⚡Big Career Energy
Title: People Systems, Services & Insights Lead
Type: Permanent | Full-Time
Location: Melbourne | Hybrid, 3 days in office
Salary: $140,000 + super + 10% STI
👋 Who are we?
We’re partnering with an established Australian organisation operating across Australia and New Zealand, with a growing workforce and plenty happening behind the scenes.
The People & Culture function is close to the business, working across everything from systems and payroll through to workforce insights, remuneration and broader operational projects.
This role sits right in the middle of it all.
It’s a unique opportunity for someone who loves connecting the dots across people, systems and data, rather than operating in one narrow HR speciality.
😊 Who are you?
You’re probably a little hard to put in a box, and that’s exactly what we’re looking for.
You understand HR systems, know enough about payroll to spot when something doesn’t look right, can turn People data into meaningful insights, and you’re comfortable jumping into broader P&C projects when needed.
You’re naturally curious and solutions-focused. When you find a problem, you don’t just flag it and move on. You investigate the why, work through the options and come back with a recommendation.
You’ll also be comfortable operating in an environment where not every process comes with a perfectly written instruction manual.
🤸 Day to day
There’s plenty of variety here, with your remit spanning:
💻 People Systems
- Own and maintain the HRIS from a backend perspective
- Troubleshoot issues and identify solutions
- Manage reporting, integrations and data flows
- Support configuration, improvements and future system upgrades
- Drive better processes and continuous improvement
💰 Payroll & Remuneration
- Review monthly payroll for accuracy rather than process it yourself
- Partner with an outsourced payroll provider and investigate discrepancies
- Understand the data flowing between HR and payroll systems
- Support annual remuneration reviews, including configuration, testing, eligibility and reporting
- Support payroll requirements across Australia and New Zealand
📊 People Data & Insights
- Headcount and workforce reporting
- WGEA and DEI reporting
- Exit and engagement analysis
- Board and executive reporting
- Payroll and remuneration insights
- Turn the numbers into a story stakeholders can actually understand and act on
🔄 M&A Integration
This is a particularly important part of the role.
When the business acquires or integrates another organisation, you’ll help manage the people data and payroll integration, working through different employment conditions, transferring employee data and ensuring everything is set up correctly for that all-important first payroll.
🧰 What's in your toolkit?
This role will suit someone who has worked in a small to mid-sized organisation where you’ve had to wear a few different hats.
You’ll ideally bring:
- Hands-on HRIS / People Systems experience
- Experience with a tier-two HRIS such as Employee Connect, ELMO, Employment Hero or similar
- Genuine hands-on M&A employee integration experience
- A solid understanding of payroll and payroll data
- Experience with HRIS implementation, upgrades or integrations
- Strong People data, reporting and analytical capability
- Exposure to remuneration processes
- Broad People & Culture operational knowledge
- Strong problem-solving and stakeholder management skills
- Confidence challenging existing processes and recommending a better way forward
- Experience across Australian and New Zealand payroll or working with an outsourced payroll provider would be a big plus.
✨ What's in it for you?
- A genuinely broad role that doesn’t pigeonhole you into one HR speciality
- Ownership across systems, payroll oversight, data, remuneration and M&A
- An established handover period with the current incumbent
- Exposure to meaningful systems improvements and future upgrades
- Interesting M&A integration work
- Access to senior stakeholders and executive-level reporting
- Plenty of autonomy to investigate problems and improve how things are done
- Hybrid working with 3 days per week in the office
🚀 The Bottom Line
HRIS person? Data person? Payroll person? People Ops person?
For this role, the answer is kind of... all of the above.
We’re looking for someone who can connect People Systems + payroll + data + remuneration + M&A, see how each piece impacts the next and become the person the P&C team turns to when something needs figuring out.
If you like variety, love solving problems and would rather have a broad remit than sit in one HR lane, this could be a very interesting next move.