Payroll Coordinator

Why work with us?

At Council, we’re proud of our region. We collaborate with community to achieve truly sustainable outcomes, enhance our enviable lifestyle, and create award-winning places and spaces that are uniquely Sunshine Coast. So, if you love it here as much as we do, and you want to shape our region for the future – you’ll want to join our team!

With the vision to be Australia’s most sustainable region - Connected. Liveable. Thriving, our region is a model of sustainability, where caring for our environment, creating vibrant communities and growing our local economy is a way of life.

About the Role

The People & Culture Branch partners with the business to inspire an environment for great leadership and people capability to build on our outstanding organisation for today and the future.

In this role, you will lead the payroll function and deliver specialist payroll knowledge and advice, ensuring compliance, accuracy, and efficiency across all payroll and time & attendance processes. This role is pivotal in maintaining and optimising our Human Capital Management (HCM) systems, specifically payroll, driving continuous improvement, and supporting strategic initiatives that enhance People and Culture services.

You will:

• Provide leadership and direction to the payroll team, ensuring a compliant and progressive payroll service.
• Oversee the maintenance and development of Council’s HCM software suite with a focus on payroll, ensuring seamless payroll and roster management.
• Foster a culture that values innovation, collaboration, and accountability.
• Act as a subject matter expert for payroll, ensuring data integrity and quality control processes.
• Lead projects and stakeholder engagement to optimise payroll systems and processes.
• Ensure compliance with legislation, Council policies, and best practice standards.

About you

You are an experienced payroll professional with strong leadership skills and a passion for delivering accurate, efficient, and compliant payroll services. You thrive in complex environments and have a proven ability to lead teams, manage projects, and drive continuous improvement.

To succeed in this role, you will bring:

• Tertiary qualifications in Business Management, Finance, Information Systems, Human Resources or equivalent experience.
• Extensive experience with corporate HCM software suites, including cloud-based payroll systems.
• Demonstrated leadership capability and experience managing payroll in a medium to large organisation.
• Strong technical expertise in payroll, industrial instruments, taxation, and superannuation compliance.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build relationships and resolve issues effectively.
• Proven project management skills and experience delivering organisational or cultural change.
• High-level organisational and time management skills, with the ability to meet strict deadlines.
• Strong written communication skills for preparing reports, policies, and business documentation.
• Commitment to integrity, confidentiality, and compliance with legislative requirements.

Appointment to this position is subject to the satisfactory completion of a Criminal History Check. 

Our Culture & Employee Benefits

Council is committed to creating an inclusive, culturally diverse, healthy, skilled and dedicated workplace culture. As an employee you will enjoy a range of benefits and working styles to suit you:

• Wellbeing: Your wellbeing is important to us therefore we offer a number of different initiatives such as discounted health related memberships, fitness passport, employee assistance program and development opportunities. 
• Flexibility: We know it is important to balance life and work, therefore we offer flexible working including a 9-day fortnight and a hybrid WFH model that help you be your best.
• Extras: Those extras make a difference therefore we offer salary packaging options on novated leases, superannuation, smartphones and devices.

How to apply

Your written application should include:

• A 1-2 page cover letter demonstrating your ability to fulfil the mandatory and desirable requirements on the Position Profile. Keep the key responsibilities in mind when addressing this criteria; and
• A current resume or curriculum vitae.

Once you have these two documents ready, click ‘Apply Now’ and follow the prompts to complete your application.

Further Information

Helpful information to assist you in completing your application is available on the Sunshine Coast Council website.

To learn more about Council’s vision and projects, you can view the Corporate Plan 2025-2030.

For specific enquiries contact Carissa Brogden during business hours on 0409 632 967.

We're working hard to create an inclusive workplace that reflects the diverse community we serve. If you require adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process, please reach out to the Recruitment Team [email protected].

At Sunshine Coast Council, we embrace differences in gender, age, ethnicity, race, cultural background including First Nations, disability, religion and sexual orientation. To deliver the best service to our region we want a workforce that reflects the diverse community that we serve. Sunshine Coast Council strongly encourages all suitable applicants to apply for this role.