- Permanent, full time role
- Hawthorn location with on-site parking
- Hybrid working | 2 days in the office and 3 days from home
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. We are seeking a Payroll Lead to join their team in a key leadership role, overseeing a large and complex payroll function and partnering closely with HR, Finance and external providers to deliver accurate, compliant and high-quality payroll services. This role will suit a hands-on, technically strong payroll leader who enjoys leading teams, driving process improvement and operating in a fast-paced, operational environment.
About the role
- Overseeing 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
- Ensuring 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
- Managing 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
- Leading, mentoring and developing 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
To apply online, please click on the appropriate link below. Alternatively, for a confidential discussion contact Chris Belegrinos at cbelegrinos@sharpandcarter.com.au
