Payroll Manager

MARS Recruitment has partnered with a well-established organisation to appoint an experienced Payroll Manager. Take ownership of payroll and play a key role in a major Workday transformation.

This is an opportunity to lead a well-established payroll function while playing a key role in an upcoming Workday transformation and broader process improvement initiatives.

Leading a small team, you'll be responsible for the delivery of accurate, compliant payroll while partnering closely with stakeholders across Finance and People & Culture to enhance processes, improve system capability and drive operational excellence.

The role offers a unique blend of payroll leadership, stakeholder engagement and project involvement, making it ideal for an experienced Payroll Manager or a Senior Payroll Team Leader ready to take the next step in their career.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the end-to-end payroll function, ensuring accuracy, compliance and timely delivery.

• Manage, mentor and develop a small payroll team.

• Act as the subject matter expert for Australian payroll legislation, superannuation, taxation and compliance.

• Partner closely with stakeholders across Finance and People & Culture.

• Review and improve payroll processes, controls and reporting.

• Support the upcoming Workday transformation and other systems enhancement initiatives.

• Manage and resolve complex payroll queries and issues.

• Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on efficiency, automation and data integrity.

About You:

• Proven experience managing end-to-end Australian payroll.

• Strong knowledge of payroll legislation, awards, taxation, superannuation and STP requirements.

• Previous experience leading or mentoring payroll professionals.

• Strong payroll systems knowledge and reporting capability.

• A proactive approach to problem solving and process improvement.

• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.

• The ability to balance operational payroll responsibilities with project\-based work.

What's on Offer?

• Opportunity to lead a critical payroll function.

• Exposure to a major Workday transformation project.

• Hybrid working environment.

• High level of ownership and autonomy.

• Supportive and collaborative leadership team.

• Competitive salary package.

• Long-term career development opportunities.

• Exposure to business-wide process improvement initiatives.

This is an excellent opportunity for a Payroll Manager professional seeking a broad leadership role with exposure to transformation, systems enhancement and continuous improvement projects.

For a confidential discussion, please reach out to: liam.riley@marsrecruitment.com.au