Job Description
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2 year contract plus HR systems improvement mandate
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Hybrid or remote – you choose!
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Our Client
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Our client is a well-established national not-for-profit with around 200 staff across Australia. Values-led and highly regarded in its field, it is investing in both its people function and its systems.
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The Role
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Reporting to the Head of Human Resources, the Payroll & HR Systems Lead owns the accurate and compliant end-to-end fortnightly payroll while supporting HR service delivery across the employee lifecycle including onboarding, employment changes, records management, compliance tracking and people reporting.
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The role also leads payroll and HRIS improvement work, from requirements gathering and process design through to testing and implementation, with a clear mandate to reduce manual administration and lift automation. It will suit someone who enjoys owning the payroll run and improving the systems behind it.
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Key Responsibilities
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Process and reconcile fortnightly payroll for circa 200 permanent and casual staff, responding promptly to employee queries.
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Maintain compliance with payroll legislation, taxation and superannuation obligations, and lead the annual end-of-financial-year people data audit.
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Prepare employment contracts, addendums and records, and manage onboarding, employment changes and exit processes end to end.
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Coordinate system access with IT for new starters, internal movements and departures.
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Maintain personnel compliance trackers and provide accurate data for Work Cover, WGEA and other statutory reporting.
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Provide timely people data to support remuneration benchmarking, diversity, engagement and workforce planning.
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Support HRIS reviews, upgrades and integrations, and lead payroll change activity across salary packaging, novated leasing, superannuation and insurance providers.
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Identify automation and workflow opportunities, and maintain payroll and HR procedures and guidelines.
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Skills & Experience
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Demonstrated end-to-end payroll processing experience combined with generalist HR exposure.
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Strong working knowledge of payroll legislation, taxation, superannuation and payroll best practice.
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Experience across a range of payroll and HR platforms, with the confidence to pick up new systems quickly.
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Demonstrated involvement in payroll or HR systems projects, upgrades or process improvement initiatives.
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High attention to detail, with strong analytical, numeracy and problem-solving skills.
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Proven ability to develop explicit process documentation, procedures and user guides.
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Sound understanding of Australian workplace relations, WHS legislation, governance and data privacy principles.
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Excellent written and verbal communication, strong Excel and SharePoint skills, and a collaborative, service-focused approach.
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With wonderful offices in Melbourne and Sydney and smaller facilities in Adel/ Perth/ Hobart this position can be hybrid or virtually remote. The choice is yours!

📌 Payroll & Hr Systems Lead (Victoria)
🏢 deliberatepractice
📍 Victoria