Payroll Lead

Melbourne - Australia

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

At Orora we believe packaging touches lives. Together we deliver on the promise of whats inside

Orora provides market-leading sustainable packaging solutions for the beverage industry. We specialise in glass bottles and aluminium cans with manufacturing sites across Australia and New Zealand

Like our cans our customers brand and innovation needs come in all shapes and sizes. We support the entire beverage industry from craft brewers who are just starting out on their journey through to major companies with operations across the globe. Our customer markets include beer and cider alcoholic ready-to-drink carbonated soft drinks juices wine seltzers energy drinks and more.

The Role

Were looking for an experienced Payroll Lead to oversee Ororas end-to-end payroll operations ensuring accurate compliant and timely payment for employees across Australia and New Zealand. This role will lead a payroll team manage complex systems and legislative requirements and partner with stakeholders across HR Finance IT and external vendors to drive service excellence. Youll also champion continuous improvement governance and risk management across all payroll activities.

Key Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end payroll processing including oversight of tasks completed by the managed service provider.
Manage coach and develop the payroll team to build capability and drive high performance.
Ensure payroll compliance strong governance audit readiness and effective risk and controls management.
Oversee Pay & Time systems data integrity integrations and reporting ensuring adherence to system governance and privacy legislation.
Build strong stakeholder relationships and act as the escalation point for complex payroll issues.
Drive continuous improvement initiatives to optimise processes enhance accuracy and strengthen employee experience.
Manage payroll vendors to ensure service delivery aligns with agreed SLAs.
Support the team with back-up processing as needed

What Were Looking For

Experience managing end-to-end payroll for large complex employee groups (1000) ideally in manufacturing.
Strong understanding of Australian payroll legislation Awards/EBAs superannuation tax and compliance; NZ experience a bonus.
Proven leadership capability with experience coaching and developing team members.
Hands-on experience with payroll HRIS and time & attendance systems (e.g. SAP SuccessFactors ADP My Workplace).
High attention to detail strong numeracy and advanced Excel skills.
Demonstrated ability to drive process improvements and strengthen payroll controls.

Why Orora

Hybrid working 2 office days per week
Purchase up to 4 weeks additional leave per year
Electric Vehicle monthly subscription available
Paid Parental Leave of 16 weeks
Private Health Insurance discounts
Comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme
Discounts on world class beverages

At Orora we believe packaging touches lives. Together we deliver on the promise of whats insideOrora provides market-leading sustainable packaging solutions for the beverage industry. We specialise in glass bottles and aluminium cans with manufacturing sites across Australia and New ZealandLike our ...