Payroll Manager
As Payroll Manager at Sportsbet AU, the successful candidate will lead the delivery of payroll services across the business, ensuring that employees are paid accurately, on time, and in accordance with all legislative and organisational requirements. Based within the Finance, Analytics, Strategy and Transformation (FAST) department, this role involves overseeing day-to-day payroll operations and leading a small team.
The Payroll Manager will drive compliance and continuous improvement initiatives while helping to optimise payroll systems and processes within a fast-paced, growing environment. The role requires a people-focused leader who can navigate complex payroll legislation while delivering outstanding service to stakeholders across the business.
- Lead the end-to-end delivery of payroll services, ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant payroll outcomes.
- Manage, coach, and develop a high-performing payroll team while overseeing workload allocation and performance.
- Ensure compliance with payroll legislation, awards, enterprise agreements, taxation, superannuation, and reporting obligations.
- Maintain strong payroll controls, support audit activities, and uphold data integrity and reporting accuracy.
- Drive payroll system enhancements, testing, legislative updates, and continuous process improvement initiatives.
- Proven experience leading payroll operations and managing payroll teams in a medium to large Australian organisation (required).
- Strong knowledge of Australian payroll legislation, including PAYG, Superannuation, Payroll Tax, and Fair Work requirements (required).
- Experience interpreting Industrial Awards and Enterprise Agreements, including the Clerks Award (Private Sector) (required).
- Demonstrated expertise managing end-to-end payroll processes, payroll systems, reporting, and payroll compliance (required).
- Experience supporting internal and external audits, maintaining payroll controls, and driving process improvements (required).
- Competitive salary and generous performance-based bonus for permanent staff members.
- 25 days annual leave.
- Hybrid working policy (Monday and Friday from home) and a $1,050 home office allowance for new starters.
- Industry leading Parental Leave support program with 26 weeks paid leave for Primary Carers and no wait time.
- Progressive return to work benefit for the first 6 months back: come back for 3 days, get paid for 4; come back for 4 days, get paid for 5.
- Hack Days - where creativity and collaborative ideas lead to exciting new ideas and projects for customers.
- Access to outstanding career development programs, including expert-led internal training and external learning opportunities (staff allowance for personal development).
- Weekly concierge service including free massages and nail appointments – all onsite in the Melbourne office!
- Free breakfast, daily fresh fruit and weekly rotating socials, from Thursday office drinks to fun team events.
- End of trip facilities with onsite table tennis and pool tables.
- Discounted health insurance and free flu jabs yearly.
Sportsbet is a leading Australian online wagering operator and part of Flutter Entertainment. It serves more than 2.4 million customers through a customer-first, insight-driven approach, helping Australians engage with racing and sporting events. The company employs more than 1,300 people across Melbourne, Sydney and Darwin, with over half working in technology and data. As a market leader, Sportsbet emphasises corporate and social responsibility, customer safety and high industry standards, and is headquartered in Melbourne.
