Senior Payroll Systems Analyst

Are you a highly technical payroll expert who thrives on solving complex system challenges, experienced with configuration testing and ensuring data excellence?

Salary between $92,912 - $124,500.

Fixed term/ Secondment role until December 2026, Wellington location.

Our vision: Nature is thriving in Aotearoa | Te Oranga o te Ao Tūroa

The Department of Conservation Te Papa Atawhai (DOC) serves to protect and restore nature across Aotearoa. When nature thrives, we all thrive.

Ko tā Te Papa Atawhai he tiaki, he whakarauora anō hoki i te taiao puta noa i Aotearoa. He oranga taiao, he oranga tangata.

Mō te tūranga | About the role

As a Senior Payroll System Analyst at DOC, you will play a pivotal role in supporting our payroll function. This will include troubleshooting, configuring and testing changes in DOC payroll system and integrations and ensuring data integrity between systems.

This role will be a key cog in the fortnightly payroll process, providing analysis and process improvements to ensure we deliver a highly accurate and efficient payroll service.

As a Senior Payroll Systems Analyst, you will:

Configure complex payroll and HRIS integrations, run end-to-end testing, and guide system changes through structured change control.

Investigate data integrity issues, apply bulk fixes, and ensure accurate downstream financial reporting. Support the payroll cycle with cross-system checks to prevent errors.

Act as a second-level technical expert, troubleshooting system issues, diagnosing root causes, and working with vendors to resolve challenges and prevent recurrence.

Identify opportunities to automate, streamline and modernise payroll and HR processes to support a full self-service experience for staff.

Build strong relationships with HR, finance, system vendors, and cross-agency partners—representing DOC and supporting key initiatives.

Monitor integrations, manage critical tasks, and provide back-up support to the Payroll Team Leader when needed.

Fixed term/secondment role until December 2026, Wellington