Compliance Officer

This role supports the Financial Controller in ensuring Starbucks Australia meets its regulatory industrial relations financial and governance obligations.

It also provides second-line oversight across compliance and data integrity with a strong focus on payroll compliance stocktake accuracy financial controls and ESG reporting requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

Industrial Relations & Workforce Compliance 

• Ensure compliance with Fair Work Act and Fast-Food Industry Award
• Review Payroll classifications penalty rates and record keeping practices
• Support Fair Work Ombudsmen reviews audits and remediation activities

Compliance Regulatory Oversight

• Maintain compliance with Australian financial legal and statutory obligations
• Monitor and assess regulatory changes impacting the business
• Support internal and external audits as well as regulatory reviews

Cash Handling Stock Integrity & Financial Data Governance

• Investigate cash variances and escalate risks or control breaches.
• Monitor store cash handling compliance and identify irregularities.
• Enforce cash controls to minimise risk and support audits.
• Perform periodic cash audits and analyse exception trends.
• Partner with operations and finance to improve cash accountability.

Stock Accuracy & BOM Audit

• Audit BOMs to identify inaccuracies in ingredient mapping and usage.
• Investigate gaps between POS sales and inventory consumption.
• Validate stock data across systems for accuracy and consistency.
• Perform stock variance and reconciliation analysis.
• Identify and escalate data issues control gaps and stock losses.
• Support root cause analysis and corrective actions.

ESG & Sustainability Reporting

•  Support compliance with evolving ESG reporting requirements
•  Establish governance processes for ESG data collection and assurance readiness

Qualifications :

About You:    

• Understanding of Fair Work Act and Modern Awards (Fast Food Award highly regarded)
• Strong skills in Excel / data analysis tools
• Experience working with payroll systems ERP systems or data platforms such as D365
• Ability to collaborate with systems finance and operations teams
• Familiarity with Australian statutory and financial compliance requirements
• Experience with inventory management stocktakes or retail operations
• Demonstrated ability to analyse data identify trends and provide recommendations
• Experience working with cross-functional teams (HR Finance Operations)
• Ability to translate complex compliance issues into practical actions for leaders
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Additional Information :

Life at Starbucks Australia

Starbucks Australia is proudly Australian owned and operated. We are a small company with large growth plans. Weve based in Collingwood with expansive end-of-trip facilities (all shower amenities soaps & towels included) concierge services with dry-cleaning and parcel collection provided and current building works for our very own Starbucks café on-site. We work on a hybrid model with 3 days in office 2 from home.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time