Fractional Payroll Specialist NDIS

NDIS Payroll Specialist NDIS / Disability Services

Parramatta, NSW

Industry-leading pay on offer for the right, appropriately skilled candidate. Immediate start.

Engagement: Casual employee or contractor - 2 days per week (on-site), Monday and Tuesday.

Location: On-site, Parramatta NSW - attendance in the office is required on both working days.

Start: Immediate.

Rate: Casual employee: $45 to $50 per hour.

Contractor: $50 per hour.

We are a disability services provider operating in the NDIS space, running payroll for up to 200 part-time, time-and-attendance staff. We are seeking an experienced payroll officer with NDIS experience to own the pay cycle end-to-end across a two-day working week, someone who knows award interpretation and can be trusted to get complex, penalty-heavy pays right the first time. This is a hands-on processing role, not an advisory one, and we pay accordingly for genuine expertise.

What You'll Do

Run end-to-end payroll for up to 200 part-time, time-and-attendance employees in Pay cat, from timesheet import through to payment and payslips.Interpret and correctly apply the relevant modern awards, principally the SCHADS Award (Social, Community, Home Care and Disability Services). This includes shift and weekend penalties, overtime, broken-shift allowances, sleepovers, on-call/recall, travel and kilometre allowances, and minimum-engagement rules.Utilise AI tools and overseas support to improve efficiency and processes. Reconcile time-and-attendance data against rosters and resolve exceptions, anomalies and missing punches before each run.Calculate and process superannuation guarantee correctly on ordinary time earnings, ensure contributions reach the funds on time via the clearing house, and keep contributions reconciled to payroll each quarter.Manage PAYG withholding, leave accruals (personal, annual and long service), terminations and back-pays.Lodge Single Touch Payroll (STP) reporting each pay run and complete STP finalisation.Maintain payroll accuracy and compliance with Fair Work, the NES, the ATO and the superannuation guarantee regime, with clean, auditable records.Apply award and pay-rate changes (annual wage reviews, SCHADS increases) accurately and on time.Support period-end and year-end payroll processes and respond to employee pay queries.

What You'll Bring

Proven payroll processing experience for a comparable or larger part-time, shift-based workforce.Demonstrated experience working within the NDIS or disability services sector.Deep, demonstrable award-interpretation expertise, ideally SCHADS / NDIS-sector awards - this is a core requirement, not a nice-to-have.Strong command of time-and-attendance payroll: penalties, allowances, overtime and broken shifts.Hands-on Pay cat experience (strongly preferred), or fast proficiency in a comparable time-and-attendance-integrated payroll platform.Sound working knowledge of superannuation guarantee obligations, STP, PAYG and Fair Work / NES compliance.Accuracy, discretion with confidential data, and the ability to work autonomously and hit pay-run deadlines without supervision.Reliable on-site availability in Parramatta two days per week, Monday and Tuesday.

Nice to have

Experience with aged care, community or home-care providers more broadly.Exposure to SCHADS enterprise agreements layered over the award.

Why this role

Industry-leading remuneration for a candidate who can genuinely demonstrate the NDIS, award and superannuation expertise above.Immediate start, with a clear, self-contained brief and the autonomy to own it.A part-time commitment that fits alongside other work - two focused days a week (Monday and Tuesday) in a central Parramatta office, only 6mins walk to the station!Flexible engagement - available as a casual employee or as a contractor.

We are looking for someone to start immediately in this role. If you have any feedback or queries, please do not hesitate to reach out to Emma at People@careva.com.au or call/ text 0416 501 990