Payroll Assurance Coordinator

Royal Melbourne Institute Of Technology

Job Location:

Melbourne - Australia

Monthly Salary: $ 116551 - 131257

Posted on: 17 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Overview:

Full-time 12 month Fixed Term position
Salary $116551 - $% Superannuation and Flexible Working Arrangements
Based at the Melbourne CBD campus and hybrid ways of working

About You

As a Payroll Assurance Coordinator youll be the person who spots what others miss. Working within a specialist compliance project team youll dive into detective reports proactively pick up exceptions and trends in payroll data and partner with colleges and managers to ensure compliance requirements are met. Rather than deeply technical payroll processing this role is about strong problem solving confident data handling and building trusted relationships across the university to get to the heart of matters quickly and clearly.

This role is perfect for someone who likes blending analysis with relationship building. Youll work across all areas of the university helping to protect staff entitlements improve processes and build consistency in how payments are made. If you enjoy solving problems collaborating with different teams and closing the loop on issues that matter youll find this role incredibly rewarding and youll be joining a respected team doing meaningful work in a supportive project based environment.

To be successful in this position youll have:

Demonstratedprojectcoordinatororhuman resource/payrolloperations experiencewith significant involvement in payroll and time & attendance activities in a dynamic large-scale organisation.
Exhibitadvanced investigative and analytical skills with an emphasis on root cause analysis
Stronginterpersonal communication presentation skills and influence skills and the capacity to work effectively with internal and external groups and individuals.
Experiencecoordinatingmultiple streamsof workconcurrentlybalancingpriorities anddelivering to affect change and influence business stakeholders to change behaviours and build rapport with university stakeholderstoinfluence best practice
Demonstratedability toapply discretionsensitivityand professionalismandmaintainstrict confidentiality.
Experience in drivingservice excellence andcontinuousimprovementin payroll and key business processes and systems.
Knowledge of Workday is desirable.

Please Note: Appointment to this position is subject to passing a Working with Children and National Police Check.

About the Portfolio

The People & Culture (P&C) Portfolio is comprised of a team of strategic HR professionals who provide outstanding client focused proactive and effective solutions and services for all RMIT employees. Our success is achieved by understanding our business and operating as a business partner to our clients. We deliver responsive innovative and practical solutions and services that allow the University to enter the Future of Work.

The P&C portfolio operate in a manner that supports the RMIT values and achievement of the RMIT Strategy. By providing tailored quality human resources services and products and ensuring a high level of expert support and advice the P&C team will enhance College/Portfolio and Groups ability to meet their business objectives. This in turn will allow the University workforce to better support the current and future student population at the University.

ToApply

Please submit your CV and covering letter addressing your suitability for this position by clicking on the Apply link at the top of this page.

For further information about this position please see the Position Description hyperlinked below or contact Senior Talent Acquisition Advisor Guy via email .

Position Description - Payment Assurance Coordinator

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Applications Close:

15 Feb 2026 11.59 pm

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Overview:Full-time 12 month Fixed Term position Salary $116551 - $% Superannuation and Flexible Working ArrangementsBased at the Melbourne CBD campus and hybrid ways of workingAbout YouAs a Payroll Assurance Coordinator youll be the person who spots what others miss. Working within a specialist comp...