Payroll Manager

2 weeks ago


Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Australian Payroll Association Full time

Newly created Payroll Manager role | Hire & lead a team of 3 |
- Ownership of the end to end payroll function, implement & execute processes
- Parramatta location | Build a high functioning team & culture to thrive

Through cutting-edge technologies and innovation, they foster safety across all community levels ensuring compliance and align to their accredited corporate responsibility and social impact policies.

Working with the Group Finance Manager you will bring together 7 seperate payrolls split across a number of locations to a centralised payroll model, this will include implementing new payroll system and be part of the hiring of a payroll team and then manage the day to day payroll function.

**Payroll Implementation & hiring responsibilities**:

- Assist with hiring and leading of the payroll team
- Work with the payroll vendor and implementation team to ensure the chosen system is configured correctly
- Supervising the Payroll team workload, making necessary adjustments as required
- Recruitment, training and development of payroll staff
- Undertaking performance appraisals with staff in direct reporting roles

**Operational**
**Responsibility**:

- Overseeing day-to-day operations of all group payrolls in compliance with individual or collective employment agreements (EBAs) and regulatory requirements
- Ensuring employees are paid correctly and on time
- Implement and execute processes that ensure all legally required federal and state taxes, superannuation, social security and other deductions are accurately processed and compliance returns submitted on time
- Provides guidance to management on payroll related issues and promptly escalates any high level and/or delivery issues
- Ensuring all payroll related reconciliations and returns are completed on a timely basis and compliant with all regulatory requirements
- 'Subject matter expert' for payroll and associated queries from employees
- Ensures managers are able to competently review and approve their respective pay runs supported by appropriate exception reports

**About you**:

- Experience in delivering complex payrolls in Aus/NZ for a 500+ workforce
- Embracing training and professional development opportunities and transferring best practice to staff
- Building and maintaining positive relationships with team members, clients and peers
- Contributes to the development of payroll related policies and procedures
- Implements process improvement initiatives to procedures and workflow to create efficiencies
- Providing support to management as require, in particular the on-boarding of new or transferred employees via acquisitions
- Collaborates with colleagues to develop, test and implement new or updated systems and process improvements
- Performs other duties reasonably required of the role
- Attention to detail, time management and analytical problem solving skills are essential
- Exposure to payroll system implementations / change management

This is an exciting new role and a great opportunity to build and grow a payroll function and team.



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