We’re partnering with an established Australian business looking for a Payroll & Systems Manager to take ownership of the

technology, configuration and controls sitting behind its payroll function .

This one is for the payroll people who secretly enjoy breaking things in the test environment just to figure out how to make them better.

Despite the title, running payroll is only a small part of the week. The real chance is getting under the hood of the systems, testing changes, troubleshooting issues and finding smarter ways of doing things.

Who are you? You probably started your career in traditional payroll and gradually realised your favourite part was

figuring out how everything works behind the scenes .

You’re curious, technically minded and naturally look beyond the immediate problem. If something goes wrong, you don’t just fix it. You want to understand

why it happened and how to stop it happening again .

You’re also comfortable operating autonomously and translating technical payroll problems into practical advice for stakeholders.

Day to day You’ll become the internal go‑to across the organisation’s

payroll and Time & Attendance environment , with plenty of ownership across:

Payroll system administration and configuration

T&A; rules, pay codes and work rules

Testing changes in sandbox environments

Troubleshooting system and integration issues

System upgrades and enhancements

Data integrity and security

Automation and process improvement

Payroll reconciliations, audits and controls

Month‑end and year‑end requirements

You’ll still retain oversight of the monthly payroll,



but the actual processing takes

less than one full day each month .

You’ll also report directly to the

Group CFO , partnering across Finance, People & Culture, Operations and IT.

What’s in your toolkit? You know payroll deeply enough to understand how

Awards, EBAs and compliance requirements translate into system rules and payroll outcomes .

Ideally, you’ll bring:

Strong payroll systems experience

Time & Attendance knowledge

Configuration, testing and troubleshooting capability

Modern Award and EBA interpretation skills

Strong Australian payroll compliance knowledge

Advanced Excel skills

Previous end‑to‑end payroll experience

Confidence working autonomously

Experience with

iChris and UKG

would be brilliant, but it’s not essential. Strong transferable payroll systems experience is absolutely welcome.

What’s in it for you? This level of technical payroll ownership

without needing to work five days a week

doesn’t come around often.

0.6-0.8 FTE

Hybrid flexibility

Systems‑heavy rather than processing‑heavy

Genuine autonomy and SME ownership

Direct exposure to senior leadership

Plenty of optimisation and automation work

The Bottom Line If your favourite payroll questions are

“Why is the system doing that?”

and

“How can we make this work better?” , this one has your name all over it. It’s technical, autonomous and improvement-focused, with enough payroll to keep you connected to the function, but nowhere near enough to have you stuck processing all week.

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📌 Payroll & Systems Manager (Port Phillip City)
🏢 SAMUELS DONEGAN
📍 Port Phillip City