Lead a transformative workforce data program that will shape the future of people systems across one of Australia's largest health and aged care organisations.

Drive enterprise-wide workforce transformation: Lead the data stream supporting the expansion of SVHA's UKG Pro and Frontier iChris ecosystem, enabling a single, integrated workforce and payroll solution across multiple divisions and jurisdictions.

Be the trusted data authority: Provide expert leadership across data governance, migration, reporting, integrations and analytics, ensuring workforce, payroll, finance and reporting data is accurate, reliable and fit for purpose.

Make a national impact: Partner with senior stakeholders, People & Culture, Payroll, Finance, Digital & Technology teams and external delivery partners to deliver a scalable workforce solution supporting more than 30,000 employees across Australia.

About St Vincent's Health Australia

At St Vincent's Health Australia (SVHA), we are shaping a future health and aged care system that supports people with life-changing care, wherever and whoever they are.

Founded by the Sisters of Charity in 1857, St Vincent's is one of Australia's leading not-for-profit health and aged care organisations. Our 30,000 dedicated people provide compassionate care through public and private hospitals, aged care residences, virtual care and services delivered at home across New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria.

Our vision is for every person to receive excellent and compassionate care through a better and fairer health and aged care system. Together, we are focused on enhancing our impact, connecting care and transforming the system.Our work is grounded in our values of Compassion, Justice, Integrity and Excellence.

About the Opportunity





We are seeking an experienced Project Data Lead to join our national People Systems, Data & Performance team on a full-time maximum-term contract.

This is a unique opportunity to play a critical role in one of SVHA's largest workforce and payroll transformation programs. As the subject matter expert for workforce, payroll and reporting data, you will provide leadership across the design, integration, migration and expansion of the UKG Pro and Frontier iChris ecosystem.

Working at the intersection of people, technology, payroll, finance and analytics, you will ensure data integrity, reporting accuracy and seamless integration across multiple systems and business units. You will partner with stakeholders across the organisation and external vendors to support successful implementation, testing, deployment and ongoing optimisation of workforce systems. This role can be based in Sydney, or Brisbane with versatile hybrid working arrangements available.

Your Key Responsibilities

- Lead data governance, migration, reconciliation and validation activities across workforce, payroll and finance systems.
- Act as the subject matter expert for workforce and payroll data, supporting the expansion of the UKG Pro and Frontier iChris setting.
- Translate business requirements into data models, mappings, calculations, reporting specifications and integration requirements.
- Define and maintain data definitions, transformation logic,



reference codes and reporting standards to ensure consistency across the organisation.
- Analyse and document end-to-end data flows between workforce management, payroll, finance and enterprise systems.
- Partner with People & Culture, Payroll, Finance, Data & Analytics and Digital & Technology teams to deliver reporting and analytics capabilities.
- Collaborate with external vendors including UKG, Frontier and implementation partners to deliver data solutions, integrations and reporting outcomes.
- Lead stakeholder workshops, UAT support and business consultation activities to ensure successful adoption and delivery.
- Identify data quality, governance and process improvement opportunities and drive practical solutions.
- Manage project dependencies, risks, timelines and escalations across multiple workstreams.
- Develop reusable reporting tools, templates and artefacts to support efficient project delivery and ongoing operational support.
- Support capability uplift and knowledge transfer across internal teams.

About You

You are an experienced data professional with a strong background in workforce, payroll and enterprise systems. You have a proven ability to bridge business and technical teams, translating complex requirements into practical solutions that deliver measurable outcomes.

You thrive in large-scale transformation environments and enjoy working collaboratively with stakeholders to improve processes, strengthen data integrity and enable better decision-making.

You bring a consultative approach, exceptional stakeholder management capability and a passion for using data to drive organisational success.

You Will Bring

Tertiary qualification in Data Analytics, Information Systems, Computer Science, Busin

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📌 Payroll Data Lead- UKG Project (Brisbane)
🏢 Svha
📍 Brisbane