Director Payroll and Remuneration 1

Date:  Sep 15, 2026
Location: 

Australia

Office Location:  Sydney, Australia

Leadership

• Establish and maintain a professional profile and be highly regarded within SMBC's business and with external parties.

• Support the team to achieve overall department goals.

Compliance

• Understand, interpret and ensure compliance with all laws, regulations and branch policies and procedures that apply to SMBC and/or its operations.

• Apply sound knowledge of payroll and remuneration governance, controls and relevant regulatory requirements.

Functional duties

• Enhance and streamline payroll General Ledger reporting and reconciliations.

• Optimise personnel expense forecasting, budgeting and workforce planning activities.

• Identify and implement process improvement and automation opportunities.

• Coordinate information gathering and process mapping across APAC HR and Payroll teams.

• Support regional alignment and standardisation initiatives.

• Liaise with Australia, APAC stakeholders and third-party payroll providers.