Functional Lead

Join one of Victoria's leading not for profits and be a part of something big

Competitive Salary + Tax reducing salary package

Full -Time, 2 Year Maximum Term

A little bit about us

For over 170 years we have been in Victoria assisting people through the challenges of poverty and exclusion address suffering, advocating against inequality and promoting human dignity and self-determination.

Overall, St Vincent de Paul Society Victoria has many arms and services. These include soup vans, education programs, home visitation programs and VincentCare Victoria, which provides a range of services and programs for people who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness and disadvantage. This includes crisis accommodation, drug and alcohol dependency programs, and housing.

It’s an exciting time to join the organisation as we have recently launched a new strategic plan that is future oriented and full of exciting initiatives. The IT Transformation team will play a pivotal role in delivering on strategic projects and helping the organisation to achieve operational excellence.

About the Role

As the Functional Lead, you will be responsible for ensuring that the Dayforce implementation is successfully executed across multiple functional areas, aligning system design decisions and ensuring compliance with business needs. You will collaborate with HR, payroll, finance, IT, and external vendors to deliver a cohesive system that meets operational and compliance requirements.

Key responsibilities include:

• Overseeing cross-module design, ensuring alignment across Core HR, WFM, Payroll, Integrations, and Talent.
• Providing expert advice on HR and payroll best practices, ensuring compliance and optimal functionality.
• Facilitating solution-focused decision-making in a complex stakeholder environment.
• Leading testing, data validation, and cutover planning to ensure system integrity.
• Acting as a trusted advisor to business stakeholders, vendors, and system integrators.
• Contributing to continuous improvement and compliance, ensuring long-term success.

About you

We are looking for an experienced HCMS and payroll system implementation expert who can provide strong functional leadership. You will be a strategic thinker with excellent problem-solving skills, capable of influencing stakeholders and driving consensus in a complex decision-making environment.

More specifically you will have:

• 5+ years of experience in HCMS, payroll, or workforce management system implementations.
• Strong expertise in enterprise HR platforms (Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, Oracle, or similar).
• Deep functional knowledge across Core HR, Payroll, WFM, Talent, and Integrations.
• Proven ability to manage cross-functional design governance and avoid unintended system impacts.
• Strong problem-solving, analytical, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience in leading large-scale digital transformation projects within HR & payroll.

Why work for us?  We offer:

• Salary packaging, sometimes called salary sacrificing is a huge attraction here! It is a popular way of providing employees in the community sector with tax benefits over and above their salary. It means the real value of a salary package can be significantly higher than the nominal value.
• We are committed to professional development to make sure that your career keeps growing while you’re working with us.
• We like to have a laugh and you will always find some sort of chocolate or cake in our work area… be prepared!
• We make an incredible difference in the lives of over 300,000 people every year.
• We believe in families, so we like to provide a family-friendly environment in which to work.
• We offer a place where you know you are contributing to an organisation committed to helping others. We are passionate about #Social Justice.
• We have some great talent who are happy to share their experience and skills to help you on your way.
• We are complex in our design which always makes work interesting.

 This role offers a unique opportunity to work at the heart of a significant digital transformation at St Vincent de Paul Society, supporting both staff and volunteers through a key organizational change. Your work will directly contribute to enhancing operational efficiency and improving service delivery, while also fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement within the organization. 

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If making a difference in your local community is important to you and you meet our essential requirements we can’t wait to hear from you. Please send us your updated CV and a cover letter that tells us a little more about you and why you would be perfect for the role.

Please click here for a copy of the Position Description.

Applications close: Please don’t delay in submitting your application as applications will be reviewed upon submission.

Please note that prior to any commencement of employment, pre-employment checks must be completed these will include reference checking, a national criminal history and right to work check, and a working with children check.

St Vincent de Paul Society Victoria is proactive in supporting child safety

We value diversity and aim to build an inclusive environment that champions, embraces and respects differences.

We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and people of all abilities, cultures, sexual orientations, and gender identities and expressions.