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About the Role

We are looking for a Senior Payroll Specialist to support the delivery of fortnightly payroll for a newly acquired New Zealand manufacturing organisation. This role is ideal for someone who understands payroll deeply, thinks critically about risk, and enjoys partnering across the business to deliver accurate, compliant outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Acting as the payroll subject matter expert using ADP Payforce payroll solution and Workday timekeeping solution.
• Managing user acceptance testing, parallel runs, and reconciliations.
• Working closely with HR, Finance, IT, and vendors to deliver accurate payroll outcomes.
• Identifying payroll risks early and ensuring appropriate controls are in place.
• Supporting leaders and employees through payroll-related change.
• Support the Payroll and Benefits Manager as required.

Requirements

• Strong hands-on payroll experience in a complex environment
• Excellent attention to detail and data analytical skills
• Confidence working with cross-functional teams and vendors
• Strong verbal and written communication
• A calm, professional approach when working under pressure
• 7 years’ experience in a payroll/human resources environment.
• Microsoft Excel - Intermediate to Advanced skill level

Skills

• ADP Payforce
• Workday Timekeeping
• Microsoft Excel

Location

• Australia > Macquarie Park : 299 Lane Cove Road

Work Type

• Office-based
• Onsite four days per week

Experience Level

• Senior
• 7 years’ experience in a payroll/human resources environment

Education Level

• Payroll or Finance qualification or equivalent

Salary/Compensations

• N/A

Benefits

• Amazing health and wellness benefits and perks.

About the Company

• Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health.
• Abbott is about the power of health. For more than 135 years, Abbott has been helping people reach their potential — because better health allows people and communities to achieve more.
• With a diverse, global network serving customers in more than 160 countries, we create new solutions — across the spectrum of health, around the world, for all stages of life.
• Whether it’s next-generation diagnostics, life-changing devices, science-based nutrition, or novel reformulations, we are advancing some of the most innovative and revolutionary technologies in healthcare, helping people live their best lives through better health.
• The people of Abbott come to work each day with relentless energy, enthusiasm and a promise to enhance the health and well-being of millions of people.
• They push the boundaries to help manage and treat some of life’s greatest health challenges.

Equal Opportunity

• An equal opportunity employer, Abbott welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.