(Senior) Human Resource Manager
Role Overview
Own the employee lifecycle end to end, including payroll, systems and programmes shaping the employee experience.
Use AI and automation to improve People Operations so a lean team can support a growing company.
Payroll spans four entities with different cycles and compliance requirements; onboarding and offboarding occur weekly.
Key Skills for This Role
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Role overview
Own the employee lifecycle end to end, including payroll, systems and programmes shaping the employee experience.
Use AI and automation to improve People Operations so a lean team can support a growing company.
Payroll spans four entities with different cycles and compliance requirements; onboarding and offboarding occur weekly.
Day-to-day responsibilities
- Own payroll across four entities; manage payroll cut-offs, starters, leavers and role changes, and resolve payroll questions and issues.
- Run onboarding, provision equipment and day-one access, and manage offboarding, equipment recovery, access removal and final pay.
- Keep performance cycles, engagement surveys, compensation reviews and levelling calibrations on schedule.
- Maintain HRIS data quality and reporting; document processes and automate recurring manual tasks.
- Maintain HR policies across regions and coordinate on-sites and People programmes.
Must-have skills and experience
- Solid understanding of employment compliance in more than one jurisdiction.
- Track record building and documenting scalable processes; strong attention to detail around pay and compliance.
- Confidence working with Finance on reconciliations.
- Clear written communication, good escalation judgement and ability to manage competing deadlines.
Tools and nice-to-haves
- Essential tools include HRIS and multi-country payroll systems, Google Workspace or Microsoft 365, Atlassian, Slack, spreadsheets and documentation tools.
- Nice to have: high-growth tech or scale-up experience; hands-on AI or automation tools such as Claude, ChatGPT, Zapier or Make.
- Experience with BambooHR, Rippling, Deel or similar HRIS, People systems vendors, performance management, employee relations, leave administration or distributed workforces is nice to have.
Compensation
- The stated compensation range is AU$100,000–AU$130,000, excluding superannuation.
Work arrangement
- Hybrid arrangement with 2–3 days in the office and 2 work-from-home days each week; flexibility to work from anywhere for several weeks a year.
About Sitemate
Sitemate builds software and AI agents for construction, infrastructure and industrial companies.
The company has more than 200 people across 18+ countries, with entities in Australia, the UK, the US and Canada.
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