Payroll Officer
Process payroll runs accurately and on schedule, maintaining employee records and entitlements across every client.
Bookkeeping
Process transactions and reconcile accounts in Xero/MYOB.
AP & AR
Manage supplier payments and customer receivables.
Payroll
Process pay runs and maintain employee records.
Management Reporting
Prepare reconciliations, statements and management reports.
Tax & Compliance
Prepare tax returns and compliance documentation for review.
Five reasons clients stay past the first hire
One resource, only yours
No shared queue, no rotating cast. Your dedicated resource works exclusively for you and stays.
25 years of Australian market experience
Founder Rohit Sahdev's 25 years in the Australian market, including senior leadership at Telstra, shape how every dedicated team is managed.
You always know what your team is doing
Every dedicated resource works behind Screenshot Monitor — auditable activity and reporting, not a black box.
No more "That's not my job."
Your dedicated outsourced resource adapts to what your business needs, takes ownership and grows their career by stepping up to new challenges.
Capacity without the hiring squeeze
Skilled and reliable operational talent is harder to hire locally right now. A dedicated resource adds capacity without adding to that pressure.
The outcome this role is built for
On-time, accurate pay runs — because every pay cycle is checked against entitlements and compliance requirements before it's processed.
What this role owns day to day
Core responsibilities
- Process payroll runs accurately and on schedule
- Maintain employee pay records and entitlements
- Handle payroll queries from clients and employees
- Check superannuation and PAYG compliance in processing
Works inside
Reported on weekly
| Payroll accuracy | Pay runs processed correctly |
| On-time processing | Pay runs completed by deadline |
| Query resolution | Payroll queries resolved promptly |
| Compliance checks | Super/PAYG checks completed per run |
Works your hours. Picks up the work.
Australian business hours
Aligned to your primary time zone and holiday calendar for day-to-day coverage.
9am–5pm style coverage, matched to your roster
Extended coverage
Stretch shift start/end times around BAS and EOFY deadlines.
Early-start or late-finish shifts, by agreement
Seasonal scaling
Additional dedicated resources during tax season and EOFY peaks.
Scale up seats for peak season, scale back down after
What "no that's not my job" looks like in practice: an employee's pay has an unusual entitlement calculation — it still gets checked properly instead of being approximated to save time.
What stays with your authorised staff
Final payroll sign-off and statutory lodgement remain with authorised personnel. This role processes — it doesn't certify.
The market backdrop for payroll hires
of Australian businesses reported rising operating expenses in June 2026 — 65% citing overheads, 40% citing staffing costs.
of Australian small businesses expected difficulty meeting financial commitments in June 2026.
Australian wage growth over the year to the March quarter 2026 (3.2% in the private sector), raising the cost of hiring locally.
Statistics checked in July 2026 from the Australian Bureau of Statistics and ServiceNow. See our Challenges We Solve page for full sourcing and context.
The same skillset, wherever transactions need reconciling
Strip away the practice-specific software and this role is a recognisable shape: process transactions accurately, reconcile against a source of truth, and hit a recurring deadline.
Doing this in-house with stretched staff, or paying a third party
- Payroll competes with other deadlines
- Errors surface after pay day, not before
- Query resolution is slow under workload
A dedicated payroll officer, outsourced to us
- One resource whose only job is payroll processing
- Reports to your own practice manager, not a third party
- Same Screenshot Monitor transparency, direct to you
Recruitment & Staffing
Contractor and candidate payroll runs on the same cycle and compliance discipline.
Payroll platformsConstruction & Engineering
Site-based payroll with allowances and awards follows the same processing shape.
Payroll · timesheetsRetail & E-commerce
Roster-based retail payroll needs the same accuracy and turnaround discipline.
Payroll · rosteringLogistics & Freight
Driver payroll with variable hours mirrors this role's complexity closely.
Payroll platformsNo guessing what this role worked on. Full sample report on the Accounting page →
Discovery, role design, and a candidate you interview yourself.
You define outcomes, tools and work hours. We source, screen and put forward candidates you interview and approve. Once live, your resource follows your systems, escalation model and reporting cadence — reviewed together on a schedule you set.
Questions about hiring a dedicated Payroll Officer
Ready to add this role to your team?
Tell us your payroll volumes and pay cycle — we'll shortlist candidates against your actual task list.