Senior Payroll Manager

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who is looking to for the next challenge and to make their mark through process improvement with a global healthcare company who are leaders in the Aged Care sector in New Zealand. This is a complex and challenging role where you will be managing a team that delivers payroll for 4000+ staff on a complex fortnightly and rostered pay run.

Reporting to the Group Payroll Manager, you will be driving a customer focused, efficient, and effective payroll service. You will utilise your excellent people skills to proactively lead stakeholder management, building capability in and direction of the Payroll Team to ensuring accurate processing of payroll.

Offering hybrid working, this role can be based out of either Wellington or Auckland.

Where you’ll make an impact

Stakeholders - Proactively leading and driving strong stakeholder engagement. Managing Payroll Team - Leading, coaching and developing a high-performance culture in a Payroll team of nine people. Compliance - Ensuring payroll team compliance with company policies, procedures, Employment Relations Act and legislation appropriate to both New Zealand and Australian payroll environments. Payroll Projects – Supporting Group Payroll Manager with payroll projects. Continuous Improvement - Lead continuous process improvement through technology and process improvement. Data – Reporting and data analytics. Email: tilly.karan013@msd.govt.nz

You will be an experienced Payroll Manager who is looking for an opportunity to work in a stable, growth sector, but one that can provide interesting and challenging work that a large global firm in the Aged Care sector can offer. Through your payroll career experience, you will be able to demonstrate:

Proven experience as a Payroll Manager with a large, complex organisation, managing the day-to-day processing of a large complex payroll function of 1,000+ employees. Experience in both New Zealand payroll administration, reporting and analysis. Excellent understanding and practical application of current employment and payroll related legislation, e.g., Employment Relations Act, Holidays Act, Parental Leave and Employment Protection Act, employment related tax law and including ‘Good Employer’ practice. Strong reporting, data and analytics skills. Highly experienced using electronic payroll system skills. Chris21 experience would be desirable, but not essential.