Payroll Team Lead

• Full time, continuing opportunity to provide leadership to a team of payroll professionals
• Utilise your expertise to deliver high quality, efficient and effective payroll processing and transactional services across the University
• Offering a competitive remuneration package including 17% superannuation

About the opportunity

We are seeking an experienced Payroll Team Lead to provide effective leadership, coaching, and guidance to a team of Payroll professionals. This team deliver high quality, efficient and effective payroll processing and transactional services across the University. Furthermore, this position will be responsible for delivering tools and frameworks to support and build HR capability, this includes a focus on HR program management, service metrics, opportunities for process and service improvement, and to drive quality initiatives that support overall performance of the HR function.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

• lead a team of Senior and Junior Payroll Officers to oversee fortnightly payroll efficiently and effectively, on-time, every time
• work as a senior in the payroll team with a strong focus on providing advice, guidance and mentoring to Payroll Officers to ensure deadlines are met and the payroll service is provided in an accurate and timely manner
• participate in ongoing process improvement and various other projects, programs of work and committees to align with the overall University's strategic direction
• ensure that appropriate sign-off for any and all pay runs are documented, saved and circulated and work closely with the Payroll Services Team to ensure full, complete and well governed sign-off every pay-run
• responsible for team performance using metrics, benchmarks and SLAs. Strong advocate of ServiceNow and associated performance dashboards.

About you

• postgraduate qualifications - in a relevant field or an equivalent combination of training and experience
• experience in people management, including managing staff performance and development
• interpreting and applying legislation, enterprise agreements and policies
• experience in end-to-end payroll processing and payroll administration
• ability to communicate effectively with accuracy and attention to detail
• previous experience in a high-volume customer service environment.

Sponsorship / work rights for Australia

Please note: You must have unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this employment to apply. Visa sponsorship is not available for this appointment.

Pre-employment checks

Your employment is conditional upon the completion of all role required pre-employment or background checks in terms satisfactory to the University. Similarly, your ongoing employment is conditional upon the satisfactory maintenance of all relevant clearances and background check requirements. If you do not meet these conditions, the University may take any necessary step, including the termination of your employment.

EEO statement

At the University of Sydney, our shared values are trust, accountability and excellence and we strive to be a place where everyone can thrive. We are committed to creating a University community that thrives through diversity and reflects the wider community that we serve. We deliver on this through our commitment to diversity and inclusion , evidenced by our people and culture programs, as well as key strategies to increase participation and support the careers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People , women , people living with a disability , people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds , and those who identify as LGBTIQ+ . We welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds.

We are proud to be recognised as an Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI) Gold employer. Find out more about our work on diversity and inclusion .

How to apply

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Thursday 25 September :59 PM