Kinetic is Australia and New Zealand’s largest bus operator, moving millions of passengers every year through safe, reliable and customer-focused transport services. With a workforce of more than 4,000 employees across 19 legal entities, we are committed to delivering modern, efficient and compliant people systems that support our teams and the communities we serve.
Payroll Project Specialist – 12-Month Contract
Location: Brisbane
Join Kinetic’s major payroll transformation program and help shape the future of payroll for a large, diverse and essential workforce.
We are delivering a significant payroll transformation across our multi-entity business, and we’re seeking a Payroll Project Specialist to support the end-to-end implementation of our new payroll solution.
Working closely with the Head of Payroll, Payroll Implementation Lead, and cross-functional project teams, you’ll play a key role in solution design, configuration, testing, data readiness and go-live activities. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in complex payroll environments and wants to contribute to a high-impact enterprise program.
· Supporting delivery across design, build, SIT, UAT, cutover and hypercare.
· Translating awards/EBAs, tax and super rules into system configuration.
· Validating award interpretation, penalties, overtime and timesheet flow.
· Assisting with scalable multi-entity payroll processes and controls.
· Leading data cleansing, YTD reconciliation and integration readiness.
· Supporting testing cycles including award interpretation tests and parallel runs.
· Coordinating defect triage and compliance evidence, including STP Phase 2.
· Contributing to cutover planning, readiness checks and hypercare.
· Preparing BAU handover materials including run-books and SOPs.
· 7+ years in payroll operations and/or payroll transformation within multi-entity environments.
· Experience delivering end-to-end payroll implementations.
· Strong knowledge of Australian payroll compliance, including STP2, superannuation and payroll tax.
· Ability to interpret awards/EBAs and translate them into system configuration.
· Strong analytical skills and comfort working in complex payroll environments.
Interested? Apply now!
Established over 45 years ago, Kinetic has grown to become the largest bus operator in Australia and New Zealand, and a global, multi-modal transport network with operations that span across the UK, Europe and Singapore.
We began in 1978 with Melbourne’s Skybus – a cost efficient, reliable airport transfer service. Today, we manage a global network of bus and rail services, with a team of 36,000 dedicated people and 11,000 buses seamlessly moving over 100 million passengers every year.
We’re the trusted operator of urban, regional, school and charter bus services across Australia and New Zealand. We operate 40 per cent of buses in Queensland, a third of Melbourne’s bus network, and almost half of bus services in Tasmania. In NZ, we’re proud to partner with councils in Auckland, Christchurch, Wellington and Tauranga.
Our expertise spans continents, operating in five countries across Europe. In the UK, we run the Go Ahead network – alongside joint venture partner Globalvia – which includes the Govia Thameslink rail link, the largest and most complex rail system in the country.
We believe in improving the communities in which we live and operate, and making a positive impact on people’s lives.
We’re removing the diesel buses that emit millions of tons of greenhouse gases every year. We’re putting women up front. And we believe in LGBTQI+ inclusion and the freedom to be your true self.
Governments, airports, businesses, schools and councils count on us every day. You too, can count on Kinetic.
