Downer Group | Payroll Systems Specialist - SAP

Key responsibilities

• The position also provides trusted advice on payroll system impacts, governance, risk management, and project delivery to support a reliable and compliant payroll function.
• As a trusted name in infrastructure, transport, facilities management, and construction, Downer is committed to delivering projects that create a lasting, positive legacy.
• Even if your experience doesn’t align perfectly with this role, we’d still like to hear from you.
• Reporting to the Payroll Systems Manager, this position provides specialist expertise in SAP and Quintiq payroll systems, supporting configuration changes, testing, issue resolution, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Working closely with Payroll, People Services, Industrial Relations, Technology teams, vendors, and business stakeholders, the role translates payroll, award, EBA, and legislative requirements into effective system outcomes.
• Provide specialist SAP and Quintiq payroll systems expertise, acting as a trusted advisor to Payroll, People Services, Technology teams, and business stakeholders.
• Assess, analyse, and support payroll system changes, including employee data, time and attendance, pay elements, allowances, deductions, taxation, superannuation, and payroll processing impacts.
• Partner with Payroll, Industrial Relations, Technology, Testing teams, vendors, and project stakeholders to deliver payroll system enhancements, projects, and compliance initiatives.
• Lead or support testing activities, including review of test scenarios, validation of payroll outcomes, and production readiness activities to ensure successful implementation of system changes.
• Investigate and resolve complex payroll system issues, defects, and calculation discrepancies through effective root cause analysis and stakeholder coordination.
• Support governance, risk management, audit, and compliance requirements by maintaining documentation, decision records, controls, and change approvals.
• Identify and drive continuous improvement opportunities that strengthen payroll accuracy, employee experience, operational efficiency, and system performance.
• Work with an ASX listed company, working with market leaders.

Requirements

• Proven experience working with SAP Payroll and Quintiq in a large and complex payroll environment.
• Strong knowledge of Australian and New Zealand payroll legislation, industrial instruments, enterprise agreements, awards, taxation, superannuation, and payroll compliance requirements.
• Demonstrated experience supporting payroll systems projects, configuration changes, testing, release management, production support, and defect resolution.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with the ability to translate technical payroll concepts into clear and actionable business advice.
• Experience developing functional specifications, impact assessments, test documentation, process guidance, and governance artefacts.

Downer Group

Downer Group is an employer hiring in Australia. In its own words: "Downer is a leading provider of integrated infrastructure services across Australia and New Zealand."

Its finance, accounts, audit and tax openings in Australia are mostly in North Ryde, Milton, Sydney and Vic.