# Senior Global Payroll Operations Specialist - ANZ

**Company:** [Rippling](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/rippling)
**Location:** Sydney, Australia
**Role:** Product Operations
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Payroll Operations, Payroll Compliance, Stp Auditing, Year-End Finalisation, Ato, Ird, Superannuation, Kiwisaver, Fringe Benefits Tax, Payroll Tax, Google Workspace, Microsoft Office, Salesforce, Jira, Confluence
**Posted:** 2026-04-23

> Owns payroll operations, statutory compliance, audits, and customer escalations across Australia and New Zealand while partnering with product and engineering teams to improve payroll software. Requires extensive ANZ payroll expertise, a bachelor’s degree or equivalent, and at least five years of relevant or client-facing experience.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Serve as the subject matter expert for STP auditing and year-end finalisation, ensuring compliance with ATO and IRD regulations through accurate and timely submission of EIs and EDs.
- Resolve payroll and tax issues directly with government agencies and internal stakeholders.
- Manage statutory payment submissions across Australia and New Zealand, including Superannuation, KiwiSaver, Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT), and Payroll Tax.
- Audit payroll records, deductions, and tax withholdings.
- Define product requirements based on current system behaviour and lead product launches, payroll audits, and other special projects.
- Partner with Global Payroll Engineering and Product teams to resolve calculation and file-generation errors and prioritize tooling and automation.
- Engage with customers, investigate root causes, and de-escalate complex payroll and compliance queries.
- Develop operating procedures and contribute to ANZ payroll strategy, process improvements, and operational scaling.

## Requirements
- Extensive experience running payroll in the ANZ region, with strong payroll compliance expertise.
- Experience handling tax matters and resolving tax notices with the ATO and IRD.
- Strong understanding of ANZ HR and payroll laws and policies.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
- At least 4+ years of ANZ payroll operations experience and 5+ years in a client-facing role.
- Strong project management, communication, organizational, and prioritization skills.
- Proficiency in Google Workspace or Microsoft Office for data analysis and workflow management.
- Ability to overlap with US Eastern and Pacific working hours.

## Nice to Have
- Experience collaborating with R&D teams to define requirements, test, launch, and audit products or features.
- Familiarity with Salesforce, Jira, and Confluence.

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