Payroll Delivery Manager Central

1 week ago


Wellington, New Zealand North Island - Wellington Wellington Central Full time

Permanent, full time
- Work from anywhere within the Central Region

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is the country's largest employer, delivering universal public healthcare to 5 million New Zealanders.
We provide essential hospital, specialist, and community health services across 80+ locations - from large urban centres to rural towns and remote communities.

Our goal is to improve health outcomes for all New Zealanders by delivering equitable, accessible and innovative care.

**About the Role**

The Regional Payroll Manager is responsible for leadership of multiple teams, collaboration with stakeholders across HNZ, building the competency of the payroll, building the knowledge of finance and HR teams about how payroll works, managing payroll operations for a region that includes four to five districts, each with distinct payroll systems and processes.

This is a leadership role of a diverse team of people who work to a deadline each week. The leader must develop a team who have a learning culture to enable keeping pace with changes in collectives, legislation, technology and new initiatives.

The role ensures all payroll payments are processed accurately and on schedule, in compliance with payroll legislation, organisational policies, and approximately 50 complex collective agreements. This environment is highly unionized, with between 20,000 and 30,000 employees in the region across diverse workgroups, each governed by specific terms and allowances such as overtime, on-call, call-back, and meal allowances etc. Processing of diverse allowances and deductions requires meticulous attention to detail.

The position requires expertise in all the Acts pertaining to payroll, in particular but not limited to the Holidays Act 2003, Wages Protection Act and Employment Relations Act. Expertise is also required in payroll processes, compliance, and scalability to deliver precise and timely payments as while we enter into a period of digital transformation initiatives aimed at updating legacy payroll systems within the region. The role involves strong stakeholder management both within the region—comprising 4-6 districts—and across regions to maintain consistency in interpreting collective agreements and configuring systems as well as working with internal teams like Industrial Relations, askHR, Digital Services etc.

**Working for Health New Zealand**

**How to Apply**
- Due to the December holiday period, this advert will remain open for an extended duration. Screening and interviews will commence from mid-January. We appreciate your patience and look forward to connecting with you in the new year._


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