About the role
As our Senior Payroll Officer you'll be responsible for the end-to-end delivery, governance, and continuous improvement of payroll across multiple entities within the Cision house of brands, including two Australian brands and one New Zealand brand.
This part-time role combines hands-on payroll processing with ownership of compliance, payroll tax, statutory obligations, and employee benefits (including novated leasing). You will act as the subject matter expert for payroll across AU & NZ, ensuring best practice, accuracy, and regulatory compliance while partnering with Finance and People teams.
What you'll be doing
Payroll Ownership & Processing
Take full ownership of end-to-end payroll for:
- Two Australian entities (multi-state)
- One New Zealand entity
- Oversee and execute payroll cycles, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and completeness
- Manage complex payroll scenarios (terminations, back pays, adjustments, leave calculations)
- Ensure leave accruals (annual leave, long service leave) are accurately calculated, reviewed and aligned with payroll reports.
- Reconcile payroll reports to general ledger and investigate variances,
- Ensure payroll journal entries are accurately prepared, reviewed, and correctly posted in Xero.
Compliance, Payroll Tax & Statutory Obligations
- Act as the subject matter expert on payroll compliance across AU & NZ
- Ensure payroll is compliant with:Australia: PAYG, Superannuation, STP, payroll taxNew Zealand: PAYE, KiwiSaver, ESCT, ACC
- Prepare payroll tax calculations and support lodgements across multiple Australian states
- Support year-end payroll processes, reconciliations, and reporting
- Ensure correct payroll treatment of benefits, including novated leases
- Support year-end payroll processes, reconciliations, and reporting
Employee Benefits & Novated Leasing
- Oversee administration of employee benefits, including novated lease arrangements
- Ensure correct payroll treatment, deductions, and reporting
- Act as escalation point for complex employee queries related to benefits
Reconciliation, Reporting & Controls
- Own key payroll reconciliations, including:Payroll to General LedgerSuperannuation / KiwiSaverPayroll tax and statutory accounts
- Prepare payroll reporting, including benchmarking and ad hoc analysis as required
- Establish and maintain strong payroll controls, processes, and audit trails
- Support internal and external audits
Stakeholder Management
- Act as the key point of contact for payroll across Finance, People & Culture, and external providers
- Provide guidance to internal stakeholders on payroll, tax, and compliance matters
- Partner with HR on employee lifecycle changes and benefits
Systems & Process Improvement
- Drive payroll process improvements and standardisation across entities
- Identify automation opportunities and reduce manual processes
- Support system implementations, upgrades, and integrations
- Maintain high standards of data integrity and governance
- Other duties as determined by Streem from time to time.
What we're looking for:
- 5+ years’ end-to-end payroll experience in Australia
- Strong experience managing payroll tax across multiple states
- Experience with novated lease administration
- Solid understanding of AU payroll legislation and compliance
- Proven ability to manage payroll autonomously
- Advanced Excel skills
- Experience with payroll systems (e.g., ADP, Workday, Employment Hero, etc.)
Beyond this, a few desirable qualities include:
- Experience with New Zealand payroll
- Knowledge of NZ statutory obligations (PAYE, KiwiSaver, ESCT, ACC)
- Experience in a multi-entity, multi-brand, or global environment
- Experience improving payroll processes or leading system enhancements
Why join the Streem team?
Streem delivers comprehensive and real time media monitoring, insights and reporting across Print, Online, TV, Radio, Podcast, and Social media as-it-happens.
We’re driven by five core values that create a collaborative environment where innovative ideas flourish - we welcome responsibility, push the bar higher, remain easy to deal with, stay tuned in, and bring the energy!
Happy teams create inspired products, so we always strive to curate a culture that supports, uplifts and develops our staff. This includes a wide variety of benefits, including:
- Daily gourmet lunches and snacks
- Pup-friendly office space
- Flexible and hybrid working
- Fun seasonal team events
- $2,000 Talent Referral Scheme
- $3,000 p.a. Upskilling Allowance
- Corporate gym and shopping discounts
- Novated vehicle leasing
- Paid Parental Leave
