Senior NZ Payroll Lead: Compliance & Process Improvement

Mogi I/O : OTT/Podcast/Short Video Apps for you; Wellington; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Health New Zealand is seeking an experienced Payroll Support Lead to manage a team of eight payroll professionals and ensure accurate, timely, and compliant payroll operations within a large, complex organisation.

You will lead payroll specialists and administrators, oversee reconciliations, transfers, leave payments, and IR filings, while maintaining controls and driving process improvements across the payroll function.

Qualifications

• Extensive people leadership and team management experience.
• Minimum 10 years of New Zealand payroll experience.
• At least 5 years of experience in a large, complex payroll environment.
• Strong knowledge of New Zealand payroll legislation, including Holidays Act, ERA, Wages Protection Act, Parental Leave Act, and KiwiSaver.
• Proven experience in payroll compliance, quality assurance, and continuous improvement.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management and problem-solving skills.
• Healthcare sector experience and AMS Leader or UKG Dimensions knowledge are advantages.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support payroll specialists and administrators.
• Oversee payroll processing, reconciliations, employee transfers, leave payments, third-party payments, and IR filings.
• Ensure payroll compliance, quality assurance, auditing, and risk management.
• Maintain payroll controls and drive process improvements.
• Resolve escalated payroll issues and strengthen team performance.
• Collaborate with HR, Finance, Payroll Managers, and other stakeholders.

Skills

People leadership

Payroll processing

NZ payroll legislation

Stakeholder management

Process improvement

Job description

Health New Zealand is seeking an experienced Payroll Support Lead to manage a team of eight payroll professionals and ensure accurate, timely, and compliant payroll operations within a large, complex organisation.

You will lead payroll specialists and administrators, oversee reconciliations, transfers, leave payments, and IR filings, while maintaining controls and driving process improvements across the payroll function.