Senior P&C Systems Specialist

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Summerset is seeking a Senior P&C Systems Specialist: Payroll to join the People & Culture Shared Services team in Wellington. You will be the functional SME for Technology One across HRIS and payroll, driving enhancements, improving data quality, managing integrations and delivering dashboards that inform decisions. You’ll partner with P&C, Payroll, Finance, IT and external vendors, troubleshoot issues, manage access controls and create training resources to drive adoption. Essential: proven Technology One experience, payroll process knowledge, data governance, strong SQL and Excel, and a continuous improvement mindset with excellent stakeholder skills. Apply with concrete Tech One wins and payroll improvements by 28 July 2026, location ideally Auckland or Wellington with two days WFH per week.

Company Description

You can help bring our villages to life! 

Bring your HRIS and payroll systems expertise to a role where you can make a real impact across People & Culture, Payroll and the wider business.

At Summerset, we are passionate about creating vibrant communities where our residents can live the life they choose. Behind that is a committed support office team that helps our people work smarter, improve processes, and deliver a great experience for our employees, leaders and residents.

Job Description

We are looking for a Senior P&C Systems Specialist – Payroll to join our People & Culture Shared Services team. This is a key functional and technical role, responsible for ensuring our P&C and payroll systems deliver business value, operational efficiency, compliance and a great user experience.

You will partner closely with P&C, Payroll, Finance, IT, leaders and external vendors to translate business needs into practical system solutions. You will play a lead role in optimising functionality, improving data quality, supporting payroll outcomes, managing integrations and driving continuous improvement across our systems and processes.

What you’ll be doing

• Act as the functional subject matter expert for our system Technology One across its HRIS and payroll functions, providing advice on system capability, configuration, process and design. 
• Identify opportunities to improve system functionality, automation, data quality, payroll outcomes and user experience.
• Lead the evaluation, testing and implementation of system enhancements, upgrades and new functionality.
• Partner with Payroll to optimise processes, improve data integrity and support testing, validation, reconciliation and issue resolution.
• Troubleshoot complex system issues and work with IT and external vendors to ensure timely and effective resolution.
• Generate reports, dashboards and insights that support decision-making across Summerset
• Manage system access, security profiles and permissions to support strong controls
• Develop user resources, documentation, training materials and FAQs to build capability and support system adoption.

Qualifications

You will bring a strong mix of systems expertise, payroll knowledge, business analysis and stakeholder engagement skills. You are comfortable working across technical and non-technical audiences, and you enjoy turning business problems into practical, scalable solutions.

To be successful in this role, you will ideally have:

• Demonstrated experience and confidence working with Technology One is a must have, including system configuration, process optimisation and operational controls.
• Strong functional knowledge of payroll processes and related legislative requirements.
• Experience analysing business requirements and translating them into effective system and process solutions.
• Experience supporting or leading system enhancements, testing, implementation and change.
• Strong understanding of data governance, controls, integrations and reporting.
• Advanced Excel capability and confidence working with data, reports and insights.
• Strong SQL/database skills and excellent numeracy.
• Clear communication, strong attention to detail and the ability to manage competing priorities.
• A continuous improvement mindset, with the confidence to take ownership, challenge the status quo and recommend better ways of working.

Additional Information

This is a great opportunity to join a purpose-led organisation in a role where your systems expertise will directly support better outcomes for our people and the business. 

Some of our great benefits include:

• Flexible working -2 WFH days per week
• Location ideally will be Auckland or Wellington but other NZ locations will be consdiered. 
• Free Southern Cross Health Essentials 

Ready to apply?

If you are an experienced P&C systems professional with strong payroll knowledge and a passion for continuous improvement, we would love to hear from you.

Apply now and bring your expertise to a team that is focused on making work easier, smarter and more connected. Applications close on 28th July 2026.