreting awards, Enterprise Agreements, employment contracts and payroll policy requirements.
• Practical experience resolving complex payroll exceptions, discrepancies and variances.
• Significant experience in payroll operations within a complex, multi-site or high-volume payroll environment.

Required skills

• Experience with HRIS, workforce management and payroll systems, including SAP.