Payroll Services Specialist

• Sydney CBD location with on-site gym
• Flexible work options
• Collaborative environment where innovation is welcomed
• 6 month fixed term contract

Why join us?

Welcome to TAL. As a leading life insurer, we’ve been protecting Australians for over 150 years. Backed by Dai-ichi Life, we're driven by big ambitions and empower to create better products and services.

Together with our Partners, we’re helping millions of Australians live a life filled with choices, options, and freedoms. See the direct impact you make delivering support and financial security with care and expertise. Grow beyond expectations with diverse roles, global connections, and exclusive learning opportunities.

Work with passionate, bright and capable colleagues. Feel inspired by supportive leaders. Collaborate with heart, where flexibility, wellbeing and inclusivity is valued. Together, we're reimagining insurance.

So, bring a curious mind and an ambition to help us become the progressive, digitally enabled leading insurer.

Join Australia’s leading life insurer as a Payroll Services Specialist. Reporting to the Payroll Services & Compliance Manager, you will join a close-knit team who are part of our broader People and Culture business unit. The primary purpose of the role is to is to ensure excellence by providing solutions, resolving complex issues, and managing payroll activities accurately and on time for TAL.

We’re looking for someone who is experienced with Dayforce, enjoys working as part of a team and has strong customer service skills.

This is a 6-month fixed term contract, working flexibly from our Sydney office.

In this role you will: 

• Assist with the end-to-end processing and maintenance of the fortnightly payroll and ensure all data is accurate and paid in a timely manner
• Process, calculate and manage payroll adjustments, new starter administration, terminations, leave reconciliations, Workday inbox transactions (HRIS), parental leave payments, and one-off (bonus/commission/ referral) payments
• Ensure all payroll processing calculations and payment are in accordance with relevant legislation and Awards and Enterprise Agreement interpretation
• Provide guidance and support for award and Enterprise Agreement interpretation within P&C and the wider business
• Identify new and better ways to improve and simplify payroll processing, including but not limited to, providing suggestions around potential process steps that can be done differently or automated
• Contribute to putting in place processes and documentation to help manage and reduce any operational risks in relation to processing pay

• Extensive payroll experience in a medium to large company, with proficiency in using Dayforce
• Exceptional customer service skills and service-oriented approach with an energetic and positive mindset
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Experience interpreting multiple Awards and Enterprise Agreements
• Well-organised, deadline-focused, effective time management, and capable of handling multiple tasks.
• Knowledge of Australian payroll legislation including taxation, superannuation, terms, and leave
• Strong computer literacy skills particularly Excel

TAL is one of Australia’s leading life insurers, committed to inclusion, and supporting the career growth of our diverse workforce. We’re proud to be: 

• An Inclusive Employer – Recognised as Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency and Bronze Tier Status within the Australian Workplace Equality Index 
• Diversity Champions – Member of Diversity Council Australia, Australian Disability Network, Pride in Diversity and Champions of Change 
• Reconciliation Advocates – Read our Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan.
• We welcome applications from people with diverse experiences, perspectives and backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, caregivers, individuals living with disabilities, people from culturally diverse backgrounds and the LGBTIQ+ community. 
• Need adjustments during the recruitment process? Let our team know by getting in touch with us here.—we’re here to support you.

You’re always accountable for your actions. You never give up. You strive to find the best outcomes for customers and partners. And you value working together to find the best solutions for problems.  

As part of the recruitment process, there are several checks which may be conducted to demonstrate your eligibility for a role at TAL including Criminal History, Bankruptcy, Entitlement to Work, Regulatory and Reference Checks. 

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Everyone at TAL has a responsibility to do the right thing and is accountable for the way they conduct themselves. Our expectations are that you follow the principles set out in our Code of Conduct when you come to work every day. Risk management is everyone’s responsibility.

If you are already a TAL employee please apply via the SmartRecruiters button in Workday and navigate to the Employee Portal. This is important to ensure that your application is recorded accurately.