Payroll Manager

Lead payroll excellence across a growing national workforce - Enjoy extra leave, including birthday leave and "ME" days - up to 5 weeks - Mentor a small team and drive process efficiency **Make a Difference with TeamKids** Are you a detail-driven payroll expert who thrives on continuous improvement and leading a high-performing team? Join TeamKids as our Payroll Manager, where your skills will directly support the teams delivering fun and enriching programs to children every day. **About Us**:At TeamKids, we’re not just leaders in Outside School Hours Care - we’re creators of joy, laughter, and unforgettable childhood moments With over 200 services across Australia, we’re driven by our values of being Fun, Genuine, Innovative, Remarkable, and Involved - and we’re proud to infuse these into everything we do. **The Role**:Reporting to the CFO, the **Payroll Manager** is responsible for the end-to-end payroll function at TeamKids, ensuring timely, accurate, and compliant processing across a diverse and growing workforce. This is a critical leadership role where you’ll work closely with Finance, People & Culture, and Operations to champion best practices, streamline processes, and support a positive employee experience. **Key Responsibilities**: - Oversee fortnightly and monthly payroll processing for casual and permanent employees. - Ensure compliance with all payroll legislation, awards, EBAs, and tax obligations. - Lead and develop a small payroll team, ensuring exceptional service delivery. - Collaborate with P&C and Finance to maintain data accuracy and improve processes. - Drive continuous improvement initiatives across all aspects of payroll operations. - Manage system upgrades, integrations, and payroll-related reporting. - Support audits, EOFY requirements, and employee payroll queries. **What You’ll Bring**: - 5-7 years’ experience in an end-to-end payroll processing function, including 2+ years in a leadership role. - Strong knowledge of Australian payroll legislation, Fair Work, and Superannuation. - Experience managing large-scale payroll across varied employee types (casual + perm). - Proven ability to lead system and process improvements. - Excellent stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration skills. - Tertiary qualifications in Business, HR, Accounting, or similar (desirable). **Why Join TeamKids?** - Join a purpose-driven organisation where fun and excellence go hand-in-hand. - Enjoy additional leave with birthday and "ME" days (up to 5 weeks annually). - 95% discount on OSHC for your children. - Career development, mentoring & genuine opportunities for growth. - Access to our Employee Assistance Program and great retail & health discounts. - At TeamKids, the safety and well-being of children is our highest priority. As part of our recruitment process, we carry out thorough background checks, reference checks, and screening to ensure all potential employees are committed to safeguarding children and have no history of behaviour that could compromise their safety._ - We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and we are committed to ensuring the safety of all children in our care. This means at TeamKids we are passionate about equality and diversity, we value every individual, we passionately protect and ensure every child’s safety, and are always seeking to be better and do better than yesterday._