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At Aware Super we believe that we do well through doing good. Finding ways to support our communities is part of our DNA and we have a track record of being bold and breaking new ground. We have always believed that we have a responsibility to invest in ways that deliver strong returns for members at the same time as improving our communities, building a more sustainable economy and supporting employment locally and globally.
Aware Super is one of Australia’s largest industry funds providing superannuation, advice and retirement solutions to those who teach, nurse, care, respond and help others in our communities. We offer a truly collaborative workplace that responds to rapid change, without losing sight of what is most important to us: our members. To learn more visit: https://awaresuper.com.au/member
About this opportunity
- Day rate contract role
- Melbourne OR Sydney location
- 12 month contract
We’re looking for a Workday Payroll Functional Analyst to play a key role in the delivery of our payroll transformation. You’ll partner closely with business and technology stakeholders to shape requirements, design solutions and support end-to-end delivery of Workday Payroll.
This role is ideal for someone who combines deep AU payroll expertise with strong business analysis capability and hands-on Workday experience.
In this role you will:
- Lead payroll requirements gathering, analysis and documentation (HLRs, BRDs, user stories)
- Own and validate Workday Payroll workbooks for AU payroll
- Design end-to-end payroll processes and support solution design decisions
- Conduct impact and gap analysis, providing clear recommendations
- Support testing – including test case creation, execution, defect triage and payroll validation
- Deliver parallel payroll testing, including scenario development and reconciliation
- Manage requirements lifecycle, including traceability and alignment across streams
- Work closely with stakeholders to ensure solutions align to legislative and business needs
- Contribute to a strong risk, compliance and control environment
To be successful in this role you will have the following skills and experience:
- Experience delivering Workday Payroll (AU) implementations
- Strong knowledge of AU payroll legislation, ATO reporting and compliance
- Proven experience in parallel payroll testing, reconciliation and balancing
- Experience translating awards/EBAs into system rules
- Strong business analysis capability across complex transformation programs
- Ability to influence and collaborate with senior stakeholders
- Experience working across Agile and Waterfall environments
- Nice to have: Workday HCM knowledge, Exposure to UK payroll
The Aware Super difference
At Aware Super, we believe that diversity of thought, background and experience creates better outcomes for our people, members and communities. Our people are focused on creating a diverse and dynamic environment that embraces and values differences and enables our team to bring their whole selves to work. We are proud to be consistently recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality and our CEO, Deanne Stewart, is a Pay Equity Ambassador. Our members are at the heart of everything we do, and we CARE deeply, DELIVER honourably, and LEAD bravely.
Applicants must have the right to work in Australia and will be subject to police and bankruptcy checks.
