Payroll Specialist

Discover a career with purpose at MBIE

• Exciting opportunity within the People and Culture (P&C) Employment Practices Team
• Supportive and dynamic team environment
• Permanent full time | Wellington based
• Salary $68,380 - $77,359 + KiwiSaver + wellness benefits

Tēnei tūranga - About the Role:

We have an opportunity for a Payroll Specialist to join the P&C Employment Practices team on a permanent basis.

In this role you will provide confidential, accurate and timely payroll services for all MBIE employees.  You will bring your strong understanding of current New Zealand payroll legislation, including the holiday’s act and firm understanding of complex contractual agreements to accurately process employee records and process through to payment.  You will utilise your strong customer service skills to respond to employee and other requests and queries.

You will have a collaborative approach with ability to work well within a busy team environment, sharing your knowledge and embracing new ideas and ways of doing things.  You will demonstrate your ability to effectively prioritise your workload, remove roadblocks and work to tight deadlines to ensure that SLAs are met, fully documented and audited at all times.  

The P&C Employment Practices team is on a journey to become a genuinely outstanding function that is recognised as such by its stakeholders.  In this role you will help guide the delivery of successful and sustainable outcomes to deliver ‘real’ value to the business

About the branch:

The Payroll Specialist reports into the Team Leader Payroll Processing in the P&C Employment Practices Team.  

The Branch comprises the following P&C functions:

• Remuneration & Reward
• Employment Relations
• Talent & Acquisition
• Payroll
• People Hub

About the team:

The Employment Practices team sits within the P & C Corporate & Digital Shared Services Group.  The Employment Practices team provides services around P&C Employment Practice, including payroll, whilst ensuring contractual and legislative compliance.  

Why work for us?

MBIE is one of New Zealand’s largest, most influential and most diverse public sector agencies.  This means that we are able to offer significant opportunities for developing experience across a broad range of areas.

We aim to create a culture where our people are empowered to bring fresh ideas and perspectives and to develop new approaches.

We also take the time to foster a work environment that is enjoyable for all.  This means we like to collaborate, support and encourage our people, encourage excellence and innovation and take the time to have some fun and celebrate our successes.

Ngā pukenga me ngā wheako e hiahiatia ana - Skills and Experience Required

• Minimum of 2 years payroll experience
• Proven Payroll administration and processing, in a large complex environment
• Accurate data entry skills with strong numerical ability
• Good understanding of payroll legislation and processes
• Strong customer service focus
• The ability to work under pressure and to tight timeframes
• Excellent interpersonal skills and relationship management skills
• Good excel skills an advantage
• Must have legal right to live and work in NZ.

Ētahi kōrero mō MBIE - About MBIE:

MBIE's goal is to create a resilient and high-performing economy that delivers real and ongoing quality of life for all New Zealanders.

We do this by working with others to create an environment that supports businesses to be more productive and internationally competitive, enables all New Zealanders to participate in the economy through improved job opportunities and by working to ensure quality housing is more affordable.

People are at the heart of our mahi, our way of working is guided by our values which shape our behaviours.

• Mahi Tahi – Better Together
• Māia – Bold and brave
• Pae Kahurangi – Build our Future
• Pono Me Te Tika – Own It

Our aspirations are echoed in our Māori identity – Hīkina Whakatutuki – which broadly means ‘lifting to make successful'.

MBIE recognises the partnership founded under Te Tiriti o Waitangi between Māori and the Crown and is committed to giving effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi. We will do this through enduring, meaningful and effective partnerships with iwi, Māori, other Māori groups/organisations and the Crown, as this is critical to enable economic and social development, both for Māori and for wider Aotearoa New Zealand. We are committed to continuing to partner with iwi in order to find new sustainable solutions to address long standing systemic and cross-cutting issues facing Māori and wider Aotearoa New Zealand and we are also committed to identifying opportunities for iwi to lead and creating an enabling environment for iwi to leverage these opportunities.

E mōhio ana a Hīkina Whakatutuki i puea ake te kōtuinga I waenganui i a ngāi Māori me te Karauna i Te Tiriti o Waitangi, ā, kei te whai ia ki te whakaū ake i Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Mā te whai kiko o ngā kōtuinga ahungaroa o ngāi wi, o ngāi Māori, me ētahi atu rōpū Māori ki te Karauna, katutuki tēnei. He āhuatanga nui tēnei e āhei ai ngā mahi whanaketanga ā-ohanga, ā-pāpori hoki ki a ngāi Māori me Aotearoa whānui. E whai tonu ana mātou ki te kōtui atu ki ngā iwi mō te rapu huarahi hou ki te whakaara i ngā kaupapakua roa nei e tāmi ana i a ngāi Māori me Aotearoa whānui, ā, e whai ana hoki ki te tautohu i ngā āheinga kōkiritanga mā ngā iwi, me te tautoko i ngā iwi kia whai mana ake ai ēnei āheinga.

Me pēhea te tono - How to Apply:

Click here to view a position description. 

When you are ready to apply please send a CV and cover letter telling us why you're the perfect fit for this role.

All applications must be submitted via our online process.

We can't wait to hear from you!

Email Dorinda Te Kiri at dorinda.tekiri@mbie.govt.nz quoting ref MBIE/17682 if you have any further questions.

Applications close 13 July 2025