Are you ready to help shape the future of payroll and workforce systems across a growing aged care organisation? We’re looking for a transformation‑minded payroll professional who thrives on improving processes, strengthening compliance, and creating user‑friendly ways of working.

This is a unique opportunity to play a key role in an organisation‑wide workforce systems transformation - modernising how we roster, pay, and support our people.

Why This Role Matters

As the Payroll & Rostering Transformation Lead, you’ll combine payroll and rostering expertise with a passion for process improvement to help deliver a future‑ready operating model.

You’ll champion simpler workflows, stronger controls, and a better experience for employees - especially our frontline teams. Your work will directly influence how effectively our homes operate and how confidently our people engage with payroll and rostering systems.

You’ll Work Closely With

• Finance
• Project Transformation Team
• Operations & Home Leadership
• People & Culture

This role reports to the Payroll Manager

What You’ll Be Doing

Support Payroll & Rostering Transformation

• Act as a payroll and rostering subject‑matter contributor within the Systems Transformation Project.
• Build a deep understanding of current processes, dependencies, and compliance requirements.
• Help design and implement streamlined, fit‑for‑purpose processes that reduce manual work and improve accuracy.
• Work closely with homes and operational teams to ensure future‑state processes are practical and easy to adopt.
• Apply a strong aged care compliance lens, including accurate interpretation of rosters, Enterprise Agreements and the Aged Care Award.
• Identify compliance risks early and support the embedding of strong controls to ensure audit readiness.
• Advocate for user‑centric design to enhance the experience for frontline staff, managers, and payroll teams.

Support Payroll Operations & Capability

• Provide payroll processing support during periods of leave to ensure continuity.
• Maintain clear, up‑to‑date payroll process documentation.
• Support training and capability uplift within the payroll team.
• Deliver targeted guidance to operational and People & Culture teams.
• Help reduce key‑person dependency through cross‑training and shared knowledge.

What You Bring

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualifications in Accounting, Finance, Business, or equivalent experience in payroll, rostering, or systems transformation.

Skills & Experience

• • Strong experience in aged care payroll and rostering compliance.
  • Hands‑on involvement in HRIS, payroll, or rostering system transformations.
  • Deep understanding of end‑to‑end payroll and rostering processes.
  • Working knowledge of aged care operational rostering practices.
  • Advanced MS Excel, PowerPoint and Word skills.
  • Ability to co‑design practical solutions with operational teams.
  • A collaborative, resilient, and adaptable mindset.
  • Ability to understand EBA pay rules and a working knowledge of operational rosters within an aged care setting would be desirable
  • Passion for continuous improvement and lifting process maturity.

Benefits & Work Culture with For Purpose Aged Care:

As a purpose led, not-for-profit organisation, our staff’s health and wellbeing are important to us. This is why we have partnered with selected providers to offer employees a growing range of benefits that make sure they get the most out of their working and personal life, including:

• Tax savings of up to $15,900 per year with Salary Packaging (Go Salary)
• Team lunches
• Team building events
• Exclusive staff discounts with JB Hi-Fi, Endota Spa and more
• CommBank Workplace banking
• State of the art technology to help staff work smarter
• Salary sacrificing options with superannuation
• Novated Leasing through Enlist
• HESTA benefits for members
• Access EAP – a voluntary, confidential and free counselling service
• Ausmed Passport

Ready to Make an Impact?

If you’re passionate about transforming systems, improving compliance, and making life easier for frontline teams, we’d love to hear from you.