Payroll Manager

Mars Recruitment; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working environment

Competitive salary package

Job summary

MARS Recruitment has partnered with a well-established organisation to appoint an experienced Payroll Manager. Take ownership of payroll and play a key role in a major Workday transformation, leading a small team and partnering with Finance and People & Culture to drive process improvements.

This opportunity offers hybrid working and a pathway to lead a critical payroll function while collaborating across the business to optimise processes, controls and reporting in Australia.

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing end-to-end Australian payroll.
• Strong knowledge of payroll legislation, awards, taxation, superannuation and STP requirements.
• Previous experience leading or mentoring payroll professionals.
• Strong payroll systems knowledge and reporting capability.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end payroll function, ensuring accuracy, compliance and timely delivery.
• Manage, mentor and develop a small payroll team.
• Act as the subject matter expert for Australian payroll legislation, superannuation, taxation and compliance.
• Partner closely with stakeholders across Finance and People & Culture.
• Review and improve payroll processes, controls and reporting.
• Support the upcoming Workday transformation and other systems enhancement initiatives.
• Manage and resolve complex payroll queries and issues.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on efficiency, automation and data integrity.

Skills

End-to-end payroll Australia

Payroll legislation, awards, taxation,

Mentoring payroll professionals

Payroll systems knowledge & reporting

Problem solving & process improvement

Stakeholder management & communication

Workday

Tools

Workday

Job description

Take ownership of payroll and play a key role in a major Workday transformation.

MARS Recruitment has partnered with a well-established organisation to appoint an experienced Payroll Manager.

This is an opportunity to lead a well-established payroll function while playing a key role in an upcoming Workday transformation and broader process improvement initiatives.

Leading a small team, you'll be responsible for the delivery of accurate, compliant payroll while partnering closely with stakeholders across Finance and People & Culture to enhance processes, improve system capability and drive operational excellence.

The role offers a unique blend of payroll leadership, stakeholder engagement and project involvement, making it ideal for an experienced Payroll Manager or a Senior Payroll Team Leader ready to take the next step in their career.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the end-to-end payroll function, ensuring accuracy, compliance and timely delivery.
• Manage, mentor and develop a small payroll team.
• Act as the subject matter expert for Australian payroll legislation, superannuation, taxation and compliance.
• Partner closely with stakeholders across Finance and People & Culture.
• Review and improve payroll processes, controls and reporting.
• Support the upcoming Workday transformation and other systems enhancement initiatives.
• Manage and resolve complex payroll queries and issues.

Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on efficiency, automation and data integrity.

About You:

• Proven experience managing end-to-end Australian payroll.
• Strong knowledge of payroll legislation, awards, taxation, superannuation and STP requirements.
• Previous experience leading or mentoring payroll professionals.
• Strong payroll systems knowledge and reporting capability.
• A proactive approach to problem solving and process improvement.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.

The ability to balance operational payroll responsibilities with project\-based work.

What's on Offer?

• Opportunity to lead a critical payroll function.
• Exposure to a major Workday transformation project.
• Hybrid working environment.
• High level of ownership and autonomy.
• Supportive and collaborative leadership team.
• Competitive salary package.
• Exposure to business-wide process improvement initiatives.

This is an excellent opportunity for a Payroll Manager professional seeking a broad leadership role with exposure to transformation, systems enhancement and continuous improvement projects.