An exciting opportunity has arisen for a seasoned Team Leader Payroll to join a leading public sector agency. This role is based in Wellington and offers the chance to lead a dedicated payroll team, ensuring high-quality service performance and identifying opportunities for continuous improvement. The successful candidate will be instrumental in supporting the National Payroll Services Manager to ensure fit-for-purpose delivery of payroll services and reporting.


What you'll do:

As a Team Leader Payroll, your primary responsibility will be to provide leadership to the payroll team, ensuring high-quality service performance. You will oversee daily operations, providing expert advice on payroll-related processes, policies, as well as legislation and employment agreement interpretation. Your keen attention to detail will be crucial in resolving escalated payroll problems and queries, managing overpayment recovery, and conducting monthly reconciliations. Your commitment to continuous improvement will shine through as you develop and maintain best-practice process documentation, initiate quality assurance reviews, and identify opportunities for organisational learning.

• Oversee day-to-day Payroll operations
• Provide subject matter expertise on payroll related processes, policy, as well as legislation and Employment Agreement interpretation
• Resolve escalated payroll problems and queries
• Proactive oversight and management of overpayment recovery and reporting
• Monthly reconciliation of payroll holding and clearing accounts
• Develop and maintain payroll process documentation that is consistent with best practice
• Initiate regular and ad hoc quality assurance reviews to ensure optimal efficiency and error-free operations
• Identify opportunities to improve organisational understanding of payroll processes and related legislative requirements

What you bring:

The ideal candidate for the Team Leader Payroll position brings a wealth of experience in the field, with at least five years spent in a senior advisory or specialist role. You have comprehensive end-to-end payroll experience, underpinned by an in-depth understanding of New Zealand employment and payroll-related legislation. Your ability to accurately interpret terms and conditions in employment agreements and policies sets you apart, as do your strong organisational skills. You are comfortable working to deadlines, have experience using payroll systems, possess excellent communication skills, and have a track record of training and mentoring others.

• Minimum of 5 years payroll experience, including in a senior advisor or specialist role
• End-to-end Payroll experience with in-depth knowledge of New Zealand employment and payroll related legislation
• Ability to accurately interpret terms and conditions in employment agreements and policies
• Strong organisational skills and ability to work to deadlines
• Knowledge of and experience using payroll systems
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Experience training and mentoring others

What's next:

Ready for a rewarding challenge? Apply today using the link.

Feel free to contact me at 04 471 9794 or using Rosalind.Walker@robertwalters.co.nz

Robert Walters endeavors to review all applications in a maximum of five working days. If you have not received correspondence within this timeframe, please do not hesitate contact Rosalind Walker on 64 4 471 9700