- Great benefits and remuneration
- Join a global organisation with a strong focus on training, safety and quality
- Enjoy a diverse and inclusive workplace where people are valued and respected
At KONE, you'll find innovation that goes somewhere
We see a future of smart cities. As an innovation leader in the elevator and escalator industry, our award-winning products and solutions continue to push boundaries, rethinking how we use buildings for life, work and play.
Our work will take you in different directions.
We’re looking for an experienced Payroll Services Manager to lead our payroll function across KONE Australia and New Zealand (KANZ). This is a key leadership role responsible for ensuring the accurate, timely, and compliant delivery of payroll services across KANZ.
This person will lead and develop our payroll team, strengthen payroll governance and controls, manage complex payroll matters and drive improvements to our systems, processes and overall service delivery.
What will you be doing?
- Lead end-to-end payroll delivery across Australia and New Zealand, ensuring accurate and timely pay, strong reconciliations, data integrity and effective payroll controls.
- Lead and develop a high-performing payroll team, creating clear accountability, strong service standards and effective management of complex payroll issues and escalations.
- Own payroll compliance, governance and risk, ensuring legislative and regulatory requirements are met, audits are effectively managed and robust controls are maintained across the payroll lifecycle.
- Drive payroll transformation and continuous improvement, leveraging technology, automation and data while partnering with People & Communications, Finance, Legal and business leaders to improve efficiency, controls and the employee experience.
Are you the one?
- 5+ years experience leading a payroll team in a complex Australian environment.
- Experience managing payroll in New Zealand is an advantage.
- Sound knowledge of Australian payroll legislation, modern awards, PAYG, superannuation, payroll tax and leave entitlements.
- Proven ability to lead and develop a payroll team in a complex, multi-site environment.
- Demonstrated expertise in payroll governance, compliance, audit management, systems optimisation, and continuous process improvement.
- Strong analytical, stakeholder management and customer-service skills, balancing attention to detail with broader functional leadership.
- Experience working in a large or multinational organisation is highly regarded.
- Experience using Definitiv or a similar contemporary payroll platform is advantageous.
What do we offer?
- Career progression opportunities in a global organisation.
- Access to world‑class learning and development programs.
- A supportive, high‑performing team environment.
- A total rewards package designed to recognise and motivate.
- Free parking and gym on-site.
Note: Applicants must either be a permanent resident or citizen of Australia or be a citizen of New Zealand to apply for this position.
This role is being sourced directly by KONE. We respectfully request no agency approaches.
At KONE, we are focused on creating an innovative and collaborative working culture where we value the contribution of each individual. Employee engagement is a key focus area for us and we encourage participation and the sharing of information and ideas. Sustainability is an integral part of our culture and the daily practice. We follow ethical business practices and we seek to develop a culture of working together where co-workers trust and respect each other and good performance is recognized. In being a great place to work, we are proud to offer a range of experiences and opportunities that will help you to achieve your career and personal goals and enable you to live a healthy and balanced life.
Read more on https://kone.com/global/en/careers.html
Skills Required
- 5+ years of experience leading a payroll team in a complex Australian environment
- Experience managing payroll in New Zealand
- Knowledge of Australian payroll legislation, modern awards, PAYG, superannuation, payroll tax, and leave entitlements
- Proven ability to lead and develop a payroll team in a complex, multi-site environment
- Expertise in payroll governance, compliance, audit management, systems optimization, and continuous process improvement
- Strong analytical, stakeholder management, and customer-service skills
- Experience working in a large or multinational organization
- Experience using Definitiv or a similar contemporary payroll platform
- Must be an Australian permanent resident or citizen, or a New Zealand citizen
Kone Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Kone and has not been reviewed or approved by Kone.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered competitive across many roles and markets, with field positions sometimes benefiting from overtime and strong union scales. Feedback suggests base compensation is often a relative positive even when other factors vary.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs, including 401(k) and in some regions pension or annuity structures, are consistently highlighted as strong. Feedback suggests these elements meaningfully enhance the overall package.
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Healthcare Strength — Core health coverage is viewed as comprehensive, commonly including medical, dental, and vision options. Feedback suggests a global well‑being framework and EAP resources further reinforce health-related support.
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What We Do
At KONE, our mission is to improve the flow of urban life. This means understanding urbanization and, together with our partners and customers, helping cities to become better and more sustainable places to live. As a global leader in the elevator and escalator industry, KONE provides elevators, escalators and automatic building doors, as well as solutions for maintenance and modernization to add value to buildings throughout their life cycle. Through more effective People Flow®, we make people's journeys safe, convenient and reliable, in taller, smarter buildings. Headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, we operate in more than 60 countries around the world, employ over 60,000 people and serve 550,000 customers. In 2022, KONE had annual sales of EUR 10.9 billion. KONE class B shares are listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd. in Finland.
