Payroll Systems and Projects Specialist

1 week ago


Macquarie Park, Australia Anglicare Full time

About Us:
Anglicare Sydney is a leading and highly regarded community NFP organisation in Australia.

Our vision is to see Jesus Christ honoured, lives enriched and communities strengthened. To achieve this, we are looking to attract the most capable and mission aligned people to join us.

For over 160 years Anglicare has been serving people in need
- providing care to older people and services to the vulnerable. We began because of people who saw a need in the community and who were compelled to make a difference. People motivated by Christian love and a passion to serve. If this describes you, we would love to invite you to join us

Are you ready to lead and manage all payroll-related projects while ensuring compliance and governance? Are you wanting to join a team that values you and is undergoing a transformational change?

Transform lives, every single day

We are recruiting a HR Payroll Systems and Project Officer who thrives in a fast-paced, purpose-driven environment?

Your opportunity

With integrity and resilience, you will:
- Ensure that pay and benefits are administered and paid accurately, on time and in compliance with legislation, industrial instruments and procedures. This includes (but is not limited to) workers compensation wages, superannuation, travel reimbursements, salary packaging and other salary sacrifice benefits.- Responsible for external audits, compliance reviews and other risk management and governance activities.- Contributes to improving the efficiency of payroll processes and strengthening controls and governance.- Ensures the accurate configuration in Chris21/iCHRIS by running regular reports across the various forms and updating as required.- Responsible for updating, adding and changing basic system configuration as required by legislation, Enterprise Agreements and changes to policy.- Act as Payroll SME for Absence, Time and Compensation in Workday.- Keep abreast of system upgrades and participate in UAT with IT systems specialist.- Review and respond to Workday and Time and Attendance systems (KRONOS and ARK) integration issues.- Complete system BAU task such as End of Month and End of Year tasks.- Lead SME on Payroll related projects.- Works with external vendors supporting the payroll function.- Anticipates and raises impacts to Payroll processes.- Identify and implement new procedures to ensure continuous improvement of the payroll function.

What you’ll bring- More than 5 years’ experience in Payroll systems support / Projects or similar role.- Sound knowledge of computerized pay systems and general personnel procedures.- Experience working on Chris21 (essential) iChris (desirable).- Experience working on WorkDay (strongly desirable).- Demonstrated strong project experience.- Demonstrated process improvement experience.- Understanding of AI and automation tools and willingness to adopt these.- Ability to work in high volume complex environment.- Exceptional customer service, communication, and organisational skills.- Strong stakeholder relationship management.- Sound knowledge of payroll procedures, payroll systems, time & attendance, general staff procedures.

Why Anglicare?

We provide meaningful opportunities and choice, both for the individuals and communities we support and the dedicated people here who make it happen.

At Anglicare, you’ll get the security, stability and opportunities that come with a strong, well-established organisation that’s ready for the future. You’ll belong to a community of kind, humble and respectful people of all faiths and backgrounds. You will also be supported to gain new knowledge, deepen your experience and expertise, and shape a rewarding career.

On top of that, here are just some of the tangible benefits you will enjoy in a career with us:
- Flexible work options to get the most out of work and life- Pay less tax on your income and increase your take home pay. With salary packaging, up to $15,900 of your income is tax free.- Spend up to $2,650 on accommodation, meals and entertainment also tax free with salary packaging.- Ongoing professional development and leadership training to advance your career- Exclusive discounts to over 400 retailers- Employee Assistance Program and Fitness Passport with discounts to over 800 gyms for you and your family

Are you ready for a career that means more?

Anglicare is as wonderfully diverse as the customers and communities we support. While we are guided by our Christian-based values, our team includes people of all faiths and backgrounds who share our commitment to serving others, and we value the diverse perspectives they bring.

Application Close Date: August 14, 2025



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