Job Description

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- Newly created role – Payroll SME
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- Systems improvement & payroll delivery
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- Kenmore Head Office | Hybrid working + 5 weeks leave.
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Senior Payroll Analyst

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- Newly created role – Payroll SME
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- Systems improvement & payroll delivery
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- Kenmore Head Office | Hybrid working + 5 weeks leave.
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This is an opportunity to help shape the future of payroll.

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We are excited to create a new Senior Payroll Analyst role that will partner with our recently appointed Payroll Manager and play a key role in uplifting payroll capability across the organisation.

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You will be supporting a workforce of more than 4,000 employees, acting as a trusted payroll subject matter expert, helping improve payroll accuracy, strengthening governance, optimising systems, reducing manual workarounds, and building greater confidence in payroll across the business.

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This is a role where you will have influence, visibility, and the opportunity to shape both the role and the function.

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About the Role:

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Reporting to the Payroll Manager, you will be the technical and analytical backbone of the payroll team.

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You will have the scope to work across Payroll, People & Culture, Finance, Industrial Relations, Legal and Technology to identify opportunities, solve complex payroll challenges and ensure payroll continues to evolve as a trusted business function.

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In this new role you will:

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- Review payroll outcomes and identifying issues before payroll is finalised.
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- Be our payroll systems SME, supporting optimisation and continuous improvement initiatives.
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- Test payroll changes, system enhancements, and configuration updates.
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- Provide guidance on payroll legislation, awards, and enterprise agreements.
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- Analyse payroll data to identify trends, risks,



and improvement opportunities.
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- Support payroll governance, compliance activities, and audit readiness.
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- Improve reporting, visibility and insights for Finance and business leaders.
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- Reduce reliance on manual processes through better utilisation of payroll systems.
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What success looks like:

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- Consistently accurate, on-time payroll.
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- Improved payroll governance and controls.
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- Reduced payroll risk and manual intervention.
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- Better utilisation of payroll systems and automation opportunities.
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- Stronger reporting and workforce insights.
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- Greater stakeholder confidence in payroll outcomes.
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About You:

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You are an experienced payroll qualified who knows how to get payroll right, but more importantly, understands how to make payroll better.

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You enjoy identifying issues before they become problems, improving systems and processes, and working with stakeholders to deliver long-term solutions rather than short-term fixes and bring to the team:

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- Considerable end-to-end payroll experience, ideally within a complex workforce environment.
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- Experience working with awards, enterprise agreements, and payroll legislation.
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- Proven payroll systems capability and systems thinking.
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- Experience testing payroll outcomes and validating pay runs.
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- A passion for analytical thinking and problem-solving skills.
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- Exposure to payroll governance, compliance, or audit activities.
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- Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to influence across functions.
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- A genuine continuous improvement mindset.
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Highly regarded:

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- UKG Dimensions experience.
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- Aurion experience.
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- Healthcare, aged care, community services, or multi-award environments.
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- Payroll remediation or payroll transformation experience.
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- Excel, reporting or workforce analytics capability.
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Who we are – Churches of Christ

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Churches of Christis one of Australia's largest and most diverse not-for-profit organisations, delivering a range of care and community services across Residential Aged Care, Home Care and Retirement Living, Foster and Kinship Care and, Housing Support for over 140 years.

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We are guided by our values of Integrity, Compassion, Excellence and Courage, and we welcome everyone, of all backgrounds and faiths, as we foster a diverse and inclusive community for our people.

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Why Join Our Team

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- Transformative leadership and a high performing team culture.
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- Opportunities for career development, stretch assignments and progression.
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- A growing not-for-profit organisation with purpose and community impact.
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- Work in an inclusive, down to earth & welcoming culture.
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- 5 weeks annual leave
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- Hybrid / flexible working arrangements to support your work life balance.
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- Free on-site parking + on-site café with staff discount (at the Kenmore head office).
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- Not for profit salary packaging up to $18,549 which could be used for up to $15,900 (for everyday living expenses like rent, mortgage, school fees, and many more) and up to $2,650 for meals and entertainment.
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📌 Senior Payroll Analyst (Queensland)
🏢 Churches of Christ in Queensland
📍 Queensland