IT Applications Lead for HR, Payroll & Finance

For Purpose Aged Care; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging and benefits

Work from home flexibility

Staff discounts

EAP – confidential counselling

Job summary

For Purpose Aged Care is seeking an IT Business Applications Specialist to own critical systems supporting Payroll, HRIS, Finance and Reporting. You will bridge business needs with technology platforms, ensuring reliability, security and measurable value for the organisation.

You will lead incident management, system upgrades, integrations and governance while driving process improvements and reporting automation using Power BI.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting finance, payroll or HR business applications.
• Strong understanding of payroll, rostering, workforce management and finance processes.
• Experience managing application incidents and vendor relationships.
• Knowledge of user access controls and system governance.
• Proven ability to translate business requirements into practical technology solutions.
• ITIL, business systems or finance systems certifications are advantageous.
• Relevant IT/Business/Finance qualifications and valid work rights in Australia.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary IT owner for Payroll, Rostering, HRIS, Finance and Reporting.
• Provide Level 1 and 2 application support across Finance and Payroll platforms.
• Manage incidents, defects, service requests and vendor escalations.
• Support payroll processing, award interpretation and system configuration.
• Maintain General Ledger, AP, AR and reporting in finance applications.
• Administer user access controls and governance requirements.
• Assist with reporting transformation and Power BI adoption.
• Identify opportunities to automate processes and improve user experience.

Skills

SQL

Excel

Power BI

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Relevant IT/Business/Finance degree

ITIL certification

Tools

HRIS

Finance systems

Payroll platforms

Job description

For Purpose Aged Care is seeking an IT Business Applications Specialist to own critical systems supporting Payroll, HRIS, Finance and Reporting. You will bridge business needs with technology platforms, ensuring reliability, security and measurable value for the organisation.

You will lead incident management, system upgrades, integrations and governance while driving process improvements and reporting automation using Power BI.