Payroll Officer
Process contractor timesheets and payroll accurately and on schedule, keeping placed candidates paid correctly.
Candidate Sourcing
Search, screen and build talent pipelines for active roles.
Candidate Management
Manage candidate relationships through the process.
Coordination & Compliance
Schedule interviews and complete compliance checks.
Client & Account
Own account health and client relationship day to day.
Payroll & Timesheets
Process contractor payroll and timesheets.
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 contractor pay — because timesheets and pay runs are checked against placement terms before processing, not after a query.
What this role owns day to day
Core responsibilities
- Process contractor and candidate timesheets
- Run payroll for placed candidates accurately and on schedule
- Resolve payroll queries from contractors and clients
- Maintain compliant payroll records
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 | Checks completed per pay cycle |
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 candidate availability and urgent briefs.
Early-start or late-finish shifts, by agreement
Peak-volume scaling
Additional dedicated resources during high-volume hiring campaigns.
Scale up seats for campaigns, scale back down after
What "no that's not my job" looks like in practice: a contractor's timesheet has an unusual rate or allowance — it still gets checked against the placement terms instead of being processed on autopilot.
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 support hires
job vacancies were recorded across Australia in May 2026 — 293,800 of them in the private sector.
Australian wage growth over the year to the March quarter 2026 (3.2% in the private sector), raising the cost of hiring locally.
of Australian businesses reported rising operating expenses in June 2026 — 65% citing overheads, 40% citing staffing costs.
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 candidates or cases need managing
Strip away the ATS-specific tools and this role is a recognisable shape: search, qualify, coordinate, and keep a pipeline moving against a deadline.
Doing this in-house with stretched staff, or paying a third party
- Payroll competes with other operational deadlines
- Timesheet errors surface after pay day
- Query resolution is slow under contractor volume
A dedicated payroll officer, outsourced to us
- One resource whose only job is payroll and timesheets
- Reports to your own operations manager, not a third party
- Same Screenshot Monitor transparency, direct to you
Accounting & Bookkeeping
Payroll processing runs on the exact same cycle and compliance discipline.
Payroll platformsConstruction & Engineering
Site-based contractor payroll with allowances mirrors this role's complexity.
Payroll · timesheetsLogistics & Freight
Driver payroll with variable hours follows the same processing shape.
Payroll platformsRetail & E-commerce
Roster-based payroll needs the same accuracy and turnaround discipline.
Payroll · rosteringNo guessing what this role worked on. Full sample report on the Recruitment 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 contractor volumes and pay cycle — we'll shortlist candidates against your actual task list.