{"id":1286449,"url":"https://alion.io/job/beca-payroll-manager","title":"Payroll Manager","company":{"id":1883126,"name":"Beca","domain":"beca.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/beca-com","size_band":"1-10","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Workday","truth_index":null},"role":"Finance","role_family":"Finance","seniority":null,"employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Auckland, New Zealand"],"countries":["NZ"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-15T00:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-15","last_verified_at":"2026-09-27T01:20:34Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":12,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":12},"description":"Payroll Manager - New Zealand\nTe whiwhinga mahi | The opportunity\nWe are looking for an experienced and strategic Payroll Manager to lead the delivery of payroll services across our New Zealand operations. This is an exciting opportunity for a payroll professional who combines technical expertise with strong leadership skills and a passion for continuous improvement.\nReporting to the Finance Manager, you will be responsible for ensuring the accurate, compliant, and timely delivery of payroll services while driving operational excellence, enhancing systems and processes, and developing a high-performing team.\nMōu ake | About you\nYou’ll be experienced in significant-sized end-to-end payroll delivery - if you have experience with our new HCM (Workday) and payroll (Datapay) systems even better! You’re curious and enthusiastic to proactively upskill, remaining current and sharing knowledge in employment-related policy and regulations. You thrive on the value you and your team will contribute to our people, ensuring timelines are met and accuracy is assured.\nLead and oversee end-to-end payroll operations, ensuring accurate and timely payroll processing across the business.\nMaintain strong governance and best-practice controls across payroll, general ledger interfaces, reporting, and compliance processes.\nSupport ongoing enhancement and optimisation of our payroll and HCM systems.\nDrive continuous improvement initiatives across payroll processes, systems, policies, and controls. \nMonitor and interpret changes in employment legislation, taxation, remuneration, superannuation, and payroll-related regulations to ensure ongoing compliance.\nManage annual payroll activities, including remuneration reviews, bonus payments, year-end reporting, and statutory obligations.\nLead payroll tax compliance, audits, and engagement with internal and external auditors.\nPartner with Finance, People & Culture, and business leaders to provide strategic payroll insights and support business objectives.\nReport on payroll performance, compliance outcomes, and strategic initiatives to senior leadership.\nBuild capability within the team through coaching, mentoring, knowledge sharing, and leadership.\nKo tā mātou hei hoatu | What we offer\nThe opportunity to support work that has real-world impact.\nAn organisational culture that our people live and breathe in pursuit of making everyday better (our purpose).\nA supportive, diverse and inclusive environment where you can bring your whole self to work.\nFlexible working arrangements.\nWellbeing, enhanced parental, and volunteer leave.\nOpportunities to learn alongside our industry specialists and technical gurus across the Asia-Pacific.\nMō mātou | About us\nBeca is one of Asia Pacific’s largest independent advisory, design, and engineering consultancies. After a century of operation, we have grown from a family-owned business to a progressive, client-centric professional services consultancy. We have more than 4,000 employees in 25 offices around the world and have delivered projects in more than 70 countries.\nWe pride ourselves on supporting a diverse and inclusive culture - open to inputs from creative people of all genders, ethnicity, identity, thought and experiences.\nOur vision, ‘Creative people together transforming our world’, reflects our culture and purpose to make everyday better. We create value through understanding and delivering successful solutions, exceptional service and enduring relationships by using our skills and systems to empower innovation; helping our clients shape communities, optimise their assets and streamline their operations. Find out more about us at www.beca.com.\nTonoa mai | Apply now\nReady to make everyday better? 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