Kronos Admin

The Payroll Agency; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 108,000 - 132,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Job summary

The Payroll Agency is seeking a Kronos Admin for a healthcare payroll function in Sydney. The role focuses on time and attendance accuracy to ensure correct shift payments for a large workforce.

Reporting to the HRIS Systems Lead, you will oversee daily Kronos operations, integrate timecards into payroll, and contribute to system development while supporting audits and user training. Hybrid work is offered.

Qualifications

• Experience with Kronos time and attendance administration.
• Strong payroll knowledge including award interpretation and rostering.
• Proactive problem solver who diagnoses and fixes issues.
• Excellent communicator who can explain technical concepts clearly.

Responsibilities

• Administering and supporting the Kronos time and attendance system (UKG).
• Managing integrations of approved timecards into payroll and resolving issues.
• Building and testing pay rules, codes, employee types, and awards/agreements impacts.
• Providing day-to-day support for holidays, leave hierarchies, and employee lifecycle events.
• Interpreting award/enterprise agreement changes with payroll and HR for system impacts.
• Supporting system upgrades, enhancements, and improvement projects.
• Writing and maintaining user guides, process docs, and specs.
• Assisting with audits and data compliance.
• Training users and serving as first point of contact for system queries.

Skills

Kronos/UKG experience

Payroll knowledge

Problem-solving

Clear communicator

Tools

Kronos administration

Job description

Kronos Admin | Healthcare | Sydney CBD fringe, Hybrid

Love the technical side of payroll? This is a chance to be the go-to systems expert for a large healthcare organisation, where getting time and attendance right means thousands of shift-based employees get paid correctly, every time.

The organisation

A well-established healthcare provider with a large, diverse workforce working rosters around the clock across multiple sites. The payroll and systems team is collaborative and supportive, and you'll work closely with payroll, HR and IT.

The role

Reporting to the HRIS Systems Lead, you'll look after the day-to-day running and continuous improvement of the time and attendance system. You'll make sure it reflects award and agreement requirements, integrates smoothly with payroll and performs reliably. It's hands-on and varied, and you'll have real input into how the system develops.

What you'll be doing

• Administering and supporting the UKG (Kronos) time and attendance system, including configuration, maintenance and device administration
• Running the regular integration of approved timecards into the payroll system and resolving any issues
• Building, updating and testing pay rules, pay codes, employee types and award or agreement increases
• Day-to-day support such as public holiday set-up, leave approver hierarchies, Hyperfinds, and employee starts and terminations
• Working with payroll and HR to interpret award and enterprise agreement changes and assess their impact on systems
• Supporting upgrades, enhancements and improvement projects
• Writing and maintaining work guides, process documentation and technical specifications
• Helping with audit and compliance requirements around employee data
• Training users and being the friendly first point of contact for system queries

About you

• Experience with time and attendance systems admin such as Kronos (UKG)
• Strong understanding of payroll and award interpretation, particularly shift penalties, allowances and complex rostering
• A natural problem solver who enjoys working out why something isn't working, then fixing it
• Approachable and confident, able to explain technical things simply and speak up when something needs to be said

Why you'll love it

• A specialist role where your systems knowledge is valued
• Work that matters, supporting the people who care for patients
• Hybrid working and a supportive, collaborative team
• Exposure to improvement projects and system enhancements$120k + Super

If you're a Kronos Specialist looking for your next challenge, I'd love to hear from you.