Professional – People Operations & Payroll ANZ

Role Overview

The People Operations & Payroll professional will play a key role in ensuring seamless HR service delivery and accurate payroll operations across Australia and New Zealand. You will help create a reliable, consistent, and compliant employee experience by managing core HR processes, supporting local teams, and safeguarding payroll accuracy in alignment with country-level, regional, and global HR policies.

What You Will Do

Support employees and managers with HR and payroll queries, manage employee lifecycle administration, coordinate recruitment administration activities, support Australia and New Zealand payroll operations, and maintain accurate employee records.

Why It Might Be a Fit

You will contribute to HR and payroll projects, organisational changes, system updates, process improvements, and business transformation initiatives. You will partner with internal stakeholders and external vendors to ensure high-quality HR operations and payroll service delivery across Australia and New Zealand.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in human resources, Business, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in HR operations, employee lifecycle administration, and payroll support, preferably within a shared-services or service-delivery environment.
• Experience supporting payroll across both Australia and New Zealand, with practical understanding of payroll inputs, leave, superannuation/KiwiSaver, tax, deductions, final pay, and related statutory or compliance requirements.
• Hands-on experience with payroll, HR, and case-management systems such as ADP Payforce/ESS, PeopleNow or a comparable HRIS, ServiceNow or similar platforms.
• Ability to work effectively with onshore stakeholders, HR teams, external payroll vendors, audits, governance requirements, and process-improvement activities.

Benefits

• 13th salary
• annual bonus
• paid vacation
• pension plans
• personal insurance