Business Analyst - People Hub
MELBOURNE, VIC, AU, 3000
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YOUR ROLE IN OUR FUTURE
PEOPLE SYSTEMS ANALYST
- Ongoing, full time position
- 80 hours per fortnight with monthly Accrued Days Off
- $90,000 to $110,000 base + salary packaging + super + 5 weeks annual leave
About the role
Reporting to the People Systems Manager, the People Systems Analyst role is responsible for the effective administration and maintenance of HRIS and payroll-related data across systems, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timely processing.
Key activities include managing pay increases and one-off payments, maintaining employee classifications across multiple systems, and supporting organisational data integrity. The position also plays an important role in assisting with testing of system changes and support packs within ECP, coordinating the creation of work schedule rules (WSRs), and providing first-level HRIS support. Additionally, the role manages service ticket triage, ensuring issues are prioritised and resolved efficiently to maintain smooth system operations.
About you
You will have an excellent attention to detail with experience within a high volume payroll environment.
You'll bring with you:
- Demonstrated SAP Payroll Processing experience (2 Years+) including functional knowledge of SAP system.
- Advanced reporting, analytical with problem solving capabilities.
- Experience with implementing Enterprise Agreements & Awards into SuccessFactors and SAP Employee Central Payroll.
- Advance Microsoft Excel – VLOOKUP and Pivot Tables and Analysis of data.
- Systems administration, including cost centre, user and EBA maintenance.
- Teamwork: demonstrated ability to work collaboratively as part of high-performance team.
- Understands and demonstrates payroll function and need for timely and accurate processing, with a high attentional to detail and accuracy.
Our benefits
We offer a range of benefits which support our people both personally and professionally, including:
- Up to $11,660 in salary packaging to increase your take home pay
- Discounted health insurance and eye care
- A comprehensive health and wellbeing program
- Public transport options at our doorstep and end of trip facilities for cyclists
- Onsite eateries and coffee shops and inviting rooftop garden spaces
- Pathways for professional development and new career opportunities
- Five weeks annual leave, 17.5% leave loading, purchased leave options & ADOs
- Flexible, hybrid working practices
Inclusion and belonging
Peter Mac celebrates, values and supports a diverse and inclusive environment which reflects our vibrant community. We encourage applications from anyone identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. We also welcome anyone who identifies as LGBTQIA+, linguistically, culturally and/or gender diverse, people with disability, and people of any age to apply for our roles.
Join us!
If you feel this role is right for you we warmly invite you to apply, and encourage your early application. All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory police check and may include vaccination requirements. Should you need assistance or require any adjustments or accommodations to fully participate in the application or interview process, you are welcome to reach out to the contact person listed. We acknowledge that not all applicants will meet the full list of selection criteria outlined, and wherever possible we will consider applications where relevant experience can apply.
Applicants to this role should provide a covering letter outlining relative key skills and experience to assist us with our assessment.
For further information about this opportunity, click Apply to be redirected to the Peter Mac Careers page where you can review the position summary. Alternatively, please contact us using the information below for a confidential discussion.
Hiring Manager: Clare Pierce
Email: clare.pierce@petermac.org
Applications Close: 11:59pm Tuesday 21 June 2026
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Position Summary
The People Systems Analyst role is responsible for the effective administration and maintenance of HRIS and payroll-related data across systems, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timely processing.
Key activities include managing pay increases and one-off payments, maintaining employee classifications across multiple systems, and supporting organisational data integrity.
The position also plays an important role in assisting with testing of system changes and support packs within ECP, coordinating the creation of work schedule rules (WSRs), and providing first-level HRIS support.
Additionally, the role manages service ticket triage, ensuring issues are prioritised and resolved efficiently to maintain smooth system operations.
Enterprise Agreement
Classification or Salary Range
HS4
Immunisation Risk Category
Category C: Position within a non-clinical setting
Key Relationships
| Internal |
• People and Culture |
| External | • External Vendors • ATO • Super Funds • VHIA |
Education
Skills
| Essential requirements |
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| Desirable requirements | • An excellence mindset and ability to adapt and perform in a high-pressure operational environment. • Organised, analytical and problem solving with a focus on process improvement. • Trustworthy with an understanding of confidentiality of all employee data. |
Key Accountabilities
| Key Accountabilities | Demonstrated By/Key Performance Indicators |
| 1. Team Leadership | • Operates within the organisation’s policies and procedures governing all payroll related processes and operational requirement. • Operates effectively as a team member, collaborating and communicating effectively. • Proactively seeks information, and provides support to other People Systems team members. • Engages and communicates effectively and professionally with Peter Mac staff through written and face to face conversation. • Offers advice to Peter Mac staff in a friendly and professional manner. |
| 2. Quality Assurance and reporting | • Acting as an information source, providing training and support to ensure effective use of the payroll systems and adhere to quality assurance processes and procedures. • Using project management methodologies, principles and techniques to develop project plans and to resource and/or manage projects. • Creating, adopting and implementing system test plans ensuring acceptable quality and integrity of the system when implementing Enterprise Agreements & Awards. • Analysis of payroll data that results in advice on quality and service improvements. |
| 3. People and Culture | • Liaise closely with Payroll to ensure accurate capture of the requirements for Enterprise Agreements and Awards. • Closely collaborate with Employee Relation Consultants to ensure that criteria related to employee compensations and benefits with the Enterprise Agreements and Awards are met during systems testing. |
Key Accountabilities (Contd..)
| Key Accountabilities | Demonstrated By/Key Performance Indicators |
| 4. System Management | • Works closely with PH Functional Specialists, Payroll Operations Manager and Payroll Operations team members and is able to provide guidance and support to payroll and People and Culture teams as required within the scope of the role. • Working with internal users to identify and evaluate inefficiencies and recommending optimal business practices, and system functionality and behaviour. |
| 5. Payroll Operations | • Has an understanding of Health Awards and Salary Packaging requirements. • A strong understanding SAP and Microsoft Excel, leveraging these systems effectively for payroll processes. • Provide accurate and timely information to staff regarding system queries. • Maintains accurate master data records relating to EBA increases. • General administrative duties as required. • Assists other People Systems team members as required. |
| 6. Service Delivery | • Understands the importance of prompt responses to enquiries and requests and prioritises as needed keeping customers informed of progress. • Understands the sensitivity of Payroll related matters and salary information ensuring compliance with privacy laws and Peter Mac policy on handling of confidential information. |
| 7. Continuous Improvement | • Participates in regular people systems team meetings where contribution to solutions to problems with a focus on continuous improvement is expected. • Raises issues of concern in relation to payroll and system related processes and matters using the Service Now and BAU Enhancements Register as the tools to capture these. |
| 8. Relationship Management | • Communicates clearly and effectively with staff and management of Peter Mac. • Cooperates with other members of the People Systems, Finance and People and Culture teams regarding systems related matters. |
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For further information about this opportunity, click Apply to be redirected to the Peter Mac Careers page where you can review the position profile. Alternatively, please contact us for a confidential discussion.
Peter Mac is a child safe organisation and has a commitment to child safety and wellbeing.
WHY WORK FOR PETER MAC
- Peter Mac offer a range of benefits which support our people both personally and professionally.
- Our staff benefits include award winning facilities, professional development and events, a health and wellbeing program, flexible work practices and policies and financial benefits such as salary packaging.
- We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, all members of the LGBTQI community and people with a disability.