Payroll Manager | Sydney (Hybrid)

Take ownership of payroll and play a key role in a major Workday transformation.

MARS Recruitment has partnered with a well-established organisation to appoint an experienced Payroll Manager.

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