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- You've tested payroll systems end-to-end — pay runs, gross-to-net, award interpretation, and leave entitlements, not just a payroll field on a broader project.
- You've worked in large enterprise transformation programs with multiple vendors, structured test governance, and parallel delivery.
- You're comfortable with SIT, UAT, regression, and data conversion testing, and you can write SQL to validate what the front end won't show you.
About the company
Our client is one of Australia's most recognised enterprises, operating a complex, multi-award workforce across a national and international footprint. The organisation is undertaking a major payroll transformation program, replacing legacy payroll infrastructure with modern workforce management and payroll platforms. This is a high-profile, well-funded program with significant scale and long-term investment.
About the role
This Senior Test Analyst sits within the central testing function of the payroll transformation program, reporting to the Program Test Manager. You will execute testing across SIT, UAT, regression, data conversion, and historical parallel payroll validation — working hands-on with payroll, workforce management, and time and attendance systems across a workforce governed by multiple enterprise agreements.
Benefits
- Join a flagship transformation program at a brilliant of Australia's
- Long-term contract engagement (6 months+ likely extensions)
- Hybrid working model
- Work alongside experienced payroll, technology, and vendor teams
- Exposure to enterprise-grade payroll and workforce platforms
Duties/Key responsibilities
- Execute end-to-end test cycles across payroll, workforce management, and time and attendance systems
- Validate gross-to-net payroll calculations, pay components, and downstream system impacts
- Test award interpretation logic, EBA rules, and labour compliance configurations
- Support data conversion testing and parallel payroll validation against legacy outputs
- Raise, triage, and drive defects across business, technology, and vendor teams
- Collaborate with Payroll SMEs, Business Analysts, and technology leads to validate business process outcomes
- Contribute to test planning, test data setup, and environment readiness
Skills and experience
- Demonstrated experience as a Test Analyst or Senior Test Analyst in enterprise payroll or workforce management programs
- Hands-on testing of payroll systems — pay runs, gross-to-net, award interpretation, and leave entitlements at a functional level
- Experience with parallel payroll testing, data migration validation, or legacy-to-new system cutovers
- Exposure to enterprise testing tools such as Jira, Zephyr, and Confluence
- SQL skills for data validation and reconciliation
- Experience coordinating defect resolution across multiple vendors and delivery partners
- Familiarity with platforms such as ADP, Dayforce, Preceda, UKG, or Workday is highly regarded
If you're interested in this opportunity and feel you're the right fit please click "apply" or send your CV to Write to the company at Allura Partners.
About Allura Partners
Allura Partners was founded to support private equity firms by placing C-Suites to lead, transform, and scale portfolio companies. Today, in addition to our proven private equity specialisation, we have become a trusted partner for major ASX-listed and private enterprises in Australia, offering executive search, recruitment, and business transformation. Known for integrity, reliability, and results, our expertise spans Executive Search, Accounting & Finance, Transformation & Change, and Technology & Digital. We connect businesses and top-tier talent, exceeding expectations and driving lasting impact.
