Payroll Manager

Ethos BeathChapman; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

One paid RDO per month

Flexible, wellbeing-focused culture

Key role in payroll transformation

High visibility with senior leadership

Job summary

Ethos BeathChapman is recruiting a Payroll Manager to lead a dispersed team across Australia, overseeing end-to-end payroll operations and a major transformation program. You will ensure compliance, drive improvements, and partner with Finance and People & Culture to deliver results.

The role requires strong leadership, extensive payroll experience in a large organisation, and familiarity with payroll systems transformation. Hybrid work arrangement and exposure to senior leadership are offered.

Qualifications

• Extensive Australian end-to-end payroll experience.
• Experience leading payroll teams across onshore and offshore.
• Strong knowledge of payroll compliance and employment legislation.
• Exposure to payroll transformation projects and system implementations.
• Proactive stakeholder engagement and leadership.
• Workday experience is highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Lead payroll operations for ~4,000 employees nationally.
• Manage onshore and offshore payroll teams.
• Ensure payroll compliance across jurisdictions.
• Partner with Finance and People & Culture stakeholders.
• Drive process improvement, automation and operational excellence.
• Prepare the payroll function for a major system transformation.
• Build a high-performance, collaborative payroll culture.
• Lead BAU through transformation and major payroll program.

Skills

End-to-end payroll experience (AU)

Payroll management in large orgs

Offshore / dispersed team leadership

Payroll compliance & legislation

Payroll transformation / system impl.

Stakeholder engagement & leadership

Workday experience

Tools

Workday

Job description

Our client is a large Australian services organisation with a workforce of approximately 4,000 employees operating across multiple states and territories. With a strong reputation in its sector and a people-focused culture, the business is currently investing in payroll capability, process improvement and technology transformation to support future growth.

Anopportunity has arisen for an experienced Payroll Manager to lead a geographically dispersed team and play a key role in an upcoming payroll system transformation.

About the role

Reporting to the Head of Finance, you will have responsibility for end-to-end payroll operations, leading a team across Australia and offshore while ensuring payroll accuracy, compliance and continuous improvement.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading payroll operations for approximately 4,000 employees nationally.
• Managing and developing both onshore and offshore payroll teams.
• Ensuring compliance with payroll legislation across multiple Australian jurisdictions.
• Partnering with Finance and People & Culture stakeholders.
• Driving process improvement, automation and operational excellence.
• Preparing the payroll function for a significant system transformation project.
• Building a high-performance, collaborative payroll culture.
• Lead BAU through a period of transformation and play akey role ina major payroll transformation program.

Our client is a large Australian services organisation with a workforce of approximately 4,000 employees operating across multiple states and territories. With a strong reputation in its sector and a people-focused culture, the business is currently investing in payroll capability, process improvement and technology transformation to support future growth.

Anopportunity has arisen for an experienced Payroll Manager to lead a geographically dispersed team and play a key role in an upcoming payroll system transformation.

About the role

Reporting to the Head of Finance, you will have responsibility for end-to-end payroll operations, leading a team across Australia and offshore while ensuring payroll accuracy, compliance and continuous improvement.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading payroll operations for approximately 4,000 employees nationally.
• Managing and developing both onshore and offshore payroll teams.
• Ensuring compliance with payroll legislation across multiple Australian jurisdictions.
• Partnering with Finance and People & Culture stakeholders.
• Driving process improvement, automation and operational excellence.
• Preparing the payroll function for a significant system transformation project.
• Building a high-performance, collaborative payroll culture.
• Lead BAU through a period of transformation and play akey role ina major payroll transformation program.

About you

You will be an experienced payroll leader with:

• Extensive Australian end-to-end payroll experience.
• Previous payroll management experience within a medium-to-large organisation.
• Experience managing offshore or dispersed teams.
• Strong knowledge of payroll compliance and employment legislation.
• Exposure to payroll transformation, systems implementation or business change initiatives.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement skills and a proactive leadership style.
• Workday experience is highly regarded.

What's on Offer

• Hybrid working environment - 2 days in the office & 3 days WFH
• One paid RDO per month.
• Flexible, wellbeing-focused culture.
• Opportunity to play a key role in a major payroll transformation program.
• High visibility role with direct access to senior leadership.