Role: SAP HCM/Payroll System Owner
Location: Murarrie, Brisbane QLD
Employment Type : Full-time, Permanent
We are seeking an experienced SAP HCM/Payroll System Owner to support, administer, and optimise Goodstart's payroll platform. You’ll be responsible for the technical administration, configuration, support, and continuous enhancement of the SAP Payroll solution, working closely with business stakeholders and service partners to ensure the platform remains stable, compliant, and aligned to business needs.
Your Impact:
A critical focus of this role is ensuring the successful operation, support, configuration, and ongoing management of SAP ECC 6.0 HCM/Payroll, including its integration with SAP SuccessFactors. Part of the Corporate Services IT Team, you will act as the primary subject matter expert for the payroll platform, providing technical leadership across support, maintenance, enhancement delivery, legislative compliance, and system optimisation activities.
This is an excellent opportunity for a technically skilled SAP Payroll professional who enjoys hands-on system administration, configuration, support, and optimisation of a critical enterprise platform that supports Goodstart's people and operations across Australia.
What Goodstart can offer you:
Flexible work arrangements giving you choice about when and how work will be done in order to better manage your work and non-work needs
Salary packaging benefits available through AccessPay (eligibility applies)
Access to discounted childcare (up to 15%)
Fitness Passport - access to gyms and pools for you and your family at a heavily discounted price
Discounted health care and access to employee wellbeing program with BUPA
Exclusive discounts on travel, gym memberships, Apple and Dell products, and more.
Free annual flu shot (optional)
Option to purchase extra leave for even greater work life balance
First Nations Support and Cultural Leave
Work for a company that has an aspiration to be globally recognised for early years practice and learning outcomes
Gain significant investment in your growth and development with support, tools, training and experiences that will truly enhance the progress and outcomes for children in their earliest years.
You’ll bring to the table:
Strong hands-on knowledge of SAP ECC 6.0 HCM/Payroll, with a minimum of 5 years' experience performing SAP HCM/Payroll system administration, support, and configuration activities.
Demonstrated experience configuring and maintaining SAP Payroll schemas, rules, wage types and payroll-related functionality within SAP ECC.
Proven experience supporting, troubleshooting, and managing integrations between SAP ECC HCM/Payroll and SAP SuccessFactors, including inbound and outbound interfaces, custom developments, and data reconciliation processes.
Experience delivering SAP Payroll enhancements and legislative changes through structured SAP change management processes, including requirements analysis, impact assessment, configuration, testing, transport management, deployment, and business readiness activities.
Strong technical understanding of SAP support, release, and transport management processes, including defect resolution, root cause analysis, and production support.
Demonstrated knowledge of Australian payroll legislation and compliance requirements from a payroll systems perspective, including PAYG withholding, Superannuation Guarantee, Single Touch Payroll (STP), Pay Day Super and statutory reporting obligations.
Ability to assess legislative and business changes and translate requirements into SAP system configuration, testing, support, and change delivery outcomes.
Strong understanding of payroll governance, controls, reconciliation, and compliance processes to ensure accurate payroll processing, reporting, and audit readiness.
Strong stakeholder engagement, service partner management, and communication skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts into business outcomes.
Knowledge of SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll (ECP) and broader SuccessFactors solutions is highly desirable.
Current QLD Working with Children Check or willingness to obtain
How to apply
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We review applications as they are submitted. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible for your best chance to progress to the next stage of the process.
Have a question? Contact our Talent Acquisition Team via email
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At Goodstart we are deeply committed to Reconciliation and encourage Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people to apply. For further information and support email
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If you are a placement agency or external recruiter, please refrain from submitting resumes to Goodstart unless you have a signed staffing agency agreement with us. Goodstart will not be responsible for or pay any placement fees for candidates submitted by agencies that are not approved suppliers. Any resumes received from agencies or external recruiters without an agreement will be reviewed by Goodstart and may be shared with our internal recruiting team for their reference.
Supporting our people and protecting our children
We’re an equal opportunity employer that is proud of our inclusive and diverse work environment. We know that Goodstarters from diverse cultures, backgrounds and experiences strengthen our teams and help us grow. We’re also deeply committed to Reconciliation and creating an environment where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People feel a strong sense of belonging and connection.
Safety is our priority and we will take any action necessary to ensure that all children can feel safe and be safe, and are safeguarded from abuse, neglect and harm. As a Child Safe Organisation, all of our candidates must have or obtain a valid working with children check along with Certificate of Completion for the National Child Safety Foundation Training, completed via Geccko platform
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