Payroll Data Lead — Hybrid Workforce Analytics

Svha; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Job summary

St Vincent's Health Australia seeks an experienced Project Data Lead to drive a nationwide workforce data program, shaping people systems across Australia. You will lead design, migration and expansion of UKG Pro and Frontier iChris, ensuring accurate data and seamless integrations across payroll, finance and reporting.

You will partner with senior stakeholders across People & Culture, Payroll, Finance, Data & Analytics and Digital & Technology to deliver scalable workforce solutions for 30,000+

Qualifications

• You are an experienced data professional with a strong background in workforce, payroll and enterprise systems.
• You thrive in large-scale transformation environments and enjoy working collaboratively with stakeholders to improve processes.
• You bring a consultative approach, exceptional stakeholder management capability and a passion for using data to drive organisational success.

Responsibilities

• Lead data governance, migration, reconciliation and validation activities across workforce, payroll and finance systems.
• Act as the subject matter expert for workforce and payroll data, supporting the expansion of the UKG Pro and Frontier iChris environment.
• Translate business requirements into data models, mappings, calculations, reporting specifications and integration requirements.
• Define and maintain data definitions, transformation logic, reference codes and reporting standards to ensure consistency across the organisation.
• Analyse and document end-to-end data flows between workforce management, payroll, finance and enterprise systems.
• Partner with People & Culture, Payroll, Finance, Data & Analytics and Digital & Technology teams to deliver reporting and analytics capabilities.
• Collaborate with external vendors including UKG, Frontier and implementation partners to deliver data solutions, integrations and reporting outcomes.
• Lead stakeholder workshops, UAT support and business consultation activities to ensure successful adoption and delivery.
• Identify data quality, governance and process improvement opportunities and drive practical solutions.
• Manage project dependencies, risks, timelines and escalations across multiple workstreams.
• Develop reusable reporting tools, templates and artefacts to support efficient project delivery and ongoing operational support.
• Support capability uplift and knowledge transfer across internal teams.

Skills

Data governance

Stakeholder management

Analytics

Education

Degree in data analytics or related field

Tools

UKG Pro

Frontier iChris

ETL tools

Job description

St Vincent's Health Australia seeks an experienced Project Data Lead to drive a nationwide workforce data program, shaping people systems across Australia. You will lead design, migration and expansion of UKG Pro and Frontier iChris, ensuring accurate data and seamless integrations across payroll, finance and reporting.

You will partner with senior stakeholders across People & Culture, Payroll, Finance, Data & Analytics and Digital & Technology to deliver scalable workforce solutions for 30,000+