• Lead end-to-end payroll delivery while leading a team of two
• Permanent full-time role based in Sydney CBD
• Attractive hybrid work model | Energy Discounts |Career Growth Opportunities

Alinta Energy is one of Australia’s biggest energy retailers, generators and developers with over 1.1 million customers. Australia’s energy system is undergoing the biggest transformation in its history and we’re right there with it. We’re investing in and developing large-scale renewables and storage projects as part of our ongoing effort to provide our customers with reliable, affordable and sustainable energy.

We understand that flexibility matters when considering your next role. Let us know your requirements, and we’ll carefully consider how we might accommodate them.

Ready to make a real impact?

Reporting to the Payroll Manager, the Payroll Team Leader leads the delivery of accurate, timely and compliant payroll services across the organisation. The role provides hands-on leadership to a payroll team of two, balancing people management with active involvement in payroll processing to ensure all pay cycles, adjustments and statutory deadlines are met. You will allocate workloads, manage team capacity during peak periods and act as an escalation point for complex payroll matters. This position plays a key role in payroll governance, ensuring controls, reconciliations and legislative requirements are consistently applied. Working closely with Finance, Reward and People Operations, you will support audits, provide payroll insights and drive continuous improvement.

Why you’ll love working here

At Alinta Energy, we’re taking real action to deliver reliable and sustainable energy for Australia - and that practical approach runs through everything we do. You’ll get clear direction, genuine flexibility, and the support you need to grow, all while working on projects that make a lasting difference. We’re big enough to create impact, but small enough that your ideas and effort will always be seen.

There are plenty of other great benefits of working for Alinta Energy, including flexible working, energy discounts, an Employee Assistance Program (EAP), a paid volunteer day each year, fully stocked kitchens, and lots more.

What you’ll do

• Lead end-to-end payroll processing to ensure accuracy, compliance and timeliness
• Allocate workloads, managing team capacity and supporting payroll cycles and peak periods
• Coach and developing Payroll Officers through hands-on leadership and technical guidance
• Ensure payroll governance, controls, reconciliations and statutory obligations are met
• Drive continuous improvement across payroll processes, systems and reporting

Your experience

• 5+ years end-to-end payroll experience within an Australian legislative environment
• Proven experience leading, supervising or coaching payroll team members
• Strong knowledge of awards, enterprise agreements and payroll compliance obligations
• Hands-on payroll processing experience across pay runs, adjustments and reconciliations
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a deadline-driven, high-volume environment

Please note this role requires full working rights within Australia.

This role is best suited to a proactive payroll professional who thrives in a complex, deadline-driven environment and enjoys leading people while remaining hands-on with payroll delivery.

Like what you’re seeing?

If you like the sound of this, and you’ve got experience in a similar role, we’d love to talk to you. Come and discover better together with Alinta Energy.

We are a 2026 Circle Back Initiative Employer – we commit to respond to every applicant.

If your application progresses, we will need to complete background and pre-employment checks, such as immigration checks, reference checks, criminal background checks, qualification checks, and additional checks for roles related to finance.

Our Diversity Commitment

Alinta Energy offers a truly diverse, safe and supportive work environment. As an equal opportunity employer, Alinta Energy encourages applications from any qualified person, including First Nations Australians, members of the LGBTQIA+ community, people of all ages and people living with a disability. We are also proud to be a WORK180 Endorsed Employer and we are committed to advancing women’s careers.

We look forward to hearing from you.

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Closing date: Sunday 15th March 2026