Senior Payroll Systems Specialist

**Permanent role**:

- **Collaborative and supportive team**:

- **Flexible working environment**
- He mea _**_tārai _**_e mātou te _**_mātauranga_**_ kia_**_ rangatira_**_ ai, kia _**_mana taurite_**_ ai ōna _**_huanga_**
- We work to _**_shape_**_ an _**_education_**_ system that delivers _**_equitable_**_ and _**_excellent outcomes_**

Our organisation is made up of talented and committed people around Aotearoa, from a wide range of backgrounds and cultures. While we work in different groups and on different things, we all strive every day to make the biggest difference we can for our ākonga in our education system.

Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga recognises the partnership founded under Te Tiriti o Waitangi between Māori and the Crown. We are committed to having Te Tiriti o Waitangi at the forefront of our work for and with Māori students, their whānau, hapū and iwi.

**Mō tēnei tūranga | About this role**

Working in a tight knit team you will be responsible for supporting the delivery of accurate and timely payroll processing, focussing on the operation and development of the payroll system (SAP). You will be responsible for:

- Building capability within the Payroll team / People Services team and working with the People Systems team to understand the technology road map, to ensure system changes are implemented smoothly (completing change requests and user acceptance testing).
- Identifying, analysing and resolving difficult problems with best practise solutions.
- Looking for system and process improvement opportunities
- Processing our fortnightly payrun, and other payroll tasks, such as out of cycle payments, Finance reconciliation and the IRD payday filing process.
- Completing complex payroll calculations to ensure our people are paid in accordance with their employment agreements and responding to complicated queries.
- Providing specialist advice to the People, Sustainability and Place team on payroll/system related matters.
- Supporting the Payroll Team Leader with coaching and mentoring the Payroll Specialists, and promoting best practise across the team

For more information on this position, please read through the attached Job Description

We also offer:

- Flexible working arrangements where everyone feels valued & supported
- The ability to purchase extra days leave
- A range of employee network groups
- An inclusive environment that encourages your personal cultural competency journey
- Development and learning, including mentorship programmes and internal secondments
- Wellness initiatives to support your overall health and wellbeing

**Mōhou ake | About you**

We are looking for someone with extensive payroll experience who is passionate about the payroll function and payroll systems, understands the importance of this for our organisation, and is interested in looking for ways to improve our payroll delivery.

You will demonstrate knowledge of, or a willingness to gain an understanding of Te Ao Māori and promote tikanga and Te Reo Māori. You will also have knowledge of, or a willingness to gain an appreciation of te Tiriti o Waitangi (the Treaty of Waitangi) as it applies in the public sector.

You will also demonstrate:

- Deep experience and technical understanding of Payroll Systems, with experience with Success Factors desirable
- Extensive operational payroll experience
- Experience in coaching, mentoring and training wider team members
- Knowledge of relevant legislation to HR and Payroll (e.g. Holidays Act 2003, Parental Leave and Employment Protection Act 1987, and Employment Relations Act 2000)
- A strong customer focus, providing sound advice and meeting service level agreements

To be successful you will be collaborative, with the ability to build strong relationships across the People, Sustainability and Place team.

**Mātau rōpū ake | About our ministry, group, and team**

At Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga, we work to provide services and support nationally, regionally and locally to the education sector, and in some cases, directly to ākonga and whanau. To better deliver on this, we are currently undergoing a transformation in the ways we work together to support this.

For additional information on the changes we are embarking on, please visit **here.**

Our People, Sustainability and Place team supports people leaders to build high-performing teams capable of delivering on our purpose. We provide advice and support with workforce planning, capability development, organisational design, diversity and inclusion, and wellbeing, as well as everyday recruitment services, HR advisory and payroll services.

**Kua rite koe mō tēnei mahi? | Are you ready to make a difference?**

If this opportunity interests you, please submit your cover letter and CV by using the ‘apply' button below. In your cover letter we'd like to know about you, your values, your whakapapa or anything you'd like to share about your cultural identity. We're keen to know your motivations