Payroll Manager - Lead Australian Payroll & Workday

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

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.