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Senior Payroll Officer

Roles & Responsibilities

  • 7+ years Australian payroll experience across modern awards and award equivalents (EAs)
  • Power-user of Employment Hero and KeyPay (rules engine, custom GL, STP 2)
  • Expert knowledge of award compliance, payroll tax (all states), superannuation, portable LSL, workers' compensation, and FBT
  • Exposure to HRIS / Time and Attendance integrations (Tanda, Shiftcare, BambooHR) desirable

Requirements:

  • Own the full payroll cycle in KeyPay—from timesheets to STP lodgement—meeting every cut-off and pay date for complex Australian payrolls
  • Calculate redundancies, ETPs and leave in lieu; apply correct STP 2 codes for terminations
  • Maintain statutory compliance across STP, payroll tax, WorkCover, FBT, and superannuation; manage leave balances and monthly journals
  • Act as technical SME and collaborate cross-functionally to improve workflows and shape scalable marketplace payroll delivery

Job description

Visory empowers SMEs by connecting them with experts to supercharge their back office. It’s where a powerful platform, a dedicated customer team, and actionable business insights come together in one place to transform how growing businesses manage their financial performance.

Voted one of LinkedIn’s top startups, Visory uses a blend of people and technology to provide a digital-first finance solution that allows business owners to focus on big-picture business growth.

Our deep investment in AI and workflow automation, including our proprietary AI agent Delphi, empowers our team to seamlessly deliver financial services at scale.

Launched in early 2020, Visory is a fast-growing, well-funded start-up with an expanding team located in the United States, Canada, Brazil, Australia, and New Zealand.

How you'll make an impact...

Own the full payroll cycle—timesheets to STP lodgement—for complex, award-driven Australian payrolls in Employment Hero / KeyPay. You will manage a portfolio of clients and be responsible for every employee being paid correctly and on time, every run; zero compliance breaches.

We're looking for someone who thrives in operational detail, leads with accountability, and is hungry to build a best-in-class payroll service.

What You'll Be Doing...

End-to-End Processing

  • Run the full pay cycle in KeyPay—from timesheets to STP lodgement—hitting every cut-off and pay date

Terminations

  • Calculate redundancies, ETPs and leave in lieu; apply correct tax & STP 2 codes

Statutory Compliance

  • Keep payroll fully compliant—STP, payroll-tax, WorkCover, FBT data and legislative watch

Superannuation Processing

  • Calculate SG, salary-sacrifice & RESC; lodge batches

Leave Management

  • Track all leave types; keep balances accurate and post monthly journals

Payroll Tax

  • Register entities, calculate state payroll-tax liabilities, lodge monthly/annual returns, reconcile to GL and pay on time

Child-Support

  • Apply deductions and liaise with Services Australia for on-time remittance

Strategic Collaboration

  • Act as technical SME in our shift toward a more scalable marketplace payroll model, guiding the transition with expertise.

  • Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Operations, and Service teams to improve workflows and unlock future growth.

  • Partner with leadership to shape the future direction of payroll delivery at Visory.

We're looking for someone who has...

  • 7+ years Australian payroll across modern awards / EAs

  • Power-user of Employment Hero / KeyPay (rules engine, custom GL, STP 2)

  • Expert knowledge: award compliance, payroll tax (all states), super, portable LSL, workers comp, FBT

  • Exposure to HRIS / Time and Attendance integrations (Tanda, Shiftcare, BambooHR) desirable

  • Clear, confident English—able to translate payroll jargon into plain language for customers & stakeholders

Bonus Points If You...

  • Have experience transitioning payroll teams to marketplace or outsourced service delivery models.

  • Have implemented payroll tech or led platform enhancement initiatives that improved efficiency and quality.

  • Have worked in high-growth or startup environments where you've built processes from the ground up.

Why You Would Join Us

  • A real problem to solve: “Bookkeeping and payroll” sounds simple, sometimes ‘boring’ and ‘administrative’; in reality, it’s a rich, complex space with big unsolved problems. If you like working on hard problems with real-world upside, you’ll enjoy it here.

  • Ownership and autonomy: We hire smart and driven people, giving them space to own problems end to end.

  • Build, not just maintain: You’ll help shape our product and ways of operating.

  • Career growth in a high-bar team: You’ll work with people who care about getting better – as operators, as leaders, and as humans. You have access to opportunities that stretch you.

  • Meaningful impact: Your work matters to SMEs. You’ll see the direct impact of your work in customer stories and outcomes.

  • No two days the same: We move fast - You’ll work across different problems, customers, and teams, so there’s always something new to learn, build or improve.

Our Culture

We hire people who are:

  • Gritty

  • Humble

  • Optimistic

  • Curious

A few things that matter to us:

  • Flock to problems: We run toward issues, not away from them. When something’s broken, we get curious, gather the right people, and work the problem together.

  • Give energy: We aim to be the people others want in the room – prepared, constructive, and generous with our knowledge and time.

  • Think customer: We start with the business owner and work backwards. We care about their outcomes, not just our internal process.

  • Step into the arena: We value people who take ownership, show agency, make calls with imperfect information, and are willing to be accountable.

Curious to learn more? Here's a few words from our CEO, Thomas Paule about what it means to work at Visory.


Interview Process

  • Recruiter screen – Short intro with our Talent team to understand your background and fit.

  • Hiring manager interview – Deeper dive into you, your experience and how you work.

  • Technical interview / case – Role-specific discussion or exercise based on real scenarios.

  • Motivations & values interview – Conversation with cross-functional team members to explore how you align with how we work at Visory.

We may include an informal coffee chat (in person or virtual) before we dive into the formal process. We also complete reference checks during the process before making an offer.

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