Payroll and SAP Manager

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**The opportunity**:

- **Lead and support a high-performing team delivering CSIRO’s SAP payroll.**:

- **Improve employee experience through streamlined, reliable payroll operations.**:

- **Join CSIRO - Australia's National Science and Innovation Agency**

CSIRO is seeking a skilled Payroll & SAP Manager to lead the delivery of critical payroll and people system operations.

In this role, you will lead a team responsible for SAP Payroll Management, Organisational Management, and the technical and operational support of CSIRO’s SAP HR/Payroll systems. You will also oversee system changes and integration with other people technology platforms, including Robotic Process Automation.

**Your duties will include**:

- Lead a small team to deliver:

- CSIRO’s Payroll Management function, including the completion of multiple fortnightly pay runs, Single Touch Payroll (STP) and end of financial year requirements, HR to Finance reconciliations, and audit compliance.
- CSIRO’s SAP Organisational Management function, including position and organisational unit maintenance, provision of delegations and jobs framework adherence.
- People Central’s SAP system maintenance, including troubleshooting issues and defects, User Acceptance Testing of system changes, requirements gathering for enhancements and projects, and coordinating annual SAP Support Pack implementation.
- Evaluate new SAP modules and other technology solutions to determine if these can enhance processes in line with People Central requirements and objectives
- Analysis of People Central business processes to identify procedural and digitalisation improvement opportunities, to streamline, automate and integrate processes for faster and more efficient routine business processes, to meet People Central’s strategic goals.
- Management of People Central business-as-usual troubleshooting and analysis of complex SAP payroll issues, and identification of SAP defects.
- Document current and future state processes and proactively support users in the efficient and effective use of SAP to build team member capability, particularly in the areas of payroll and payroll administration.
- Using discipline expertise, develop and review policies, procedures, systems and make recommendations to the Executive Manager, People Central to guide management decisions.

**Location**:Black Mountain (Canberra), ACT - Preferred, Brisbane, QLD & Clayton, VIC considered

**Salary**:AU$114k - AU$123k plus15.4% superannuation

**Tenure**:Indefinite

**Reference**:100583

**To be considered you will need**:

- Extensive knowledge, experience and practical understanding of a range of HR business operations, including payroll management and organisational management, and the relevant industrial legislation, compliance, governance and frameworks.
- Demonstrated experience leading a team responsible for the administration of pay and conditions, organisational management and/or technical service delivery.
- Demonstrated technical understanding of, and experience supporting, a broad range of SAP -HR/Payroll systems and SAP HR/Payroll related technology systems (eg Robotic Process Automation), with a focus on troubleshooting, automation, simplification, system compliance and testing.
- Demonstrated experience in HR technology projects that deliver outcomes in line with an integrated technology plan, with a focus on business process improvement and automation.
- Effective communication skills including experience in producing clear and comprehensive documentation and creating and presenting technical requirements and specifications.
- Ability to be agile and work collaboratively in a fast-paced complex environment with key accountabilities and strict deadlines, and challenge the status quo to develop effective system solutions to diverse business problems.

For full details about this role please review the Position Description

**Eligibility**:
**Flexible working arrangements**:
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