Head of Payroll Systems Transformation

Green by Nature; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 170,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Green by Nature is recruiting for a senior payroll transformation leadership role based in Mascot with hybrid work options. You will drive the payroll transformation across Australia and New Zealand, guiding a team of Payroll Team Leaders and Payroll Officers and focusing on governance and compliance rather than hands-on processing.

Working with Finance and HR, you will lead the move to a consistent payroll operating model and ensure alignment with an enterprise workforce management solution.

Qualifications

• 10+ years payroll experience with system or process change leadership.
• Ability to translate awards into workable payroll controls.
• Experience with UKG is essential.

Responsibilities

• Own the payroll transformation roadmap, priorities and milestones, with a strong focus on compliance
• Lead the payroll system, process and control changes needed to support the enterprise workforce management solution
• Align payroll and HRIS requirements across design, data, integrations, testing and implementation readiness
• Maintain monthly and annual reporting, including payroll tax, leave liabilities and WGEA
• Strengthen controls and manage key-person dependencies while maintaining service continuity

Skills

Payroll transformation

UKG experience

Governance

Stakeholder leadership

Tools

UKG

Job description

• Lead payroll transformation projects across Australia and New Zealand


• Prepare payroll for an enterprise workforce management solution


• Mascot based, with hybrid work available

About Us

Green by Nature is Australia's largest landscaping and sports turf business. Our 2,300 people care for the landscapes, sporting fields and green spaces used by communities across Australia and New Zealand.

The role

Over the past 12 months, we have strengthened our payroll systems, processes and governance. This role will continue that work across Australia and New Zealand and prepare payroll for an enterprise workforce management solution.

Working closely with Finance and HR, you will lead the move to a consistent payroll operating model and guide a team of six Payroll Team Leaders and Payroll Officers. This is an oversight role focused on transformation, compliance and service delivery rather than hands‑on processing.

Key deliverables

• Own the payroll transformation roadmap, priorities and milestones, with a strong focus on compliance


• Lead the payroll system, process and control changes needed to support the enterprise workforce management solution


• Align payroll and HRIS requirements across design, data, integrations, testing and implementation readiness


• Maintain monthly and annual reporting, including payroll tax, leave liabilities and WGEA


• Strengthen controls and manage key‑person dependencies while maintaining service continuity

About You

You have 10+ years' payroll experience, including leading system or process change through to implementation. You can translate awards and payroll requirements into workable systems and controls.

You Will Bring

• At least two years' UKG experience (essential)


• Experience with a dispersed blue- and white-collar workforce


• Strong payroll governance, compliance and control capability


• Practical project, stakeholder and team leadership skills

Why join us?

At Green by Nature, good people and great teams do work that is visible in communities across Australia and New Zealand. This role will make a practical difference to them by improving how time is recorded and people are paid.