Westland Milk Products Looking for HR/Payroll Analyst – 12m Fixed-Term Parental Leave Cover at Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand Full Time

From the wildest places come the purest ingredients. Born on the beautifully raw West Coast of New Zealand’s South Island, Westland Milk Products has an excellent international reputation that embodies the West Coast spirit in all that it does. We process over 700 million litres of milk a year and produce a wide range of dairy ingredients and consumer and foodservice products, and we are truly passionate about the world-class products that we produce. It’s taken some good old-fashioned hard work to get where we are, and we recognise that our people are our greatest asset and our proud and committed team are a huge part of our ongoing success.

The Opportunity

With an impending new arrival for our incumbent HR Analyst, we have a requirement for an equally passionate and committed HR/Payroll Analyst to join the team and provide 12 months seamless parental leave cover. Reporting to the HR Systems Manager and working closely with the Payroll Team, the HR/Payroll Analyst provides HR and payroll analytics, reporting, and insights to enable the business and Executive Leadership Team to make effective workforce decisions.

The role also plays a key part in all payroll-related and remuneration projects, undertaking scoping, testing, training, and the rolling out of new systems and processes. Currently we are beginning the implementation of a new time and attendance system and the HR/Payroll Analyst will play a key role in the successful delivery of this project.

This position is also highly involved in managing headcount, annual remuneration processes, remuneration surveys etc, and will also work closely with the HR Systems Manager and the Payroll team to help ensure relevant legislative, contractual, and audit compliance of the payroll system.

Our Successful Applicant Will Ideally Possess

• Prior experience in a similar role, interacting at all levels within a business to understand reporting needs and delivering high-quality human resources and payroll information, reporting and analysis.
• HR and payroll systems administration experience with a sound understanding of payroll processes. Experience of implementing and rolling out payroll projects is a definite advantage.
• High level competency in the use of Excel, or other reporting tools, to manipulate data.
• Excellent analytical skills along with the ability to interpret data, highlight trends and risks and provide meaningful insights.
• Well-developed project management skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills coupled with great attention to detail.
• The ability to relate to a wide range of people and be comfortable delivering relevant training.
• A relevant HR, IT, Payroll or Business-related tertiary qualification is preferred but not essential.

It’s an exciting time in Westland’s journey and the opportunity to be involved in so many areas provides a great opportunity to continue your development whilst gaining the satisfaction that you’re playing an important part in ours!!! Please see the accompanying position description (available on our Westland Careers page westlandcareers.co.nz) for further information.

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Applications will close on Sunday 12th November 2023. To apply for this vacancy, you MUST possess current eligibility to work in New Zealand.