Senior Payroll Manager

Xero
📍 Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia 💼 Full time 🕒 Posted June 04, 2026

Job Description

The Role

The role / impact

As the Senior Payroll Manager for the APAC region, you will lead the operational excellence of our payroll function, ensuring precision and efficiency for our people across Australia, New Zealand, and Asia. Working closely with the GM of Payroll, you will navigate a rapidly changing legislative landscape to ensure every deliverable meets the highest standards of compliance.

Your focus will be on moving the team away from manual data entry and toward a sophisticated validation model by leveraging automation and AI. You will play a vital role in championing payroll governance and strategic regional growth, ensuring our processes remain robust as we continue to scale as a global SaaS company.

The team / how they connect

You will lead a capable and diverse team of payroll professionals across Melbourne and New Zealand, fostering a culture of coaching, emp...

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Job Details

  • Location Hawthorn, Victoria
  • Job Type Full time
  • Category Financial Clerks
  • Posted Date June 04, 2026
  • Application Deadline July 14, 2026