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Project Manager - Payroll & Time Tracking

Perishable Shipping Solutions

Perishable Shipping Solutions

Accounting & Finance, Operations
Dandenong South VIC 3175, Australia
Posted on May 28, 2025

Lineage is the world's largest temperature-controlled industrial REIT and logistics solutions provider, with a global network of over 400 facilities, spanning 25 countries across North & South America, Europe and Asia-Pacific.

Working a Lineage is not just a job - it's an opportunity to innovate and put your mark on how food moves from the farm to dinner tables around the world. As a member of the Lineage team, you are a critical link in the food supply chain.

The Asia-Pacific region currently includes Australia, New Zealand, Vietnam, Sri Lanka and Singapore employing nearly 3000 team members.

Project Manager

We are now looking to appoint an experienced Project Manager to lead a high-impact Payroll and Time-Tracking Transformation Project across Australia and New Zealand. This 12-month fixed-term role will be instrumental in driving the implementation of a Workday certified, auditable and compliant payroll and time-tracking solution.

About the Project

This initiative will replace outdated and fragmented payroll systems and time-tracking tools with a fully integrated, compliant Workday solution.

Key benefits and ROI include:

  • Enhancing compliance with local workplace laws and tax obligations

  • Enabling near-real-time payroll and labour data access to improve operational decision-making

  • Laying the foundation for a globally integrated time-tracking rollout

  • Simplifying vendor management and optimizing subscription renewals, delivering pooled global savings

  • Retiring legacy systems to reduce ongoing spend

  • Improving data quality and labour management through integrated CDA (Common Data Architecture)

Your Responsibilities

As the Project Manager, you will be responsible for:

  • Leading end-to-end project delivery of the Payroll and Time-Tracking transformation in ANZ

  • Collaborating with stakeholders across HR, Finance, IT and Operations to define scope, timelines and success criteria

  • Managing vendor relationships and ensuring delivery against milestones and quality standards

  • Identifying and mitigating project risk, and resolving issues as they arise

  • Leading project governance activities including status reporting, steering committee updates and compliance tracking

  • Driving alignment with global Workday deployment strategy

  • Ensuring all implementations are audit-ready and meet SOX and local compliance requirements

  • Championing change management, training, and adoption planning

What You Bring

  • Proven experience in managing complex HRIS, payroll and time-tracking projects

  • Strong knowledge of Workday, SAP, Kronos or similar enterprise systems (Workday preferred)

  • Expertise in navigating regulatory and compliance requirements in Australia and New Zealand

  • Exceptional stakeholder management and communication skills

  • Ability to work independently and drive outcomes in a matrixed global organisation

  • Experience in vendor management and contract compliance

  • PMP, PRINCE2, or similar project management certification (desirable)

Why Lineage?

Lineage is more than just a cold storage logistics business. We’re focused on being a vibrant, innovative and progressive employer where all our teams work safely, harmoniously and efficiently toward a common purpose - transforming the food supply chain to eliminate waste and help feed the world.

Lineage is dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic work environment and encourages applicants from all backgrounds to apply.