Job Description

Payroll Manager

Our Business

Working at TasWater isn't just a job; it's an opportunity to deliver social, environmental, and economic benefits for Tasmania today, and tomorrow.

Our talented workforce of over 920 employees keeps Tasmania thriving by providing exceptional water and sewerage services to over 460,000 customers every day.

We have a bold and ambitious future, inspired by our vision to unlock water’s full potential, and centred on our customers and communities, our people and partners, the environment, and our collective water future.

TasWater is investing $1.2 billion over the next four years to protect Tasmania's water and deliver safe, reliable services for generations to come. We will make great steps towards our aspirations of net zero carbon emissions and towards zero waste. Visit our website or YouTube channel to learn more.

This role supports the business by:

• Sustaining confidence in payroll by ensuring employees are paid accurately, compliantly and on time.
• Delivering a positive payroll experience for employees, leaders and stakeholders.
• Supporting payroll projects that strengthen processes, systems, data quality and reporting.
• Maintaining strong payroll governance, controls and assurance to reduce organisational risk.
• Providing payroll insights and reporting that support effective business decisions.

The Role

The Payroll Manager leads the delivery of accurate, compliant, and efficient payroll services, ensuring employees are paid correctly and on time. The role oversees payroll operations, compliance, systems, reporting, and continuous improvement initiatives while providing leadership to the payroll team and partnering with stakeholders to support organisational objectives.

• Lead the delivery of the end-to-end payroll function, ensuring employees are paid accurately, compliantly and on time, while providing a reliable and positive payroll experience..
• Establish and maintain payroll governance, controls, assurance frameworks and business continuity arrangements to ensure payroll processes are compliant, auditable, resilient and minimise organisational risk.
• Provide leadership and direction to the payroll team through the Payroll Team Leader, building capability, fostering continuous improvement and ensuring accurate, responsive service delivery.
• Contribute as part of the Employee Experience leadership team, supporting operational priorities through effective payroll leadership, service delivery and governance.
• Lead the ongoing evolution of payroll services by identifying opportunities to improve processes, optimise systems and implement innovative solutions.

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What we're looking for

We are seeking an experienced payroll leader with strong technical knowledge, a focus on accuracy and compliance, data integrity, process improvement and the ability to lead payroll projects in a complex systems environment. You’ll have the opportunity to bring structure, rigour and fresh thinking to a critical function, improving payroll processes, data quality and service delivery in a way that directly supports our people.

The successful candidate will bring proven leadership capability, a continuous improvement mindset, and the ability to build effective relationships with stakeholders while driving efficient and compliant payroll operations.

• Extensive experience leading end-to-end payroll functions within a complex organisational environment.
• Demonstrated success leading payroll teams to deliver accurate, compliant and customer focused payroll services.
• Significant experience using and managing Chris21 (or equivalent enterprise payroll systems), including payroll processing, system administration, testing, reporting, upgrades, payroll projects and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Advanced knowledge of Australian payroll legislation, taxation, superannuation, employment conditions with proven ability to interpret and apply legislative and industrial requirements.

Why TasWater

Across our multi-disciplinary organisation, we are serious about enhancing the skills and careers of our team members. When you join TasWater, you join a company that offers career development pathways, training courses, and access to subject matter experts.

We are continuing to build an inclusive workplace and workforce that truly represents the Tasmanian community that we serve. We value diversity in all its many forms and welcome a range of perspectives and identities to enrich the way we work and what we do.

We take pride in being acknowledged as an employer of choice for women by WORK180. Visit the Work180 website to view our benefits and policies, such as 18 weeks of paid parental leave for all parents regardless of tenure and with full superannuation contributions. We’re continuing to work on future benefits through a dedicated Employee Experience team.

The Details

This role can be based in either Hobart, Launceston or Devonport and attracts a salary of $157,359 - $174,843 (inclusive of superannuation)

Please note this role is fixed term for a period of 6 months.

Ready to apply? Simply include a CV/resume and a 1-2 page cover letter telling us how your experience matches "What we are looking for" and how you connect to our TasWater values and vision.

If you would like to learn more about the role, please reach out to Alice Richards – Head of Employee Experience via email at Alice.Richards@taswater.com.au or call 0407697917

If you require assistance in applying, please contact Ash Reid – Talent Acquisition Partner via email at ashley.reid@taswater.com.au or call 0455 518 051

Our applications will be closing on Tuesday 13th of October at 10:00AM

Please note: To be considered for this opportunity, applicants must have the right to work in Australia. As part of our recruitment process, you may be asked to participate in pre-employment checks relevant to the role. These may include a National Police Check or AusCheck, continuation of employment is subject to satisfactory outcomes of the required pre-employment checks.