Your new company

You will be joining a highly reputable educational organisation based in the Melbourne CBD. This company is a very inclusive organisation which prides itself on developing its employees and giving back to the community. This role will play a pivotal part in leading the payroll team and helping foster a culture of accuracy and collaboration.

Your new role

Your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

• Lead and develop the payroll team in completing end-to-end payroll processing.
• Oversee accurate and timely payroll for staff across multiple enterprise agreements and common law contracts.
• Ensure compliance with awards, enterprise agreements, and relevant legislation.
• Ensure the team accurately processes payroll in a timely manner and adhere to payroll compliance legislation.
• Implement discipline and structure within payroll processes to reduce risk.
• Collaborate with People & Culture to align payroll operations with organisational goals.
• Provide hands-on support while balancing leadership responsibilities.
• Lead systems implementation and automation projects.

What you'll need to succeed

• Proven experience leading payroll teams, ideally within the education sector.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise agreements and awards.
• Hands-on approach with the ability to roll up your sleeves when needed.
• Flexible and adaptable, open to doing things differently to achieve results.
• Excellent communication and soft skills to engage and develop a relatively new team.
• You must have ichris / chris21 experience.

What you'll get in return

• Hybrid working.
• Competitive salary up to $140k + super.
• Inclusive Culture.

What you need to do now

If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV to
tom.james@hays.com.au, or call us now.

If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.