Job Description

Sanitarium is a progressive and dynamic business that is Australian owned and produces Australia's leading breakfast products – Up & Go, So Good, Alternative Dairy Co range and Australia's favourite breakfast Weet-Bix.

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We're now hiring an experienced Payroll Manager to lead our Australia and New Zealand payroll operations, ensuring accurate, compliant and customer‐focused payroll delivery across a complex, multi‐jurisdiction environment.

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About the Role

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Reporting to the Financial Controller, the Payroll Manager will own and lead end‐to‐end payroll operations for AU and NZ. You'll provide leadership to a team of Payroll Officers, ensure strong governance and compliance, and drive continuous process and system improvements to enhance service delivery.

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This is a hands‐on leadership role requiring both payroll expertise and strong people leadership capability.

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Key Responsibilities

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- Lead, coach and develop the payroll team, including workload planning, performance management and capability building
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- Own end‐to‐end payroll delivery for Australia and New Zealand, ensuring accuracy, timeliness and strong internal controls
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- Maintain the integrity of employee and payroll data across Core HR, Workforce Management and Payroll systems
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- Ensure compliance with legislation, awards and agreements across AU & NZ
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- Manage statutory payroll obligations including PAYG, Superannuation, STP and NZ payroll submissions
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- Act as first‐level escalation point for payroll issues and complex queries
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- Oversee payroll documentation, SOPs and maintenance of payroll knowledge resources
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- Partner with People & Culture, People Tech,



Workforce teams and Finance to resolve issues and improve outcomes
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- Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency, accuracy, risk mitigation and customer experience
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About You

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You are a confident payroll leader who thrives in a collaborative and fast‐paced environment. You bring a strong customer mindset, exceptional attention to detail and the ability to balance operational delivery with people leadership.

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You will bring:

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- Proven experience leading payroll operations in a complex AU/NZ environment
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- Strong working knowledge of AU and NZ payroll legislation, awards and statutory requirements
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- Hands‐on experience with Dayforce (Core HR, WFM, Payroll) or a similar enterprise payroll system
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- Demonstrated people leadership, coaching and workload prioritisation skills
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- Strong analytical and problem‐solving capability
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- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
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- A continuous improvement mindset and high level of accountability
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- Absolute discretion and respect for confidentiality
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- Advanced payroll certification
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- Payroll leadership or management qualifications
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All applicants must be able to demonstrate that they have the legal right to work in Australia.

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We are an organisation driven by our mission and values. If you share our passion for what we do, our products and can respect our principles then this is a great chance for you.

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Hear why our employee's love working at Sanitarium Health and Wellbeing, where people and purpose matter. https://www.sanitarium.com.au/about/join-our-team/working-at-sanitarium

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📌 Payroll Manager (Central Coast Council)
🏢 Sanitarium Health & Wellbeing
📍 Central Coast Council