Overview
Anglican Diocesan Services (ADS) is looking to appoint a Payroll Manager to oversee the provision of payroll services to a multitude of diocesan agencies. Location: Canberra, ACT. Job type: Full time. Closing date: 17th October 2025.
Location: Canberra, ACT • Location type: In office
Date advertised: 29th September 2025
About Anglican Diocesan Services
Anglican Diocesan Services (ADS) is the principal provider of corporate services to the ministry units and agencies of the Anglican Diocese of Canberra-Goulburn and acts as the employing entity for the unincorporated associations of the Diocese. ADS provides comprehensive services in the areas of human resources, finance, IT, property management and risk and compliance with the following objectives:
- Provide for missional alignment across the Diocese
- Provide Diocesan-wide consistency and standardisation within the areas of ADS while acknowledging the uniqueness and complexity of individual agencies and the services they provide to the community
- Enable a process of continuous improvement in the provision of service standards, ensuring efficiencies across the agencies are maximised leading to reductions in overall infrastructure costs
About the Role
This exciting opportunity will see the successful applicant leading a team responsible for the provision of payroll services at the Anglican Diocesan Services and the agencies we serve.
The Payroll Manager will:
- Lead the Payroll Team and related operations
- Ensure all payroll activities are executed in accordance with policy, procedure, legislative, regulatory and award requirements (including tax, super etc)
- Ensure all payroll processes are timely and accurate
- Work towards improving systems and processes that have an employee self-service approach at their core
- Develop dependable and timely workflows and communication with the People and Culture team
About You
- You will have significant experience gained across complex payroll environments that include large numbers of employees and multiple trading entities
- You will have demonstrable team leadership experience
- Be experienced in relevant subject matters such as salary packaging, FBT, superannuation, leave, PAYG etc.
- A demonstrable track record of implementing processes and initiatives that the role is responsible for overseeing
- A demonstrated understanding of relevant Australian industrial legislation
A commitment to quality communication and taking initiative
Organisational Ethos
As a Christian organisation, Anglican Diocesan Services\' mission statement is to: be a servant hearted and effective corporate body, which, enables and ensures an enduring Christian presence in the community. The successful applicant will need to support and uphold the mission of the organisation.
How to apply
To enquire further about the role, please contact Rohan Smith during business hours on for a confidential discussion. Alternatively, you can email your application or enquiry to
Please note: This job ad was placed for the Sydney Anglicans network website.
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📌 Payroll Manager
🏢 Sydney Anglicans
📍 Canberra