Sutherland Shire Council

Payroll Team Leader

We are currently seeking an experienced Payroll Team Leader to join our growing team.

In this full-time permanent position, you’ll be reporting directly to the Financial Operations Manager and will be responsible for managing the end-to-end Payroll function. As part of this role, you will demonstrate excellent leadership and people management skills and will be responsible for overseeing the function and leading a team of 5 payroll specialists.

We are a council with a long-standing history and a diverse workforce, experience working in a large and complex environment will be highly desirable and benefit you in this role. We are also going through a period of growth and process improvement, so if you enjoy a challenge and working on BAU and Projects, this is a great opportunity for you.

Main responsibilities:

• Manage the entire end-to-end Payroll function to produce a fortnightly payroll service to the organisation.
• Promote a culture of high performance, integrity and professionalism within your team.
• Partner with key business stakeholders to continually transform the payroll function.
• Project manage all payroll related projects including the coordination of payroll system enhancements, upgrades and testing.
• Work closely with the Financial Operations Manager and the Financial Services Leadership Group, to meet the strategic objectives.

To be successful in this role, you will have a deep understanding of the complete payroll function and demonstrated experience in a Snr Payroll position. You will have a customer focussed mindset and will be a person people feel comfortable working with and learning from. Experience working in large, complex organisation with multiple awards is highly desirable.

This recruitment is being managed by HR Partners. Please do not apply via Sutherland Shire Council website. Please use the following link Apply Here

Please note any applications received through our website will not be considered.