AU - Payroll Implementation and Project Team Lead

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TMF Group is a leading global provider of high-value business services to clients operating and investing globally. We focus on providing specialized and business-critical financial and administrative services that enable our clients to operate their corporate structures, finance vehicles and investment funds in different geographical locations.

The HRP Implementation and Project Team Lead will lead end-to-end Australian payroll implementations, ensuring successful delivery from discovery and configuration through testing, go-live, and handover. The role will also manage key client and stakeholder relationships and provide guidance to the implementation team.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end Australian payroll implementation projects, from discovery and planning through configuration, testing, go-live, hypercare, and BAU handover.
• Manage project plans, timelines, risks, dependencies, documentation, governance, and stakeholder sign-offs across multiple implementations.
• Lead client discovery sessions and translate payroll requirements into system configuration, covering pay cycles, allowances, deductions, leave, termination payments, reporting, and industrial arrangements.
• Ensure solutions meet Australian payroll compliance requirements, including PAYG, STP, Superannuation, payroll tax, Modern Awards, Enterprise Agreements, and statutory reporting.
• Oversee payroll data migration, reconciliation, UAT, integration testing, and parallel runs, ensuring discrepancies and critical issues are resolved before go-live.
• Manage cutover and go-live readiness, minimizing payroll disruption and ensuring a smooth transition into ongoing payroll operations.
• Act as a senior point of contact for clients and internal stakeholders, providing clear updates on delivery status, risks, issues, and required decisions.
• Lead and coach payroll implementation team members, ensuring consistent delivery standards, quality, accountability, and knowledge sharing.
• Drive continuous improvement across payroll implementation processes, controls, and automation.

Key Skills & Experience

• Strong knowledge of Australian payroll processing and legislation.
• Proven experience delivering end-to-end payroll implementations or payroll system migrations.
• Hands-on experience with payroll configuration, data migration, reconciliation, UAT, parallel runs, and go-live.
• Strong understanding of PAYG, STP, Superannuation, leave and termination calculations, payroll tax, Modern Awards, and Enterprise Agreements.
• Strong project management, analytical, problem-solving, and Excel skills.
• Experience managing senior clients and stakeholders in complex implementation environments.
• Previous experience leading or mentoring payroll/implementation teams.
• Comfortable managing multiple projects and competing priorities.

Desirable

• Experience with large or complex Australian payroll environments.
• Exposure to HRIS, time & attendance, finance, banking, or other payroll integrations.
• Experience working across regional or global payroll implementations.
• Familiarity with Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid implementation methodologies.

What's in it for you

Pathways for career development

• Work with colleagues and clients around the world on interesting and challenging work.
• We provide internal career opportunities, so you can take your career further within TMF.
• Continuous development is supported through global learning opportunities from the TMF Business Academy.

Making an impact

• You'll be helping us to make the world a simpler place to do business for our clients.
• Through our corporate social responsibility program, you'll also be making a difference in the communities where we work.

A supportive environment

• Strong feedback culture to help build an engaging workplace.
• Our inclusive work environment allows you to work from our offices around the world, as well as from home, helping you find the right work-life balance to perform at your best.