About the Role
As the Senior Payroll Manager for the APAC region, you will oversee the operational excellence of the payroll function, ensuring accuracy and efficiency for employees across Australia, New Zealand, and Asia. Collaborate with the GM of Payroll to navigate a dynamic legislative environment, ensuring all deliverables meet high compliance standards. Transition the team from manual data entry to an advanced validation model using automation and AI. Champion payroll governance and strategic regional growth, ensuring processes remain robust as the company scales globally as a SaaS provider.
Responsibilities
- Direct the operational excellence of the payroll function for the APAC region
- Maintain accuracy and efficiency in payroll processes for employees across Australia, New Zealand, and Asia
- Collaborate with the GM of Payroll to navigate a rapidly evolving legislative landscape
- Ensure adherence to the highest compliance standards
- Transition the team from manual data entry to an advanced validation model using automation and AI
- Promote payroll governance and strategic regional growth
- Ensure processes remain robust as the company scales globally as a SaaS provider
- Lead a skilled and diverse team of payroll professionals
- Foster a culture of coaching, empowerment, and psychological safety
- Serve as a key partner to the People Experience and Finance teams
- Support the end-to-end employee journey with timely and accurate information
Compensation
Not specified
Work Arrangement
Hybrid
Team
Leads a team of payroll professionals across Melbourne and New Zealand
The team / how they connect
Lead a skilled and diverse team of payroll professionals across Melbourne and New Zealand, fostering a culture of coaching, empowerment, and psychological safety. This role acts as a key partner to the People Experience and Finance teams, ensuring the end-to-end employee journey is supported by timely and accurate information.
The team is currently working on
- Stabilising and refining the recently implemented payroll system to eliminate issues and improve process effectiveness
- Preparing systems and people for the transition to new legislation and other evolving requirements
- Implementing automated integration solutions, potentially using AI, to streamline data flow between systems
- Enhancing process documentation and issue registers to drive maturity and reduce recurring operational bottlenecks
Where and how you can work
Embrace a hybrid working model that balances the flexibility of remote work with in-office 'boost days' to collaborate, connect, and nurture team culture.
Here are some of the things we are looking for
- Deep understanding of Australian payroll legislation, including Fair Work rules, long service leave, and superannuation requirements
- Natural ability to lead and coach other leaders, with a focus on human-centric management and supporting team growth
- Mindset geared toward automation and systems integration, looking for ways to use technology to solve complex manual challenges
- Experience navigating the fast-paced environment of a global organisation, ideally within the SaaS or technology sector
- Communication style that allows you to distill intricate technical payroll or tax information into clear, actionable insights for diverse stakeholders
- Value partnership and collaboration, building strong relationships across Finance and People teams to ensure seamless delivery
Apply even if your experience isn't a perfect match!
We hire based on your skills, passion, and the unique perspective you can bring to enhance our culture and team.
Other
- Hybrid working model with in-office 'boost days'
- Role is focused on the APAC region with team members in Melbourne and New Zealand
Not specified
