Senior Payroll Specialist (APAC)
Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.
ABOUT THE ROLE
We are looking for an experienced and detail-oriented Senior Payroll Specialist (APAC) to join our team in Sydney. In this role, you will take full ownership of our APAC payroll operations, primarily focusing on our growing Australian footprint (~300 employees) alongside smaller regional entities across Asia.
This is a high-visibility, technical role. You will initially run Australian payroll using Employment Hero while collaborating with third-party accounting partners across the region. Concurrently, you will play a central role in our migration to Workday, transitioning our Australian payroll fully in-house for a targeted July go-live. Once live, you will own the end-to-end processing directly in Workday.
This position demands strong technical knowledge of Australian taxation, equity reporting (pre/post-IPO), salary packaging, shadow payroll, and termination compliance.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
1. End-to-End Payroll Operations & System Migration
- Support the transition of Australian payroll from Employment Hero to Workday (target go-live: July), assisting with data validation, UAT, and parallel payroll runs.
- Once implemented, take full ownership of processing end-to-end payroll directly within Workday.
- Oversee and coordinate smaller regional payrolls across Asia, working closely with local third-party providers.
- Act as the primary point of contact for all employee payroll enquiries, delivering exceptional employee support.
1. Specialised Calculations, Compensation & Benefits
- Incentive Compensation: Verify bonus payments and calculate appropriate foreign currency conversions for payroll integration.
- Terminations: Calculate and process all termination payments (voluntary, involuntary, redundancies, PILON, annual leave accruals), ensuring accurate tax treatments, tax-free thresholds, and Employment Termination Payment (ETP) codes are strictly applied.
- Benefits & Expense Reimbursements: Review and administer vendor-b...
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