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HR & Payroll Coordinator

Job Posted 3/9/2025
CMC Markets
Sydney, Sydney 2000
Category Human Resources
Job Description

If you also believe that everyone should be able to achieve their financial potential, then you'll love contributing to CMC Markets' company vision of providing the ultimate trading experience. Seize the opportunity to progress your career in the fintech industry by joining a global leader in CFD trading and share investing. Grow yourself personally and professionally with a company that's growing with you, by global expansion and product offering.

As a HR & Payroll Coordinator, you'll play a key role in our dynamic Human Resources team, supporting employees across Australia and New Zealand. You'll gain hands-on experience in HR operations, payroll administration, and employee lifecycle processes, setting you up for long-term success in HR.

Why You'll Like Working Here:

Just some of the reasons you'll love working here include:

  • Continuous learning : Our generous L&D program covers both technical, performance and leadership training, ensuring you're always learning new skills.
  • Leave benefits : Accrue 5 additional annual leave entitlements each year called My Days, as well as enjoying 5 extra annual leave days once you pass 12 months. Enjoy your birthday off to spend time with family and friends, on us! Utilise a free annual charity day to give back to your community.
  • Unlimited access to a dedicated benefits & wellbeing hub where you can save money through various retailer discounts, and make use of a variety of resources that will enhance your physical and mental wellbeing
  • Collaboration : We believe that great things happen when smart people work together, that's why we've made the decision to work five days in the office.
  • $0 Trades : Staff & family trading accounts with CMC Markets Invest have access to the best brokerage rates in the market - $0 trades for all domestic and international equity orders!
  • Office perks : Help yourself to free breakfast cereals, condiments, and coffee to fuel your workday. Our culture club provides opportunities for everyone whether you're into fitness, pizza making classes, socialising or bringing out your competitive side in trivia or lawn bowls!

What you'll be working on

As our HR & Payroll Coordinator, you'll be the go-to person for all things HR administration and payroll support. You'll be:

  • Maintaining and updating HR data on systems such as Workday.
  • Supporting payroll administration ensuring employees are paid correctly and on time.
  • Employee lifecycle management including administering new hires, promotions, and contract changes.
  • Coordinating and delivering induction sessions, ensuring a smooth experience for new employees.
  • Assisting the HR team with various People Initiatives.

What will help you to be successful?

We're looking for someone with previous HR administration or coordination experience ideally within a corporate environment. Workday HRIS and payroll administration experience are essential for this role as well as eligibility to work in Australia permanently. Your strong attention to detail, excellent communication skills, and enthusiasm will set you up for success.

The things we live by

CMC Markets is powered by our people. We are an equal opportunities employer and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace, where our people feel confident to be themselves, feel valued and are able to do their best work. We don't just value differences and unique perspectives, we seek them out and we invite them in, because we know it will lead to better outcomes for everyone.

We're always on the lookout for great people, so even if you don't feel you are a 100% fit, apply with your up-to-date CV and we'll consider you for this role and any other suitable opportunities across the business.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Please be vigilant when applying for jobs online. CMC Markets will never request personal identification details, such as Date of Birth or Tax File Number prior to an offer being made. If your initial application is successful, regardless of whether you've applied directly or through an approved recruiter, you will always liaise with a representative from CMC's Talent Acquisition team. We will only discuss a role you have formally applied for via phone or email (CMC Markets email address); and never via Facebook.

About Us

CMC Markets is one of the world's first ever fin-tech companies and was launched in 1989 to break down the barriers of financial trading and make trading accessible to everyone.

Our mission is to use our award-winning, Next Generation trading platform and unparalleled client service to empower millions of people to have the best trading experience out there. Our clients can trade on thousands of instruments using the best technology, supported by sophisticated charting, competitive pricing and automated execution.

We're trusted by investors globally, but also by banks, brokers, funds and trading desks though our top-tier liquidity institutional offering, enabling these businesses to expand into new markets and increase revenue potential.

We were recently listed on the FTSE250, and our business continues to go from strength to strength as we continue to invest in our technology and our people.