Global Payroll Systems & Compliance Lead

Exchange House Services Limited; Sydney; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holistic wellbeing fund

Home office allowance

Job summary

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer in Sydney is seeking an experienced Payroll Systems & Compliance Manager to lead day-to-day payroll systems support and ensure data integrity across Chris21, UKG, Workday and Expert. You will drive upgrades, governance and continuous improvement, partnering with Payroll, IT and vendors to deliver compliant payroll solutions.

You will manage complex payroll environments, maintain data quality, and contribute to secure, efficient payroll operations while aligning

Qualifications

• A minimum of 7 years’ experience in a payroll systems role.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail, particularly across data integrity, reconciliation and reporting.
• Experience with system testing, upgrades, implementations and troubleshooting.
• Knowledge of payroll compliance, audit, data governance and privacy requirements.
• Strong stakeholder management and problem-solving skills.
• Experience documenting processes, maintaining controls and driving continuous improvement.
• Experience with Chris21, UKG, Workday and/or Expert is highly regarded.
• Is curious about new tech and open to learning, even better if you’re excited about AI!

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day payroll systems support, administration and troubleshooting across Chris21, UKG, Workday and Expert.
• Maintain payroll system integrity through configuration, data quality, access controls, system maintenance and compliance activities.
• Support system upgrades, implementations and transitions, including UKG, legislative changes such as payday super, and future platforms such as iChris.
• Perform payroll reconciliations, data validation and analysis across payroll systems and integrations, identifying and resolving discrepancies and system issues.
• Support payroll reporting, audit requirements and recurring obligations, including workers compensation and novated leases.
• Develop and maintain payroll procedures, controls, process documentation and user knowledge resources.
• Partner with Payroll, IT, vendors and project teams to manage system issues, enhancements, integrations and change effectively.
• Identify opportunities to improve payroll processes, strengthen controls, enhance data quality and reduce manual workarounds.
• Ensure sensitive payroll and employee data is managed in line with privacy, security, retention and governance requirements.

Skills

Payroll systems

Data integrity

Analytical

Stakeholder management

Problem solving

Process documentation

Continuous improvement

AI interest

Tools

Chris21

UKG

Workday

Expert

Job description

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer in Sydney is seeking an experienced Payroll Systems & Compliance Manager to lead day-to-day payroll systems support and ensure data integrity across Chris21, UKG, Workday and Expert. You will drive upgrades, governance and continuous improvement, partnering with Payroll, IT and vendors to deliver compliant payroll solutions.

You will manage complex payroll environments, maintain data quality, and contribute to secure, efficient payroll operations while aligning