Payroll & Process Improvement Lead

05 / 06 / 2025

  • Auckland
  • Permanent / Full Time
  • Accountant - Payroll / Accounting

Description

The Opportunity

Join this highly successful NZ business with global presence! An excellent opportunity for a systems savvy payroll officer with a strong track record in continuous upgrades and process improvement.

Responsibilities will include: 

  • Manage end-to-end Payroll processing across multiple countries, ensuring accuracy, compliance with regulations and timely delivery.
  • Manage relationships with third-party payroll providers in each country; review and approve payroll outputs before final submission. 
  • Act as the first point of contact for all payroll-related queries, ensuring timely and accurate resolutions. This entails working directly with employees, HR, Finance and Senior Stakeholders. 
  • Maintain and update payroll records, ensuring data integrity and confidentiality across systems. 
  • Prepare payroll journals and monthly reconciliations. Assist with audits, financial reporting, and year-end processes such as issuing tax certificates (e.g., IRDs, PAYEs, etc.). 
  • Identify opportunities to streamline payroll processes and implement improvements. 
  • Be an integral part of the Payroll/ HRIS systems migration process. 
  • Review payroll systems, recommend improvements, and drive efforts for automation and efficiency.

About you

You will have a minimum of 3 years of experience in a payroll officer role or an accounting background. You will possess a process improvement mindset to challenge the current processes and be able to proactively identify opportunities to enhance efficiency and accuracy. 

If you would like to be considered for this role, please APPLY NOW. If you have any questions or would like to discuss the role further, please email Nadia Macpherson from Hunter Campbell at nadiam@huntercampbell.co.nz to schedule a confidential discussion.

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  • Fantastic Culture & A High-Performing Team
  • Central Location With 2 Day WFH
  • Highly successful NZ and global business

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Nadia Macpherson
Consultant, Accounting Support

As a Consultant in the Accounting Support team, I specialise in matching Transactional talent with New Zealand businesses, as both an interim contracting solution and in the permanent space. For me, it is crucial to understand my client and their wider business needs so that I can ensure the best match for the team. I…

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