Senior Payroll Specialist

About us

At CitiPower and Powercor and United Energy, we’re proud to deliver electricity to 2 million Victorian customers every day through our network of poles and wires. But more than that, we’re here to power communities, support local businesses and keep critical services running smoothly, we’re essential to them all – and none of this happens without our people. As Victorians electrify everything from homes to transport, we’re focused on ensuring our networks are ready to meet that demand. If you want to be part of something essential, be essential with us.

About the role

The Senior Payroll Specialist supports the Payroll Operations Team in ensuring the company’s payroll function offers exceptional service delivery, with a strong focus on the day-to-day activities, including managing and prioritising workload. The position is responsible for ensuring the accurate and timely end-to-end processing of payroll activities for CitiPower, Powercor, United Energy, Energy Solutions and BAS across Australia and New Zealand.

Key responsibilities

• Ensure that payroll is processed accurately on a weekly, fortnightly and monthly basis for approximately 2,600 employees across various employment entities.
• Respond to a variety of employee payroll queries received through the Payroll Portal (Service Now) and via the Group Payroll Inbox.
• Review and reconcile payroll reports, superannuation, and other statutory obligations.
• Interpret and advise stakeholders on various Awards, Enterprise Agreements and HR Policies, as they relate to payroll. 
• Liaise with external and internal auditors and prepare audit documentations.
• Proactively identify opportunities for system and process enhancements and support continuous improvement initiatives.
• Perform end user acceptance testing for Payroll system changes.
• Develop system documentation and standards to support payroll processes.

For more information on the role’s responsibilities, please click here to download the position description.

What you’ll need from day one

• Extensive work experience in end-to-end payroll activities.
• Experience in interpreting Enterprise Agreements, as they relate to payroll.
• In-depth understanding of payroll processing and payroll legal obligations (STP, super stream etc).
• Experience managing payroll operations for New Zealand–based employees (preferred).
• Working knowledge of SAP applications as they relate to payroll (essential), along with Success Factors (preferred).
• Strong problem solving and data analysis capabilities, including intermediate to advanced MS Excel. 

If you believe you have what it takes but don’t meet every requirement—or if you’d like to discuss flexible working arrangements to meet the key responsibilities —we encourage you to get in touch.

Key benefits

We’re proud to offer an inclusive, supportive workplace where everyone feels safe, valued, and empowered to grow. Some of our benefits include hybrid work options, purchased leave, 15 weeks of gender neutral primary parental leave, health and wellbeing subsidiary, career development and planning opportunities, and exclusive discounts. Visit our company website to learn more.

Diversity, equity & inclusion to support a fair workplace for all

We are committed to building a safe, inclusive, and supportive workplace where people of all genders, ethnicities, sexual orientations, abilities and ages are valued for who they are and empowered to do their best. Through our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Strategy (DEI), Reconciliation Action Plans and initiatives like Women in Power and Sparkle, our LGBTQIA+ allies network, we’re working to create equal opportunities for all. We are proud to be a WORK180 Endorsed Employer for Women. Explore our partnership with Work180.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and experiences, and strongly encourage First Peoples, women, people from the LGBTQIA+ community, culturally and racially marginalised people and people with disabilities to apply. We recognise how people from marginalised groups can face extra barriers and self-select out of recruitment processes.  With this in mind, we’re committed to making reasonable adjustments to ensure a positive, barrier-free recruitment process.

What’s next

Submit your application via our careers’ website by 12 May 2026. To make a confidential reasonable adjustment query, please contact Luke Castro from the Talent team at careers@powercor.com.au

Beon, CitiPower Powercor and United Energy recognise Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples as the First Peoples and Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we work. We pay our respects to Elders past and present and acknowledge their ancient and continuing connection to Country.

We are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued, respected and supported to succeed. By making sure our workplace is physically and mentally safe, so that our people can be their authentic selves, share their unique perspectives and can thrive.