Payroll Services Manager

AccountAbility; City of Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working model

Job summary

AccountAbility in Melbourne's CBD is seeking a Payroll Manager to lead a large payroll team, focusing on strategy and governance. The role covers Australia and New Zealand payrolls, including outsourced payroll for clients, with a hybrid working model after probation.

The successful candidate will have substantial payroll leadership experience and strong stakeholder skills. The position emphasizes process improvement, governance, and client relationship management, working across a technology

Qualifications

• Experience leading payroll teams and ensuring accuracy on time payrolls.
• Experience with Australian and New Zealand payroll is desirable.
• Outsourced payroll experience is an advantage.
• High-level understanding of payroll compliance and governance.

Responsibilities

• Lead a large team of payroll officers to deliver accurate, on-time payrolls.
• Process payroll for Australia and New Zealand employee bases.
• Oversee both internal and outsourced payroll processing.
• Drive payroll governance and compliance within the department.
• Build and maintain client relationships and manage service delivery parameters.
• Handle complex pay queries and service transitions.

Skills

Payroll leadership

Team management

Stakeholder mgmt

Payroll strategy

Governance & compliance

Payroll system

Tools

Payroll system

Job description

Payroll Manager

We are recruiting for a highly experienced Payroll Manager for a Technology consulting business in Melbourne's CBD. This role leads a large team and while this person needs to be technical, they will spend the majority of their time focussing on strategy and compliance.

This role will be suited to someone who has a number of years in a Payroll Leadership position, and ideally has a mix of both AU and NZ Payroll or has been working within an outsourced payroll environment.

The role:

• Leading a large team of payroll officers through the day to day achieving accurate and on time payrolls.

• Processing pay for employee bases over both Australia and New Zealand

• The company processes for both internal payroll and outsourced payroll for smaller companies

• Drive payroll compliance and governance within the department

• Build and maintain client relationships

• Manage and achieve services delivery parameters

• Deal with complex pay queries and service transitions

The successful candidate:

• Will have successfully led and developed teams of 5+ staff

• Will have experience processing both Australian and New Zealand Payroll (desirable)

• Have outsourced payroll experience (ideal but not essential)

• Have experience implementing process improvements and identifying gaps

• High-level understanding of payroll compliance and governance

• Excellent stakeholder management capability

• Large payroll system experience

The finer details:

• CBD location close to public transport

• Competitive salary

• Hybrid working model after probation period