HR, IR & Payroll Manager

Permanent, full-time | Camperdown, Sydney | Regular interstate site travel

$150,000–$160,000 base superannuation

Bayton and International Hotel Services (IHS) are bringing more of our frontline workforce into direct employment. We’re looking for an experienced HR, IR & Payroll Manager to lead the people, industrial relations and payroll work behind this transition across a large, award-covered, multi-site workforce.

Reporting directly to the Managing Director, this is a senior role with a strong hands-on focus. You’ll spend most of your time doing the work directly, from running pay cycles and resolving complex employee matters to visiting sites and working alongside supervisors and frontline teams.

You’ll also lead the people team and coach the Recruitment Manager as they broaden their experience across HR.

Bayton provides cleaning and facility services to commercial, government, aged care and hospitality clients, while IHS delivers housekeeping and services to hotels. Together, we employ over 1,600 people across Australia.

Why join us?

- Report directly to the Managing Director and help shape a people function that is still being built.

- Lead a significant change as we bring frontline teams into direct employment across two businesses.

- Have real influence over how our people are paid, supported and retained, as well as the systems behind it.

- Coach a capable Recruitment Manager and develop a growing team.

- Based in Camperdown in Sydney’s inner west, with a dedicated garaged parking space.

What you’ll do

- Plan site transitions with Operations and Finance, from award coverage and consultation through to contracts, onboarding and first pay.

- Process and review Australian payroll across both businesses, applying award rules, investigating discrepancies and managing payroll controls and statutory reporting.





- Advise managers on complex employee matters, conduct investigations and work with unions, regulators and advisers as needed.

- Improve Deputy, payroll and workforce reporting so managers can better track labour costs, retention and compliance.

- Set recruitment and retention priorities with site leaders and develop the capability of the HR, recruitment and payroll team.

What you’ll bring

- Recent, hands-on experience processing end-to-end Australian payroll and interpreting modern awards.

- Experience running HR operations, resolving complex employee relations cases and dealing with unions and Fair Work matters.

- Experience supporting a large, award-covered workforce across multiple sites, states or entities, including improving HR, payroll or time and attendance systems.

- Experience leading teams and coaching emerging leaders, with strong analytical skills and sound judgement.

- A relevant tertiary qualification or equivalent senior experience.

Experience within cleaning, hospitality, facilities services or another labour-intensive industry is welcome.

Experience with direct employment transitions, enterprise bargaining, Deputy or payroll integrations such as NetSuite will also be highly regarded.

How to apply

Apply with your CV and a short cover letter describing:

- a payroll process you’ve personally run; and
- a workforce transition or complex employee relations matter you’ve helped lead.

The successful candidate will need Australian work rights, satisfactory reference checks, a satisfactory national police check and a current driver’s licence.

Bayton is an equal prospect employer. We welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people with disability, and people of all genders and ages. Let us know if you need any adjustments during the recruitment process.

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