About Active Directions

Active Directions is an independent, privately held business consultancy that helps private clients, investment backed businesses turn strategy into action and achieve their investment milestones.

The organisation values diversity, curiosity, and balance, bringing together professionals, independent consultants and contractors, with deep consulting and real-world experience to deliver results for clients.

About the Program:

We are building a team to support a client bringing together a number of entities and establishing a new, aligned HR operating model.

The program will cover

- Employment contracts, terms and conditions
- HR policies and workplace consultation
- HR and payroll processes
- HRIS and HCM system implementation
- Payroll harmonisation and integration
- Data, testing and reporting
- Communications, training and organisational change

A key focus will be ensuring that HR policies, processes, systems and employment arrangements are closely aligned with payroll requirements.

The Opportunities

We are seeking expressions of interest from experienced independent consultants and contractors across the following roles.

1. Senior HR, Employment Contracts and Policy Specialist: Provide senior HR expertise to align employment contracts, terms, conditions and policies across a complex group environment.
2. HR Business Analyst: Work between business stakeholders and the technical delivery team to ensure HR transactions, processes and system design meet business needs. Responsibilities will include process mapping, requirements definition,



test scenario development and business testing.
3. HRIS or HCM Specialist: Workday experience valued. Provide practical HCM expertise across system design, configuration inputs and testing. Workday experience will be preferred.
4. Test Lead: Develop the overall business testing approach and coordinate end-to-end testing across the program. This includes test planning, script development, execution, defect management and stakeholder coordination. Experience leading payroll testing is important.
5. Change Lead: Lead the organisational change stream across the HR, HCM, finance and payroll components of the program.

Who We Are Looking For We would like to hear from consultants and contractors who:

- Have delivered HR, HCM, Workday, payroll or workforce transformation programs
- Are comfortable working across business and technical teams
- Can operate effectively in complex, multi-entity environments
- Bring a practical, hands-on and outcomes-focused approach
- Communicate clearly and work collaboratively as part of an integrated consulting team
- Are experienced in supporting businesses through significant organisational change

How to Apply Please apply through LinkedIn with your CV and a transparent cover letter that includes:

- The specific role or roles you are interested in
- Your relevant HR, HRIS, Workday, payroll, testing, data or change experience
- Examples of comparable transformation or implementation programs
- Your current availability or readiness for the role.

For questions about the opportunities, please email [email protected].

📌 HR, HRIS, Payroll and Change Transformation Specialists (Southern Sydney)
🏢 Active Directions
📍 Southern Sydney