Payroll Specialist

Tegel Foods Ltd; Auckland; On-site; NZD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and Life Insurance

Staff Sales and Market Days

Development and growth opportunities

Job summary

Tegel Foods Ltd in Newmarket, Auckland, is seeking a Payroll Specialist to join our Newmarket team and ensure accurate, timely payroll across our NZ operations. You’ll bring end-to-end payroll experience, strong knowledge of NZ payroll legislation, and excellent attention to detail, with advanced Excel skills and the ability to support employees and stakeholders.

If you’re collaborative, process-driven, and keen to contribute to a dynamic FMCG environment, this role offers development

Qualifications

• Experience in end-to-end payroll in a large/complex organisation.
• Excellent attention to detail and high accuracy.
• Strong knowledge of NZ payroll legislation, leave entitlements, ACC, PAYE, and KiwiSaver.
• Advanced Excel skills and proficient use of Office suite.
• Strong written and verbal communication with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• End-to-end weekly payroll processing for your primary location while supporting other locations.
• Processing payroll accurately and on time for all standard and off-cycle pay runs.
• Manage employee lifecycle data including onboarding, offboarding, reporting, leave balances, and KiwiSaver.
• Support ACC-related processes as part of Tegel’s Accredited Employer Programme.
• Provide clear and researched explanations in simple language that enables understanding of policy and guidelines.
• Support the Head of Remuneration & Reward with complex or escalated queries, and ad-hoc tasks as required.
• Drive continuous improvement activities within the team to ensure enhanced service delivery.
• Ensure strict compliance with employment legislation and company policies.

Skills

Payroll experience

Attention to detail

NZ payroll legislation knowledge

Excel proficiency

Communication skills

Process improvement mindset

Ready Workforce (Zambion) experience

Tools

Ready Workforce (Zambion)

Job description

As a market leader in our industry, we’re driven to stay ahead — delivering world‑class products our customers love. That takes exceptional people across every part of our business, and right now, we’re looking for one more.

We’re looking for aPayroll Specialist to join our Newmarket team and help keep our people experience running at its best.

About the Role

We’re looking for a payroll professional who thrives in a fast‑paced FMCG environment, enjoys balancing competing priorities, and brings strong end‑to‑end payroll experience, sound knowledge of NZ payroll legislation, and excellent attention to detail.

Naturally curious and improvement‑focused, you’ll be confident navigating complex payroll matters, identifying better ways of working, meeting deadlines, and taking ownership of your workflow.

Reporting to the Head of Remuneration & Reward, you’ll help ensure payroll is accurate, compliant, and delivered on time, while providing clear support to employees and stakeholders across the business.

Collaborative, detail‑driven, and technically savvy, you’ll be ready to work hands‑on in a busy payroll environment and be part of a supportive team that works hard and enjoys great banter.

Who We’re Looking For

• Payroll experience in a similar role within a large, complex organisation.
• Exceptional attention to detail, a high level of accuracy, and a process‑driven mindset.
• Solid understanding of NZ payroll legislation, leave entitlements, ACC,PAYE, and KiwiSaver.
• Advanced computer skills, particularly across the Microsoft Office Suite, with strong Excel capability.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to build professional relationships at all levels.
• A continuous improvement mindset with the ability to identify and implement process enhancements.
• Experience using Ready Workforce (Zambion) would be advantageous but not essential.

What You’ll Be Doing

• End‑to‑end weekly payroll processingoperations for your primary location while supporting other locations.
• Processing payroll accurately and in a timely manner for all standard and off cycle pay runs.
• Manage employee lifecycle data including onboarding, offboarding, reporting, leave balances, and KiwiSaver.
• Supporting ACC-related processes as part of Tegel’s Accredited Employer Programme.
• Provide clear and researched explanations in simple language that enables the building of a better understanding by employees of relevant policy, process, procedure, and guidelines.
• Support the Head of Remuneration & Reward with complex or escalated queries, and ad‑hoc tasks as required.
• Drive continuous improvement activities within the team to ensure enhanced service delivery.
• Ensure strict compliance with employment legislation and company policies.

Why You’ll Love Working with Us

• Medical and Life Insurance (cover extends to partner and children under 16)
• Staff Sales and Market Days
• Development and growth opportunities

Ready to take a seat at our table?

If you’re looking for a role where you can grow, contribute, and be part of a genuinely great team, this is it.