Senior Payroll Systems Analyst

About the Company

Our client is a large, established organisation operating within the construction and infrastructure sector, with a complex workforce and enterprise technology environment. They are seeking an experienced Senior People Systems Analyst to provide specialist support across their payroll systems landscape.

About the Role

As the Senior Systems Analyst, you will act as a key SME for Chris21, providing day-to-day support, maintenance, configuration and administration of the platform. Working closely with the payroll team and IT stakeholders, you will ensure the system remains reliable, effective and aligned with business requirements.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Maintain, configure and upgrade the Chris21 platform
• Configure Chris21 to support payroll and EBA requirements
• Manage and support integrations with surrounding systems
• Investigate and resolve Chris21 application issues
• Conduct unit testing and support Payroll through UAT
• Analyse leave, payslip and payroll-related system queries
• Maintain integration and system documentation
• Monitor system performance and identify opportunities for improvement
• Coordinate system changes with internal IT teams and vendors

About You

You will be an experienced Payroll Systems, HRIS or People Systems professional with strong hands-on Chris21 expertise. Importantly, you will have experience beyond simply using the platform, with demonstrated capability in Chris21 configuration, administration and application support.

You will bring:

• Strong hands-on Chris21 configuration and administration experience
• Good understanding of Australian payroll processes and requirements
• Experience configuring EBAs, awards or complex payroll rules
• Experience supporting Chris21 integrations and system upgrades
• Strong troubleshooting and application support capabilities
• Experience with system testing, UAT and change implementation
• Ability to work closely with Payroll, IT and external vendors
• Strong communication, documentation and stakeholder management skills

Please apply with current resume in Microsoft Word format only (.doc or .docx). If you would like to have a confidential discussion, please contact Dylan Tasker on [email protected] , quoting reference JN -092026-44174. Want to know more about Davidson? Visit us at www.davidsonwp.com