Hybrid Working & Location
* Hybrid working: 2 days in the office and 3 days from home
* Permanent, full‐time role
* Hawthorn location with on‐site parking
The Organisation
Sharp & Carter are proud to be partnering with Orora Group, a leading ASX‐listed packaging and distribution business that supports some of Australia and New Zealand's most recognised brands. With a strong focus on innovation, operational excellence and sustainability, Orora operates across a diverse range of industries, delivering high‐quality packaging solutions and supply chain services across ANZ and globally.
About the Role
* Oversee the payroll function for 1,000 team members across Australia and New Zealand, ensuring accurate and timely processing across weekly, fortnightly, and monthly pay cycles.
* Ensure compliance across all payroll activities, maintaining strong governance, audit readiness and adherence to legislation, enterprise agreements, and awards.
* Act as the key escalation point for complex payroll matters while partnering with Site Leaders, HR, Finance, and external providers to deliver high‐quality outcomes.
* Oversee payroll managed service provider, ensuring compliance with SLAs and optimisation of relationships and processes.
* Manage pay & time systems to align with legislation and enterprise agreements, ensuring data integrity and pay compliance.
* Lead process and system optimisation, identifying opportunities to improve efficiency, accuracy, and overall payroll experience.
* Lead, mentor and develop a payroll team of 3, within a customer‐focused culture.
* Act as a back‐up for payroll processing during team absences.
About You
* Proven experience managing end‐to‐end payroll for a large predominantly enterprise agreement covered workforce (ideally 700+ employees).
* Deep understanding of Australian payroll legislation, including awards, EAs, superannuation and tax.
* Experience managing and updating pay & time systems while partnering with internal systems teams and vendors.
* Exposure to enterprise payroll and time & attendance systems, with strong systems and data capability.
* A proactive mindset with a passion for continuous improvement and process optimisation.
* Strong stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence and communicate across all levels.
* Strong leadership experience with the ability to coach, develop and support payroll teams.
What's on Offer
* Opportunity to step into a key leadership role with Orora Group.
* Highly visible position partnering across HR, Finance and senior leadership.
* Strong focus on systems, process improvement and transformation initiatives.
* Collaborative and supportive team environment.
* Competitive salary package on offer.
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