Payroll Partner

About This Role

Payroll Partner

North Ryde Support Centre

Take a seat at Freedom.

At Freedom, we've been making beautiful things for the home available to everyone for over 40 years. Our people are at the heart of everything we do, and we're passionate about creating an exceptional experience—not only for our customers, but for our team.

We're looking for an experienced Payroll Partner to join our People & Culture team. If you're passionate about payroll, thrive in a fast-paced environment and take pride in delivering accurate, compliant and people-focused outcomes, we'd love to hear from you.

About The Role

Reporting to the GM People & Culture, you'll take ownership of the end-to-end payroll function for more than 1,000 employees across Australia. You'll partner closely with Finance, People & Culture and operational leaders to ensure payroll is delivered accurately, compliantly and on time, while driving continuous improvement across systems and processes.

This is a true business partnering role where you'll provide expert payroll advice, champion best practice and play a key role in delivering an outstanding employee experience.

What You'll Be Doing

• Manage the end-to-end processing of fortnightly and bi-monthly payrolls for 1,000+ employees
• Process new starters, terminations, salary changes, allowances, leave, deductions and back pays
• Ensure compliance with payroll legislation, taxation, superannuation, STP and statutory reporting requirements
• Prepare payroll reconciliations, reporting and year-end activities
• Interpret Awards, Enterprise Agreements and Fair Work legislation
• Act as the key escalation point for payroll enquiries across the business
• Maintain payroll data integrity across payroll, HRIS and time & attendance systems
• Partner with Finance, IT and People & Culture to improve payroll processes and systems
• Support payroll audits, compliance activities and continuous improvement initiatives
• Deliver payroll reporting and insights to support business decision-making.

About You

You'll be an experienced payroll professional who enjoys solving problems, building relationships and delivering exceptional service.

You'll also bring:

• 5+ years' experience processing end-to-end payroll within a medium to large organisation
• High-volume payroll experience
• Strong knowledge of payroll legislation, taxation, superannuation and statutory obligations
• Experience interpreting Modern Awards and Enterprise Agreements
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills
• Experience with ADP Payroll and Etivity (or similar Time & Attendance systems) is highly regarded
• Excellent attention to detail and analytical capability
• Outstanding communication and stakeholder management skills
• A proactive mindset with a passion for continuous improvement.

Why you'll love working at Freedom

• Certified Great Place to Work
• Hybrid working arrangements
• Competitive salary and generous team member discounts
• Career development and progression opportunities
• Collaborative and supportive People & Culture team
• Ongoing learning and development
• Employee recognition and wellbeing initiatives
• Opportunity to make a real impact in a growing national business

Ready to take a seat?

If you're looking for an opportunity to own payroll, influence process improvements and join a business where people genuinely matter, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply today and become part of the Freedom family.