Head of Payroll Systems Transformation

Green by Nature; Sydney; Hybride; AUD 210 000 - 270 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Hybrid work

Résumé du poste

Green by Nature, Australia’s largest landscaping and sports turf business, seeks an experienced payroll transformation leader in Sydney. You will guide the move to a consistent payroll operating model across Australia and New Zealand, leading a team of six Payroll Team Leaders and Officers.

You bring 10+ years of payroll experience, UKG expertise, and strong governance and leadership skills to deliver compliant, scalable payroll solutions.

Qualifications

• 10+ years’ payroll experience, including leading system or process change through to implementation.
• Experience with a dispersed blue- and white-collar workforce and payroll governance.
• Strong governance, compliance and control capability.
• Practical project, stakeholder and team leadership skills.

Responsabilités

• 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.

Connaissances

Team leadership

Stakeholder management

Payroll governance

Project leadership

Outils

UKG Payroll

Description du poste

• 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.

• 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

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.