Senior Payroll Officer (Legislation & Compliance)

Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand; Linwood-Central-Heathcote Community; Remote; NZD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Health New Zealand, Christchurch corporate office, seeks a Senior Payroll Officer (Legislation & Compliance) to ensure payrolls comply with legislation and MECA, ACC, Holidays Act, delivering accurate payments. You will work with payroll, HR Shared Services, ACC and WellNZ to handle complex calculations and data loading.

This fixed-term role maps to National Band 6/Profile 6; the successful candidate will have strong analytical skills, attention to detail and the ability to maintain

Qualifications

• Experience implementing Te Tiriti o Waitangi in practice.
• Strong payroll processing experience and understanding of payroll legislation.
• Sound knowledge of ACC payment legislation and the Holidays Act.
• Excellent attention to detail and high level of accuracy.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel and Word.
• Fast and accurate typing and data entry skills.
• Demonstrated ability to maintain strict confidentiality.
• Strong customer service skills and clear communication.
• Ability to stay calm and effective under pressure.
• Experience working within the health sector or a related environment.
• Strong organisational, planning, and time management skills.

Responsibilities

• Calculate ACC payments and provide accurate information to external partners including ACC and WellNZ.
• Support and coordinate multiple payroll runs to ensure timely and accurate payments.
• Load and maintain payroll data within the payroll system.
• Liaise with HR Shared Services teams to ensure smooth and accurate pay processing.
• Complete month-end and year-end payroll processes, including leave liability, general ledger reconciliation, unpaid days, and IR filing.
• Calculate and verify complex payroll transactions including final pays, backpayments, overpayments, parental leave payments and leave cash-ups in accordance with the Holidays Act and relevant MECA agreements.
• Monitor payroll reports and undertake audit checks to ensure compliance and accuracy.
• Investigate and resolve payroll payment issues and discrepancies.
• Provide advice and respond to employee payroll queries with professionalism, empathy and confidentiality.
• Maintain effective working relationships with internal teams and external stakeholders.
• Assist with training, coordination and support of payroll team members.
• Ensure accurate data entry and adherence to deadlines.
• Support continuous improvement of payroll processes and compliance practices.

Skills

Payroll processing

Te Tiriti Waitangi

ACC legislation

Holidays Act

Excel

Word

Data entry

Confidentiality

Customer service

Communication

Time management

Health sector exp

Job description

Senior Payroll Officer (Legislation & Compliance)

• Christchurch- Corporate Office /Oxford Terrace - People & Capability team
• Fixedterm until 30/07/2027 full-time position working 40 hours per week Mondayto Friday

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is firmly grounded in theprinciples of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and is committed to building a health systemthat serves all New Zealanders.

About the Role

We are seeking a detail-focused and knowledgeable SeniorPayroll Officer (Legislation & Compliance) to join our People &Capability team. In this role you will play a key part in ensuring payrollprocesses are compliant with legislation and organisational requirements whiledelivering accurate and timely payments to employees.

You will work closely with payroll colleagues, HR SharedServices teams, and external partners such as ACC and WellNZ, supportingcomplex payroll calculations and legislative compliance including ACC payments,Holidays Act requirements, and MECA provisions.

This role requires strong analytical skills, attention todetail, and the ability to manage multiple payroll processes while maintaininga high level of confidentiality and customer service.

As part of the Administration and Clerical Pay Equity Claimsettlement this role has beenmapped to National Band 6/Profile 6

For further information about the administration andclerical pay equity settlement please followthe link below:

• Calculatework-related and non-work-related ACC payments and provide accurateinformation to external partners including Accident CompensationCorporation (ACC) and Wellnz.
• Supportand coordinate multiple payroll runs to ensure timely and accuratepayments.
• Loadand maintain payroll data within the payroll system.
• Liaisewith HR Shared Services teams to ensure smooth and accurate payprocessing.
• Completemonth-end and year-end payroll processes, including leave liability,general ledger reconciliation, unpaid days, and IR filing.
• Calculateand verify complex payroll transactions including final pays, backpayments, overpayments, parental leave payments and leave cash-ups inaccordance with the Holidays Act and relevant MECA agreements.
• Monitorpayroll reports and undertake audit checks to ensure compliance andaccuracy.
• Investigateand resolve payroll payment issues and discrepancies.
• Provideadvice and respond to employee payroll queries with professionalism,empathy and confidentiality.
• Maintaineffective working relationships with internal teams and externalstakeholders.
• Assistwith training, coordination and support of payroll team members.
• Ensureaccurate data entry and adherence to deadlines.
• Supportcontinuous improvement of payroll processes and compliancepractices.

About You

• Experienceimplementing Te Tiriti o Waitangi principles in practice.
• Strongpayroll processing experience and understanding of payroll legislation.
• Soundknowledge of ACC payment legislation and the Holidays Act.
• Excellentattention to detail and high level of accuracy.
• StrongMicrosoft Office skills, particularly Excel and Word.
• Fastand accurate typing and data entry skills.
• Demonstratedability to maintain strict confidentiality.
• Strongcustomer service skills and the ability to communicate clearly.
• Abilityto remain calm and effective under pressure.
• Experienceworking within the health sector or a related environment.
• Strongorganisational, planning, and time management skills.

Working at Health New Zealand

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is dedicated to ensuringexcellent healthcare for the people of New Zealand. We embrace a workforce thatis diverse and inclusive so that we are better positioned to understand andservice our community.We welcome applications from our diverseMāori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.

Job details

Job Reference:

Job Reference: PC4619103

Location:

South Island - Canterbury - Christchurch

Job type:

Job type: Contract/Temp Full time

Expertise:

Non-clinical - Finance / Accounting - Finance / Accounting