Senior Payroll Manager
Xero · AU: Sydney · Finance
About this role
Xero is hiring a senior-level Accountant in the finance function based in AU: Sydney. The posting calls out experience with SaaS.
- Role
- Accountant
- Function
- finance
- Level
- senior
- Track
- hybrid
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- AU: Sydney
- Department
- Finance
- Posted
- Mar 20, 2026
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Job description
from Xero careersThe 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, empowerment, and psychological safety. This role acts as a critical partner to our People Experience and Finance teams, ensuring the end-to-end employee journey is supported by timely and accurate information.
The team is currently working on / Initially, you will focus on
Stabilising and refining the recently implemented Ramco payroll system to eliminate teething issues and improve process effectiveness.
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