Xero
Senior Payroll Systems Specialist
NZ: Wellington: Xero One (19-23 Taranaki St), Remote. Posted 4 days ago
The role
You will own the platforms, integrations and reports that keep payroll running for Xeros across Australia, New Zealand, the US, Canada and the UK. You will manage configuration, access, and technical delivery while redesigning workflows using automation and AI.
What you will do
- Own platforms, integrations and reports for payroll across multiple regions
- Manage configuration and access
- Turn Pay team needs into clear requirements
- Manage changes from testing to launch
- Trace recurring errors to their cause
- Redesign workflows with automation and AI
- Map payroll systems, integrations, access and controls across ADP, Infinet Cloud, Ramco, Tray and Workday
- Agree a ranked backlog with Pay, Finance, Technology and vendors
- Fix recurring issues or high-friction workflows
- Reduce manual reconciliation and journal errors using automation and AI tools
Required qualifications
- Hands-on payroll systems experience from configuration and administration to technical support
- Good grasp of how payroll processes, controls and system dependencies fit together
- Ability to trace data flow from end to end
- Ability to explain technical changes in plain language
- Ability to take system changes from requirements through testing, documentation and launch
- Ability to build reports
Nice to have
- Understanding payroll in more than one of our regions (Australia, New Zealand, the US, Canada or the UK)
- Familiarity with ADP, Infinet Cloud, Ramco, Tray or Workday
Before you apply
- Xero uses AI to help screen applications based on job-related qualifications
- A real human recruiter reviews all candidates before any hiring action is taken
About the company
Xero is a company where the Pay team stays accountable for payroll operations and policy while the systems and technical delivery support them.