Payroll Manager
- Lead end-to-end Australian payroll delivery, compliance and continuous improvement.
- Manage and develop a small payroll team while partnering with Finance and People & Culture stakeholders.
- Support a major Workday transformation and other payroll systems and process enhancements.
Payroll Manager | Sydney (Hybrid)
Take ownership of payroll and play a key role in a major Workday transformation.
MARS Recruitment has partnered with a well-established organisation to appoint an experienced Payroll Manager.
This is an opportunity to lead a well-established payroll function while playing a key role in an upcoming Workday transformation and broader process improvement initiatives.
Leading a small team, you'll be responsible for the delivery of accurate, compliant payroll while partnering closely with stakeholders across Finance and People & Culture to enhance processes, improve system capability and drive operational excellence.
The role offers a unique blend of payroll leadership, stakeholder engagement and project involvement, making it ideal for an experienced Payroll Manager or a Senior Payroll Team Leader ready to take the next step in their career.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the end-to-end payroll function, ensuring accuracy, compliance and timely delivery.
- Manage, mentor and develop a small payroll team.
- Act as the subject matter expert for Australian payroll legislation, superannuation, taxation and compliance.
- Partner closely with stakeholders across Finance and People & Culture.
- Review and improve payroll processes, controls and reporting.
- Support the upcoming Workday transformation and other systems enhancement initiatives.
- Manage and resolve complex payroll queries and issues.
Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on efficiency, automation and data integrity.
About You:
- Proven experience managing end-to-end Australian payroll.
- Strong knowledge of payroll legislation, awards, taxation, superannuation and STP requirements.
- Previous experience leading or mentoring payroll professionals.
- Strong payroll systems knowledge and reporting capability.
- A proactive approach to problem solving and process improvement.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
The ability to balance operational payroll responsibilities with project-based work.
What's on Offer?
- Opportunity to lead a critical payroll function.
- Exposure to a major Workday transformation project.
- Hybrid working environment.
- High level of ownership and autonomy.
- Supportive and collaborative leadership team.
- Competitive salary package.
- Long-term career development opportunities.
- Exposure to business-wide process improvement initiatives.
This is an excellent opportunity for a Payroll Manager professional seeking a broad leadership role with exposure to transformation, systems enhancement and continuous improvement projects.
For a confidential discussion, please reach out to: liam.riley@marsrecruitment.com.au
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