Ko wai mātou – About us
Kia ora. We’re Foodies. You know New World, PAK’nSAVE, Gilmours and Four Square right? That’s us!
With 300+ stores and over 27,000 Foodies across Te Ika-a-Maui, our North Island Co-op has the privilege of helping New Zealanders get more out of life. Locally owned, we reflect the communities we serve, and we celebrate our people - our taonga, every day for being uniquely them.
Te Tūranga – About the role
Are you an experienced payroll professional who thrives on accuracy, compliance, and delivering great service?
We're looking for a Senior Payroll Specialist to join our People & Capability team and play a key role in ensuring our Support Centre payroll is processed accurately, efficiently, and in line with best practice. This is an opportunity to work in a collaborative, future-focused environment where your expertise will make a real difference to our people every pay cycle.
You'll take ownership of end-to-end payroll processing for our Support Centre salaried team while supporting weekly payrolls when required. You'll ensure payroll is delivered accurately, on time, and in compliance with relevant legislation and company policies.
Key responsibilities include:
- Managing end-to-end payroll processing and employee lifecycle changes
- Processing new starters, transfers, terminations, and organisational restructures
- Validating employment and policy changes for payroll compliance
- Managing manual and special payments as required
- Preparing payroll reporting, reconciliations, and General Ledger journals
- Completing IRD payday filing and statutory compliance activities
- Supporting superannuation, ACC, and related payroll obligations
- Managing payroll queries through ServiceNow
- Contributing to payroll projects, system enhancements, and continuous improvement initiatives
- Supporting annual remuneration processes and pay reviews
He kōrero mōu - About you
To be successful in this role, you'll bring:
- Proven payroll experience within a medium to large organisation
- Experience working with PayGlobal would be a bonus
- Strong knowledge of New Zealand payroll legislation, including the Holidays Act, PAYE, ACC, and parental leave requirements
- Experience interpreting employment agreements and applying payroll policies accurately
- Excellent attention to detail and a commitment to delivering high-quality work
- Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship management skills
- The ability to explain complex payroll concepts clearly and confidently
- Strong planning, problem-solving, and communication skills
- A continuous improvement mindset and curiosity to identify better ways of working
- A collaborative approach, while also being comfortable working independently and remotely when required
Ngā painga - What we offer
We’re committed to providing awesome experiences for our people, including offering a range of benefits
- Free carparking - we’ve got over 1,000 carparks including 36 free EV plugs
- Southern cross health insurance
- Onsite café with subsidised meals, mini mart, 5% discount at our retail stores
- Flexible working options, a day off on your birthday, long service leave
- Inhouse learning and development programmes and courses, flu vaccinations, and social network groups (we call them Tribes).
Experience awesome. Achieve awesome. Be awesomely you.
We’re proud to have a focus on Diversity & Inclusion here at Foodies and welcome courageous behaviour, encourage togetherness, inspire our people to be their best selves in our Foodies whānau.
We encourage you to apply with all your awesomeness and welcome your diverse background, including any disability, additional health and mental health needs, and/or neurodiversity.
If you require accessibility support to ensure you can fairly access our recruitment process, please reach out to [email protected]. Accessibility support could include interview location, sign language interpreter, assistive technology.
Don’t ‘shelve’ your potential, come be a part of our team!
Skills Required
- Proven payroll experience within a medium to large organisation
- Strong knowledge of New Zealand payroll legislation including the Holidays Act, PAYE, ACC, and parental leave requirements
- Experience interpreting employment agreements and applying payroll policies accurately
- Experience processing new starters, transfers, terminations, restructures and manual/special payments
- Experience preparing payroll reporting, reconciliations and General Ledger journals
- Experience completing IRD payday filing and statutory compliance activities
- Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship management skills
- Excellent attention to detail and commitment to delivering high-quality work
- Ability to explain complex payroll concepts clearly and confidently
- Strong planning, problem-solving, and communication skills
- Continuous improvement mindset and curiosity to identify better ways of working
- Collaborative approach while able to work independently and remotely when required
- Experience working with PayGlobal
What We Do
Foodies is a cooperative, made up of 22,000 kiwis just like you, working hard to make sure New Zealanders get more out of life. Chances are you have been one of our customers, we serve more than 1.4 million kiwis each week through our PAK’nSAVE, New World, Four Square and Gilmours stores. We have more than 350 stores up and down the North Island, from Houhora in the far north, to Island Bay in the coolest little capital in the world. And we have support centres in Auckland, Palmerston North and Wellington. Check out www.foodstuffs.careers to hear our people talk about what they do, why they do it, and to hear about some of the coolest career opportunities in NZ.
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