


Welcome to Rārangi Utu-a-Mātauranga–Education Payroll. Our team of around 200 people is responsible for delivering the pay to 102,000 teachers and school support staff every fortnight – that’s $294 million per pay period and $7.7 billion each year. It’s the combination of great people and cutting edge technology that enables us to do this well. Check out why we think it’s a great place to work and what roles we have on offer.
Our technology team work on an application built on a modern kubernetes technology stack that uses the latest azure services. This enables us to have agile-minded, technology-focused roles in software development, business analysis, testing, scrum practice, cloud operations, platform engineering, IT system operations and change design.
Our Oracle-based payroll system is run by our wide range of payroll experts, including payroll, salary assessment, overpayment and ACC advisors, tax and customer service specialists, payrun coordinators and payroll system administrators. All of these positions contribute to the fortnightly payrun being successfully delivered to schools.
Our specialist teams keep us at the top of our game and include risk and assurance, people and leadership, finance, communications and engagement and technology assurance.
There are many internal opportunities for growth across the organisation and we pride ourselves on being able to upskill and recruit from within.
Aro ki te kiritaki | Customer focus
Ko te tangata te mea nui | People are the most important thing
Mahi tahi | Working together
Waiho i te toipoto, kaua i te toiroa | Let’s work in close unison, not separately
Ako | Learning and improving
Whāia te mātauranga hei oranga mō koutou | Seek knowledge to sustain your efforts
Jobs | Tūranga mahi
Your responsibilities will include:
- processing payroll transactions in line with legislation and employment agreements
- providing support to customers via email, phone and our ticketing system
- reviewing data for accuracy and maintaining accurate records.
The Senior Business Analyst is responsible for analysing and documenting business requirements and impact assessments. This role is highly collaborative and will engage with subject matter experts and the wider business. They will also ensure the requirements are understood and documented concisely with the delivery teams. They will have a deep awareness of how our business operations work and help stakeholders explore possible solutions to effectively execute their roles.
If you have questions about roles at Education Payroll email myhr@edpay.nz
1 Apply online, ads are open for a minimum of seven days. 2 Applications reviewed and shortlisted. 3 Updated via phone call or email within seven days of ad closing. 4 We may pre-screen at this stage. 5 Successful candidates progress to interview stage within 14 days of ad closing. 6 Interview outcomes confirmed via phone or your preferred method within five days of all interviews finishing. 7 If successful, you’ll progress to pre-employment checks. 8. Successful candidates made verbal offer within five days of successful reference checks. 9 Employment paperwork will be sent to you within five days of you accepting the verbal offer. 10 Your first day with Education Payroll. We will endeavour to meet these timeframes. If we can’t, we will contact you.

