Payroll Manager

Payroll Manager
Full-time, ongoing position
Kew Campus

The role

MLC is seeking an experienced and people-focused Payroll Manager to lead our payroll function and deliver a high-quality service to staff across the College.

Join MLC at an exciting time of growth and transformation as we implement our new Human Capital Management and Payroll Systems in partnership with UKG and Payroll Metrics.

As Payroll Manager, you'll lead a highly valued payroll function while driving continuous improvement, enhancing systems and processes, and helping shape the future employee experience across the College.

Reporting to the Director of People and Culture, this is an exciting opportunity for a payroll professional who combines strong technical expertise with a passion for customer service, continuous improvement and team leadership.

Leading a small payroll team, you will oversee all aspects of payroll operations including payroll processing, superannuation, payroll tax, statutory reporting, compliance, payroll systems and process improvement initiatives. Working closely with People and Culture, Finance and Technology teams, you will play a key role in ensuring the integrity and effectiveness of payroll services across the College.

Some of your primary duties and responsibilities will include:

• Leading and developing the Payroll team to deliver an accurate, timely and customer-focused payroll service.
• Managing fortnightly and monthly payroll processing and associated payroll activities.
• Overseeing superannuation, payroll tax, salary packaging and statutory reporting obligations.
• Ensuring compliance with relevant Awards, Enterprise Agreements, legislation and College policies.
• Managing payroll systems, upgrades, reporting and process improvements.
• Monitoring payroll governance and internal controls through regular audits and reviews.
• Providing payroll reporting and insights to support decision making across the College.
• Partnering with People and Culture, Finance, Technology and College leaders to deliver effective payroll outcomes.
• Supporting the ongoing development and optimisation of payroll and time and attendance systems.
• Building positive relationships with staff and responding to payroll-related enquiries with professionalism and care.

The school

MLC is a leading independent girls' day and boarding school in the inner east of Melbourne. Our unmatched breadth of learning and wellbeing experiences and environments inspires and supports MLC students to find and nurture their individual interests and talents and achieve their best.
Known for our commitment to excellence and innovation in education combined with the unmatched breadth of our curriculum, co-curricular activities and College resources, ensures our students discover their strengths and interests, nurture their talents, forge their own paths and achieve their best.
MLC students are empowered to be confident and resilient global citizens who possess the skills, knowledge and attitude to thrive throughout every stage of their schooling and in an ever-changing, globalised world.

About You

• Significant experience as a Payroll Manager or in a senior payroll leadership position.
• Demonstrated experience leading and developing payroll teams.
• Strong knowledge of payroll legislation, Awards, Enterprise Agreements and compliance requirements.
• Experience managing payroll functions within a medium to large and complex organisation.
• Advanced payroll systems and HRIS experience, together with strong Excel skills.
• Experience with payroll reporting, audits and process improvement initiatives.
• Proven ability to build strong stakeholder relationships across multiple departments.
• High levels of integrity, accuracy and confidentiality.
• Strong problem-solving, organisational and communication skills.
• Relevant qualifications in Payroll, Finance, Business or a related discipline.
• Right to work in Australia.
• An understanding of the Victorian Child Safe Standards.
• Adherence to all College policies and demonstration of behaviours in accordance with the Victorian Child Safe Standards.

Experience with UKG, payroll system upgrades and payroll audits will be highly regarded.

For further information regarding this opportunity, please copy and paste the following URL into your browser to access the Payroll Manager Position Description: https://admin.mlc.vic.edu.au/media/awhdkypb/pd-payroll-manager-august-2026.pdf

For other enquiries, please contact ***********@mlc.vic.edu.au.

Applications close Wednesday 9 September 2026 at 11.59pm.

MLC puts child safety at the forefront and is committed to providing a child safe environment. The safety of our students is paramount and is the responsibility of all of our staff.

We encourage applicants to submit their applications as soon as possible, as early submissions will be reviewed and considered prior to the official closing date.