Payroll manager

Payroll Manager – Latitude Financial Services

Latitude Financial Services has implemented a partially outsourced payroll model managed by Frontier Software. The payroll manager acts as the conduit between Frontier and Latitude, ensuring payroll services are executed efficiently and embedding the model while supporting in‐house payroll activities.

Responsibilities

• Successfully embed the outsourced payroll model and assist in further efficiency in the outsourced model.
• Act as the key point of contact and build strong working relationships with outsourced payroll providers (Frontier Software for AU and NZ).
• Troubleshoot and respond to employee payroll queries in a timely manner, ensuring employee experience is front of mind.
• Support the development, review and implementation of frameworks, policies, guidelines, tools, templates, processes and reports to improve payroll efficiency.
• Provide high‐quality operational payroll services and advice to business stakeholders, e.g., People Partners, to support decision making relating to payroll.
• Manager and mentor to any additional payroll positions within Latitude.
• Support the delivery of projects and initiatives designed to enhance the employee and leader experience relating to payroll.
• Prepare other data, reports and analytics as required.
• Work closely with People Operations and Reward teams to ensure data accuracy in HRIS (Workday) and continuously improve the integrity of payroll‐related data.
• Manage integration of data across multiple HR platforms – Workday, Chris21 (Pay & Leave), Time & Attendance. For example, manage integration and mapping of new incentive scheme into HR systems and project‐manage the change with outsourced payroll vendor (communications, testing and training) to ensure vendor can facilitate payment under a new incentive scheme.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5–7 years' experience in payroll.
• Tertiary qualifications in Human Resources, Business, Commerce, Law discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
• Sound knowledge of Australian and New Zealand payroll legislation and regulations.
• Experience working within, and preferably managing, an outsourced or partially outsourced payroll model.
• Proficient in MS Excel (advanced formulas, pivot tables, charts, VLOOKUP).
• Strong knowledge of HR Systems (Workday or similar).
• Strong knowledge of payroll systems and processes; iChris/Chris21 experience preferred but not essential.
• Strong interpersonal, collaboration and engagement skills with the ability to build and maintain effective stakeholder relationships.
• Strong analytical skills and capability to concisely generate and communicate insights from data.
• Strong time‐management skills, ability to meet deadlines, with excellent attention to detail.
• Proven execution skills with a solution‐focused mindset, outstanding ability to be proactive, own tasks and follow through to completion.

Benefits

Latitude offers a flexible working environment and a suite of employee benefits including superannuation, short‐term incentives, flexible working policies, and an employee assistance program. Additional benefits include an extra week of paid leave each year through the Take 5 initiative and access to Sonder 24/7 support app for mental and physical wellness.

Only open to Australian or New Zealand Permanent Residents or Citizens.