Payroll Reporting Delivery Lead Te Manawa Taki

Location: Anywhere in New Zealand

Full-time | Permanent

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is the country's largest employer, delivering universal public healthcare to 5 million New Zealanders. We provide essential hospital, specialist, and community health services across 80+ locations – from large urban centres to rural towns and remote communities. Our goal is to improve health outcomes for all New Zealanders by delivering equitable, accessible and innovative care.

About the Role

We are seeking Four experienced Payroll Reporting Delivery Leads to provide enterprise leadership for payroll reporting, workforce analytics, and payroll data governance across Health New Zealand. Supporting one of the largest and most complex workforce environments in Aotearoa, this role is responsible for ensuring payroll information is accurate, consistent, secure, and strategically valuable.

Leading a specialist reporting team based in any any of our four regions (Northern, Central, Midland and South), you will oversee enterprise payroll reporting capability that supports approximately 40,000 active employees and more than 100,000 historical payroll records. You will help drive reporting governance, reporting assurance, workforce analytics, and continuous improvement across multiple payroll systems and evolving organisational structures. Your expertise will support critical operational, financial, compliance, workforce planning, and executive decision-making across regional and national functions.

As the recognised enterprise authority for payroll reporting and workforce data, you will provide strategic advice to senior leaders across Payroll, Finance, HR, Audit, Digital Services, and governance functions, helping shape reporting standards and reporting maturity across Health New Zealand.

About the Team

This role sits within People & Culture and reports to the Regional Payroll Delivery Manager. Working as part of a nationally connected payroll function, you will lead payroll reporting capability and partner with stakeholders across Payroll, Finance, HR, Audit, and Digital Services to deliver trusted workforce intelligence and reporting outcomes.

About You

You are a strategic and influential reporting leader with significant experience in workforce analytics, payroll reporting, or enterprise reporting environments. You have a strong understanding of governance, risk, and assurance frameworks and can translate complex data into meaningful insights that support organisational performance.

You will bring:

• 5–10+ years' experience in reporting, analytics, workforce intelligence, or a related discipline within large and complex organisations
• A relevant tertiary qualification in Business, Data Analytics, Information Management, Finance, Human Resources, or a related field
• Experience leading enterprise reporting, workforce analytics, or payroll reporting functions
• Proven capability leading specialist or technical teams and influencing senior stakeholders through data-driven insights
• Experience developing reporting frameworks, governance models, assurance systems, and reporting transformation initiatives
• Strong understanding of risk, compliance, audit, and workforce data governance requirements

Experience in large public sector or health environments and leading reporting modernisation or enterprise business intelligence initiatives will be highly regarded.

Working for Health New Zealand

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is dedicated to ensuring excellent healthcare for the people of New Zealand. We embrace a workforce that is diverse and inclusive so that we are better positioned to understand and service our community. We welcome applications from our diverse Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow communities.

How to Apply

To apply please click“apply now.” All applications must be submitted through our online careers portal by Tuesday 24th November 2026.

If you have any questions about the role, please contact: Cherushka Pillay at Cherushka.pillay@tewhatuora.govt.nz