Global Payroll Transformation Manager

Finance - Payroll
- Corporate Services

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**Joining Arup**

Arup's purpose, shared values and collaborative approach has set us apart for over 75 years, guiding how we shape a better world.
The Arup people function is undergoing an exciting period of transformation. As we establish our new operating model, we are streamlining our processes and aligning our delivery on a global scale, to ensure that we provide an excellent member experience aligned to our values.

**The Opportunity**

The Global Payroll Transformation Manager will support in the successful delivery of all Payroll transformation projects globally with particular focus on the APAC region.

Existing Delivery Model as Global Payroll Transformation Manager, you'll lead the charge in assessing and refining the current delivery landscape—particularly across the APAC region. Your focus will be on thoroughly documenting existing processes, identifying inefficiencies, and championing continuous improvements throughout the global payroll delivery teams. By driving enhancements across both domestic and mobility payroll life cycles, you'll ensure operational excellence and consistency. This role also involves managing contributions from internal and external stakeholders, as well as navigating key dependencies that influence the overall transformation.

At Arup, you belong to an extraordinary collective - in which we encourage individuality to thrive. Our strength comes from how we respect, share and connect our diverse experiences, perspectives and ideas.
You will have the opportunity do socially useful work that has meaning - to Arup, to your career, to our members and to the clients and communities we serve.

**Is this role right for you?**
- Payroll transformation experience across multiple countries, including standardisation of processes and documenting requirements
- Implementing a payroll managed service, vendor consolidation or new country set ups
- Understanding of global payroll environments and processes
- Strong understanding of payroll systems and third-party service providers, complemented by expertise in HR system integrations—ideally with Oracle EBS or Fusion.
- Proactively monitoring overall progress of transformation, resolving issues and initiating corrective action as appropriate
- Familiar with risk and issue management processes
- Maintaining detailed documentation supporting transformation initiatives
- Proven ability to manage global stakeholders, collaborate across corporate and business teams, and lead transformation meetings to gather requirements and track progress within cross-functional virtual environments.

**What we offer you**

At Arup, we care about each member's success, so we can grow together.
Guided by our values, we provide an attractive total reward package that recognises the contribution of each of our members to our shared success. As well as competitive, fair, and equitable pay, we offer a career in which all of our members can belong, grow and thrive - through benefits that support health and wellbeing, a wide range of learning opportunities and many possibilities to have an impact through the work they do.

We are owned in trust on behalf of our members, giving us the freedom, with personal responsibility, to set our own direction and choose work that aligns with our purpose and adds to Arup's legacy. Our members collaborate on ambitious projects to deliver remarkable outcomes for our clients and communities. Profit Share is a key part of our reward, enabling eligible members to share in the results of our collective efforts.

Explore the perks of a career with Arup Australia:

- Hybrid working policy and flexible working hours.
- Paid parental leave for the primary carer of 16 weeks or 32 weeks at half pay and as well as generous unpaid leave benefits.
- Paid parental leave for the non-primary carer of 4 weeks plus the opportunity to access extra paid and unpaid leave of up to 16 weeks if you later become the primary carer (any leave taken at the time will be deducted from the total 16-week parental leave benefit).
- Birthday leave
- Annual leave loading
- Ability to purchase additional leave of up to 20 days for permanent employees.
- International mobility opportunities
- Insurances (life & income protection)
- Interest free solar energy and bicycle loans
- Novated car lease
- Ovasaver including discounts, vouchers, cashback, and exclusive offers on more than 300 retailers.

**Different people, shared values**

**Our Application Process**
- Arup does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies._

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