Senior Finance / Payroll Business Analyst - Long Service Leave Review Project

Our client is a medium-sized insurance group experiencing rapid growth. They are seeking an experienced Long Service Leave Specialist to review LSL liabilities across the business and build a practical, documented matrix to support ongoing management. Working closely with the GM of Finance and the finance and payroll teams, you will bring specialist expertise to a focused project with clear business impact.

This opportunity would suit a payroll compliance specialist, employee benefits consultant or finance business analyst with demonstrated experience delivering detailed LSL reviews.

Key responsibilities

• Review existing LSL balances, employee service records and calculation methodologies.
• Assess the applicable LSL requirements across relevant employee groups and jurisdictions.
• Investigate discrepancies between employee records, payroll balances and financial provisions.
• Build an LSL matrix documenting applicable rules, calculations, assumptions and exceptions.
• Recommend improvements to data quality, processes and controls.
• Provide clear findings and a practical handover to finance and payroll.

About you

Hands-on experience reviewing and calculating Australian long service leave entitlements is essential. You will bring:

• Proven experience delivering an LSL review, reconciliation or remediation project.
• Strong knowledge of relevant LSL legislation and its application to employee entitlements.
• The ability to analyse employee service histories and investigate complex calculation issues.
• Strong Excel, data analysis and reconciliation skills.
• An understanding of how payroll leave balances connect to financial liabilities.
• The ability to explain technical findings clearly and build tools others can maintain.

Experience reviewing LSL provisions under AASB 119 would be highly regarded.

This will be a contract position starting ASAP, initially for 6 months but with potential to extend