Senior Payroll Manager – Strategic Leadership Opportunity
We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Senior Payroll Manager to lead, transform, and deliver payroll operations across a large and complex organisation. This pivotal role provides both strategic leadership and hands-on expertise, ensuring payroll is accurate, compliant, and aligned with business objectives while driving innovation and continuous improvement.
Reporting directly to the CFO, you’ll partner with Executive Leadership, Finance, People & Culture, Risk, IT, and Audit teams to ensure seamless delivery of payroll operations and future-ready transformation.

What you’ll be doing

• Lead and manage a high-performing payroll team, ensuring accurate and timely processing across multiple awards and enterprise agreements
• Oversee reconciliations, reporting, and compliance with taxation, superannuation, and legislative obligations
• Strengthen payroll governance, audit readiness, and risk control frameworks
• Drive payroll transformation projects including system upgrades, HRIS implementations, and process automation
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders on payroll strategy, compliance, and risk
• Mentor and develop payroll professionals, fostering capability uplift and succession planning

What we’re looking for

• 12+ years’ payroll experience, with at least 5 years in a senior leadership role
• Proven success managing payroll in large, complex, and highly regulated environments
• In-depth knowledge of payroll legislation, superannuation, and industrial instruments
• Demonstrated experience leading system implementations and payroll transformation projects
• Strong audit, compliance, and risk management expertise
• Exceptional stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence at executive level
• A natural leader who develops people and builds collaborative, high-performing teams

Why join?

• Lead payroll at a strategic level while still staying connected to operations
• Be part of a supportive, collaborative, and forward-thinking executive team
• Opportunity to shape payroll transformation projects and influence business strategy
• Work in a dynamic environment where innovation, compliance, and people leadership are equally valued

Apply now to take on a career-defining leadership role where your payroll expertise will directly impact business success and transformation.