Senior Payroll Functional Analyst
Wellington City Council
Āu ake mahi - What you'll do
The People and Culture (P&C) Group aim is “working in partnership across Council to create a high performing, safe, happy and healthy workplace for all, enabling our people to deliver great services to our communities”.
The Senior Payroll Functional Analyst is responsible for delivering and implementing a programme of work related to People and Culture identified HRIS system changes that:
- ensure we meet our legal and employment contract obligations and internal policy positions
- improve the functionality of the system to provide users with a better experience
Reporting into Sanjay Arya you will be well supported in this role. This is an integral, stimulating, challenging position, responsible for coaching, mentoring and working with the Payroll and HRIS Manager to determine the work allocation requirements across the HRIS Support team, ensuring the successful delivery of the system programme of work.
Your day will be varied and will involve the following:
- Supporting payroll BAU on day-to-day issues
- Configuration changes, testing and technical support
- Business analysis
- Continuous improvement and risk management
- Relationship management
Ngā tohu me ngā wheako - Qualifications and experience
Ideally, you will bring strong experience in HR Information Technology or HR systems support and maintenance, built up over many years in similar roles, coupled with proven experience coaching and mentoring junior team members, with the ability to coordinate work and achieve outcomes through others.
To ensure your success in this role, you will have experience working on payroll implementation projects from a systems perspective, with a solid understanding of project management principles and ways of working, and practical, hands-on experience using MS SQL (ideally including SQL Server 2012 or later). Experience working with multiple HRIS platforms, with TechnologyOne exposure being a real plus.
Nōu te rourou - What's in it for you
This presents as a fantastic opportunity for a New Year start!
Working for the Council offers you a range of benefits including five weeks annual leave, flexible working options, health and wellbeing support, Council staff discounts and a range of learning and development programmes and opportunities.
View our Employee Value Proposition Video to see what our employees say about working at WCC.
Diversity:
We want your application to enable you to portray the real you. Skills are gained across many areas of our life, not just formal employment. If you can demonstrate the skills listed in the advert through whānau life, community or mahi aroha (volunteering) we encourage you to apply and share your story with us in your cover letter.
We welcome applications from all people and like our workforce to reflect the diverse communities we serve.
Accessibility Support:
We want to make sure any accessibility requirements you may have are well supported so the selection process is equitable for everyone. Please let us know if there are any adjustments or support we can offer to make our process more accessible to you by emailing: recruitment@wcc.govt.nz
Applications close at 5.00pm on Friday 12 December 2025.
As this role will commence end of January, we may engage and interview applicants prior to the vacancy closing and/or close applications ahead of this date so we encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible.
Please note, all applications must be submitted online - we will not accept emailed applications.
All applicants must have the right to work in New Zealand.
