Payroll Manager | circa $200,000 to $220,000 package equivalent

ThompsonCook; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 200,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

ThompsonCook is seeking an experienced Payroll Project Manager to lead payroll delivery across a large-scale corporate restructure in Australia. You will coordinate HR, Finance, and Technology stakeholders to ensure accurate, timely payroll deliverables within a tight project timeframe.

Responsibilities include overseeing termination and redundancy payments, managing a dedicated payroll project team, and ensuring strong QA controls.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading payroll for 1000+ employees.
• Track record delivering payroll projects and restructures.
• Strong stakeholder management across HR & Finance.

Responsibilities

• Lead payroll delivery for a large-scale corporate restructure.
• Coordinate project payroll resources to meet tight timelines.
• Oversee termination and redundancy payments and QA.
• Partner with HR, Finance, and Technology stakeholders.
• Manage offshore payroll resources if required.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Payroll project delivery

Quality assurance

Tools

SAP SuccessFactors

Job description

Payroll Manager | circa $200,000 to $220,000 package equivalent

• Highly confidential, large-scale restructure project | 4–6-month contract
• Lead payroll project delivery, stakeholder engagement and quality assurance

• Highly confidential, large-scale restructure project | 4–6-month contract
• Lead payroll project delivery, stakeholder engagement and quality assurance
• SAP SuccessFactors experience essential

The Opportunity

We are partnering with a large corporate organisation on a highly confidential project supporting a significant business restructure.

This is an opportunity for an experienced Payroll Project Manager to coordinate payroll delivery across a complex project, working closely with HR, Finance, Technology and business stakeholders to ensure all payroll deliverables are completed accurately and within tight timeframes.

You’ll lead a dedicated project payroll team, overseeing quality and delivery while supporting the successful execution of complex termination and redundancy payments.

The Challenge

Reporting to the General Manager of Finance your key responsibilities will include the following:

• Lead and coordinate payroll delivery for a large-scale corporate restructure
• Manage project payroll resources, ensuring deliverables are accurate and completed within agreed timelines
• Partner with HR, Finance, and business stakeholders to coordinate project requirements
• Oversee the quality assurance of termination and redundancy calculations and payments
• Provide hands-on support with complex terminations where additional capacity is required
• Identify and resolve payroll issues, managing risks and maintaining strong controls throughout the project

The Expertise

Please consider expressing interest in this position if you possess the following:

• Proven experience managing a large corporate payroll function of +1000 employees leading teams of five or more
• Demonstrated experience delivering payroll projects, large-scale restructures or redundancy programs
• Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to influence across HR and Finance
• Experience overseeing complex termination and redundancy payments
• Hands-on experience with SAP SuccessFactors
• Experience managing offshore payroll resources will be highly regarded