Payroll Enterprise Agreement Lead

Head Office - Melbourne; Sydney; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Ramsay is seeking a Payroll Enterprise Agreement Lead to ensure our payroll environment stays compliant and ready as EA clauses evolve. You will translate complex industrial instruments into payroll solutions and partner with IR, Workforce Planning and Systems to deliver accurate payments.

You’ll review EA clauses, assess impacts, lead payroll readiness projects and engage stakeholders to shape how payroll responds to change across the organisation.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in a complex payroll environment.
• Experience interpreting and applying Enterprise Agreements.
• Understanding of payroll systems and configurations.
• Experience reviewing industrial instruments and assessing their impacts.
• Proven cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Experience in payroll governance and project delivery.

Responsibilities

• Review proposed EA clauses and assess payroll/operational impacts.
• Translate EA requirements into practical payroll solutions.
• Partner with Systems on configuration, testing and implementation.
• Identify workload, resourcing and timing impacts for Payroll.
• Provide expert payroll advice throughout EA negotiations and implementation.
• Lead projects that improve payroll readiness and delivery.
• Build relationships across Payroll, IR, Workforce Planning and Systems.

Skills

Payroll governance

Stakeholder engagement

Industrial instruments

Systems configuration

Project delivery

System testing

Tools

Payroll systems

Job description

Head Office - Melbourne – St Leonards Park NSW

Are you a payroll expert who understands the critical connection between Enterprise Agreements, industrial relations, systems and payroll delivery?

Join Ramsay as ourPayroll Enterprise Agreement Leadand play a pivotal role in ensuring our payroll environment is ready to deliver accurate, compliant and efficient payments as Enterprise Agreements evolve.

This is an opportunity to use your payroll expertise to influence decisions well before they reach the payslip — reviewing proposed EA clauses, identifying system and operational impacts, and working with key stakeholders to ensure Ramsay is ready to implement change.

About the role:

You’ll be the critical link betweenPayroll, Industrial Relations, Workforce Planning and Systems, bringing practical payroll insight to EA negotiations and implementation.

You will:

• Review proposed EA clauses and assess their payroll and operational impact.
• Translate complex EA requirements into practical payroll solutions.
• Partner with Systems teams on configuration, testing and implementation.
• Identify potential workload, resourcing and timing impacts for Payroll.
• Provide expert payroll advice throughout EA negotiations and implementation.
• Lead and contribute to projects that improve payroll readiness and delivery.
• Build strong relationships across Payroll, IR, Workforce Planning and Systems.

About you:

We’re looking for an experienced payroll professional who can confidently navigate a complex, highly regulated environment and connect the dots between industrial instruments, people, processes and technology.

You’ll bring:

• Significant experience working in a complex payroll environment.
• Strong experience interpreting and applying Enterprise Agreements.
• Sound understanding of payroll systems and system configuration.
• Experience reviewing industrial instruments and assessing their impacts.
• Proven stakeholder engagement and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Experience in payroll governance, project delivery and system testing.
• Experience in healthcare, aged care, retail or another award-dependent industry.

Why join Ramsay?

This is more than a payroll role. It’s an opportunity toshape how payroll responds to change, influence EA outcomes and help deliver a seamless experience for our people.

If you’re a payroll professional who enjoys solving complex problems, influencing stakeholders and turning industrial requirements into practical payroll solutions,we’d love to hear from you.