Payroll Analyst

New Zealand Government; New Zealand; Remote; NZD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is seeking a highly analytical Payroll Analyst to join the People and Culture team. The role provides payroll, HRIS, and workforce information to support strategic planning and decision-making across a large organisation.

You will analyse workforce data, develop reporting solutions, and deliver insights to regional and national stakeholders while supporting Payroll and HRIS systems and working with vendors, Finance, and Data & Digital teams to improve data

Qualifications

• Experience in reporting, analytics, payroll, HRIS, or related analyst roles.
• Strong SQL, SSRS, Excel and data extraction/reporting skills.
• Experience working with large payroll, HR, or workforce databases and information systems.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and data quality management skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present information clearly to a range of stakeholders.
• Experience within payroll reporting, workforce analytics, HRIS environments, or the health sector will be highly advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Analyse and interpret workforce data, develop reporting solutions, and provide regular and ad hoc insights to support regional and national stakeholders.
• Support Payroll and HRIS systems, investigate and resolve system issues, participate in system upgrades and testing activities.
• Work closely with vendors, Payroll, Finance, and Data & Digital teams to improve data quality, reporting capability, and system performance.

Skills

Payroll analytics

SQL

SSRS reporting

Excel

Data extraction

Stakeholder communication

Data quality management

Tools

HRIS

Job description

Location: Anywhere in New Zealand | Full-time Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is the country's largest employer, delivering universal public healthcare to 5 million New Zealanders. We provide essential hospital, specialist, and community health services across 80+ locations, from large urban centres to rural towns and remote communities. Our goal is to improve health outcomes for all New Zealanders by delivering equitable, accessible and innovative care.

About the Role

We are seeking a highly analytical and detail-oriented Payroll Analyst to join our People and Culture team. This role plays a key part in providing payroll, HRIS, and workforce information to support strategic planning, workforce initiatives, process improvement, contract reporting, and operational decision-making across Health New Zealand. You will analyse and interpret workforce data, develop meaningful reporting solutions, and provide both regular and ad hoc insights to support regional and national stakeholders. You will also support Payroll and HRIS systems, investigate and resolve system issues, participate in system upgrades and testing activities, and work closely with vendors, Payroll, Finance, and Data & Digital teams to improve data quality, reporting capability, and system performance.

About the Team / Service / Location

Reporting to the Payroll Reporting Delivery Lead, this role can be based anywhere in New Zealand. You will work closely with Payroll teams, Finance, Service Leads, Project Managers, and system vendors, contributing to the delivery of accurate workforce intelligence and payroll reporting across a large and complex organisation.

About You

You are a technically capable analyst who enjoys working with complex datasets and translating information into meaningful insights that support decision-making. You will bring:

• Experience in reporting, analytics, payroll, HRIS, or related analyst roles
• Strong SQL, SSRS, Excel and data extraction/reporting skills
• Experience working with large payroll, HR, or workforce databases and information systems
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and data quality management skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present information clearly to a range of stakeholders

Experience within payroll reporting, workforce analytics, HRIS environments, or the health sector will be highly advantageous.

Working for Health New Zealand Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of New Zealand.

We embrace a workforce that is diverse and inclusive so that we are better positioned to understand and service our community.

We welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.

The full position description is available on the Health New Zealand Careers site.