Payroll Compliance P&C Lead

We believe in the power of education to transform lives, strengthen communities and help people become the best version of themselves. The University of Notre Dame Australia is a modern, national Catholic university that serves more than 12,000 students across its campuses in Fremantle, Broome and Sydney. With a community of over 1,000 academic and professional staff, Notre Dame is recognised for its personalised learning environment, strong graduate outcomes and holistic educational philosophy rooted in critical thinking, ethics and the Catholic intellectual tradition.

A newly established Project Team dedicated to strengthening payroll compliance, enhancing governance, and driving best practice across the University.

About the role

This role provides specialist People & Culture expertise to support payroll compliance. Acting as the key liaison between the Payroll Compliance Team and P&C, the role ensures workforce data is accurately interpreted, validated and applied to compliance activities. The position requires strong P&C and payroll knowledge, systems proficiency, sound judgement and effective stakeholder collaboration to support employment compliance and risk management in a complex, sensitive and time-critical environment.

• →Provide People & Culture advice and support to support payroll compliance.
• →Review policies and procedures for compliance and recommend process improvements.
• →Validate employment, classification and payroll data in PeopleSoft and other systems.
• →Identify and escalate data discrepancies, risks and compliance issues.
• →Liaise with current and former employees to obtain information regarding conditions and historical matters, as required.
• →Coordinate input across HR, Payroll, Finance and other stakeholders.
• →Maintain accurate records to ensure auditability and reliable project outcomes.

• Relevant qualifications in HR, business, information systems or equivalent experience and training.
• Experience in People & Culture, HR operations or HR systems.
• Strong working knowledge of PeopleSoft and the ability to validate employee, position, employment and payroll data.
• Strong understanding of payroll processes, employment records and HR systems.
• Experience in data analysis, compliance, audits or project support.
• Ability to navigate SharePoint, corporate drives, HRIS and other systems.
• Strong investigative, analytical and problem-solving skills, with attention to detail and the ability to work independently.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to explain complex information clearly.

Please apply online with a resume and cover letter outlining your suitability for the role.

Applications closing date: 29 October 2026

For further information on how to apply, please visit: How to apply | Notre Dame

Applicants are expected to have current and valid work rights in Australia.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply.      

The University of Notre Dame Australia seeks to increase the diversity of our workforce to better meet the different needs of the University and its stakeholders and to improve equal opportunity outcomes for our staff.

The University is committed to providing a safe, respectful and inclusive working and learning environment.

The successful candidate will be required to complete a self-declaration regarding Gender-Based Violence (as required by the National Code) as part of the pre-employment process. For more information on this please refer to our website.

Contact us

Please direct your queries regarding this role to Janette Tam, janette.tam@nd.edu.au

Unsolicited contact from recruitment agencies will not be entertained.