Head of Payroll Transformation — National Leader (Hybrid)

BaptistCare; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

BaptistCare is seeking an experienced Head of Payroll to lead our national payroll function across Australia. Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, you will provide strategic and operational leadership of payroll services while ensuring accuracy, compliance, governance, and exceptional service delivery for more than 12,000 employees.

This is more than a traditional payroll leadership role. As BaptistCare continues to evolve as a newly unified national organisation, you will play a critical

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualification in business, accounting or finance.
• Experience leading a large, multi-site payroll for 10,000+ employees.
• Extensive knowledge of payroll legislation, awards, taxation, superannuation.
• Proven payroll governance, controls and audit programs.
• Experience with payroll remediation and regulator engagements.
• Led payroll workstreams in major ERP/HCM implementations.

Responsibilities

• Lead national payroll operations, governance and transformation.
• Develop and monitor payroll strategy, compliance and controls.
• Drive remediation, standardisation and process improvements.
• Oversee ERP/HCM implementation and stabilisation.
• Collaborate with Finance, People & Culture, Workplace Relations and IT.
• Provide expert advisory to executives on payroll risks and decisions.

Skills

Payroll governance

ERP/HCM implementations

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Compliance leadership

Change management

Team leadership

Process improvement

Taxation & superannuation

Multisite payroll

Education

Tertiary qualification in business/accounting/finance

Tools

ERP/HCM systems

Job description

BaptistCare is seeking an experienced Head of Payroll to lead our national payroll function across Australia. Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, you will provide strategic and operational leadership of payroll services while ensuring accuracy, compliance, governance, and exceptional service delivery for more than 12,000 employees.

This is more than a traditional payroll leadership role. As BaptistCare continues to evolve as a newly unified national organisation, you will play a critical