Payroll Lead

Orora; City of Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading packaging company in Melbourne is seeking an experienced Payroll Lead to manage end-to-end payroll operations across Australia and New Zealand. This role involves leading a team, ensuring compliance with legislation, and driving continuous improvement. The ideal candidate should have experience managing payroll for large groups and a strong understanding of Australian payroll laws. The company offers a hybrid work model and additional leave options.

Benefits

Hybrid working – 2 office days per week

Purchase up to 4 weeks additional leave per year

Electric Vehicle monthly subscription available

Paid Parental Leave of 16 weeks

Private Health Insurance discounts

Comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme

Discounts on world class beverages

Qualifications

• Experience managing payroll for large employee groups (1000+).
• Strong understanding of Australian payroll legislation and compliance.
• Proven leadership capability in a payroll or HR environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead payroll processing and ensure compliance.
• Manage and develop the payroll team.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives in payroll.

Skills

End-to-end payroll management

Leadership and team development

Attention to detail

Advanced Excel skills

Tools

SAP SuccessFactors

ADP

My Workplace

Job description

At Orora, we believe packaging touches lives. Together, we deliver on the promise of what's inside

Orora provides market-leading sustainable packaging solutions for the beverage industry. We specialise in glass bottles and aluminium cans with manufacturing sites across Australia and New Zealand

Like our cans, our customer's brand and innovation needs come in all shapes and sizes. We support the entire beverage industry from craft brewers who are just starting out on their journey through to major companies with operations across the globe. Our customer markets include beer and cider, alcoholic ready-to-drink, carbonated soft drinks, juices, wine, seltzers, energy drinks and more.

The Role

We’re looking for an experienced Payroll Lead to oversee Orora’s end-to-end payroll operations, ensuring accurate, compliant, and timely payment for employees across Australia and New Zealand. This role will lead a payroll team, manage complex systems and legislative requirements, and partner with stakeholders across HR, Finance, IT, and external vendors to drive service excellence. You’ll also champion continuous improvement, governance, and risk management across all payroll activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end payroll processing, including oversight of tasks completed by the managed service provider.
• Manage, coach, and develop the payroll team to build capability and drive high performance.
• Ensure payroll compliance, strong governance, audit readiness, and effective risk and controls management.
• Oversee Pay & Time systems, data integrity, integrations, and reporting, ensuring adherence to system governance and privacy legislation.
• Build strong stakeholder relationships and act as the escalation point for complex payroll issues.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to optimise processes, enhance accuracy, and strengthen employee experience.
• Manage payroll vendors to ensure service delivery aligns with agreed SLAs.
• Support the team with back-up processing as needed

What We’re Looking For

• Experience managing end-to-end payroll for large, complex employee groups (1000+), ideally in manufacturing.
• Strong understanding of Australian payroll legislation, Awards/EBAs, superannuation, tax, and compliance; NZ experience a bonus.
• Proven leadership capability with experience coaching and developing team members.
• Hands-on experience with payroll, HRIS, and time & attendance systems (e.g., SAP SuccessFactors, ADP, My Workplace).
• High attention to detail, strong numeracy, and advanced Excel skills.
• Demonstrated ability to drive process improvements and strengthen payroll controls.

Why Orora?

• Hybrid working – 2 office days per week
• Purchase up to 4 weeks additional leave per year
• Electric Vehicle monthly subscription available
• Paid Parental Leave of 16 weeks
• Private Health Insurance discounts
• Comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounts on world class beverages