Payroll Project Specialist

Category 5 Labour Management
Brisbane QLD 4000Casual

Listed 21 Sep 2026

Payroll Project Specialist
Roster: 3-month casual duration with potential for extension | Working Monday to Friday in office, 38-hour week
Location: Milton, QLD

 
 
Duties & Responsibilities

  • Contribute to maintaining a respectful workplace for all employees 
  • Maintain a high customer service focus with both internal and external stakeholders 
  • Support the rollout, and testing of new payroll software
  • Assist in data migration, validation, and go-live activities
  • Provide support on payroll project delivery
  • Identify inefficiencies, document standard operating procedures, and standardise workflows across Payroll platform
  • Ensure compliance industrial instruments and relevant payroll legislation 
  • Continually review and recommend processes automations to increase efficiencies
  • Be the change champion

Skills & Experience

  • Proven experience in a large multi-site and multi agreement payroll environment 
  • Excellent communication skills and ability to work with various levels within the organisation 
  • Strong understanding of payroll operations, legislation, compliance and governance.
  • Experience across HRIS/payroll systems analysis, business process improvement and project delivery.
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving and organisational skills.
  • Highly developed stakeholder engagement, communication, and influencing skills.
  • Ability to manage competing priorities within a complex operational environment.
  • Advanced Microsoft Excel and reporting skills.
  • Payroll systems knowledge such as Preceda, Kronos preferred 

About the company
Category 5 Labour Management is an Australian owned success story, a leading provider of full-service labour management solutions, supporting the local communities in which we operate and the people within them.  
 
How to apply 
Click APPLY or for a confidential discussion please contact Nicole on Nicole.Nightingale@catfive.com.au
  
With our commitment to achieving a diverse workforce, we strongly encourage Female, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants.

  • Competitive hourly rate + super
  • Monday to Friday, 38-hour week
  • Milton Location