Payroll Implementation Specialist

The Payroll Implementation Specialist is responsible for managing the migration process from HCF’s legacy payroll system Preceda to iChris. The role drives design and configuration decisions ensuring iChris is aligned with HCF’s operational requirements, legislative and regulatory compliance, and payments are processed accurately.

Key Responsibilities:

- Provide input on the project timeline and milestones
- Provide regular project status updates on key deliverables
- Engage and collaborate with cross functional teams to ensure alignment of delivery
- Undertake regular auditing of information in existing systems to ensure data integrity and accuracy
- Translate business requirements into system configuration, populate data gathering and configuration workbooks, pre-validate extracted data files, work with implementation team to map and load data into iChris and validate data after it has been converted into iChris
- Manage and participate in system testing
- Verify parallel payroll testing results, review and resolve issues from exception reports
- Develop and deploy cutover plan and complete catchup transaction entries
- Troubleshoot post implementation issues
- Create documentation on system configurations and processes
- Lead and manage the decommission plan of Preceda including data extraction and retention
- Support the project team with technical queries

Essential:

- Tertiary qualification in Computer Applications or related discipline
- Proven experience delivering end-to-end iChris implementation
- Strong technical skills in iChris
- Deep functional understanding of iChris
- End to end payroll processing experience
- Sound knowledge of award interpretation, and legislative payroll requirements
- Ability to translate business requirements into technological solutions
- Problem solving through analysis
- Proven ability to develop pragmatic and well considered solutions
- Process oriented and tech savvy
- Stakeholder management
- Change management
- Ability to demonstrate attention to detail
- Ability to work under pressure, with competing priorities
- Excellent time management / work organisation skills
- Highly developed listening and communication skills

Desirable:

- Exposure to Preceda and JIRA

About HCF

At HCF, our purpose is to bring our human touch to healthcare. Since 1932 we’ve been putting our members and their health first. As Australia’s largest not-for-profit health fund, we cover 2 million members with health, life, travel and pet insurance and our vision is to make healthcare understandable, affordable, high quality and member centric.

We want to be true health partners to our members, easily guiding the healthcare choices that are right for them. At HCF, our values are the way we do things and create the necessary culture to help us realise our purpose and deliver our Strategy. Living our values in action we step forward, walk in their shoes, stay human, make it better and get there together.

Culture & Benefits
- Purpose-driven passion_
We’re united by a common purpose: to make healthcare affordable, understandable, high quality and member-focused.
- Wellness and work-life balance_
We’ll empower you with the necessary skills and tools to support your personal wellbeing journey, ensuring you perform at your best. Our offerings include:
- 50% subsidy on HCF hospital and/or extras cover- 18 weeks of parental leave for all new parents- Mental health and wellbeing programs, including workshops, fitness classes, flu vaccinations, skin checks and more- Discounts on HCF’s products, including life, pet and travel Insurance, as well as discounts at Fitness First gyms and on our eyecare products.
- Collaboration and inclusivity_
We embrace diversity as our strength and are committed to maintaining an inclusive and collaborative work environment. Our workplace is welcoming and safe for all our employees, irrespective of their unique characteristics including age, ethnicity, cultural or spiritual background, gender identity, disability, education and socio-economic status.
- Continuous learning and growth_
We believe in lifelong learning. HCF provides opportunities for personal and professional development. From workshops to mentorship programs, we encourage your growth and curiosity.

Next steps

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