Payroll Administrator - Accountancy Services

About the role:

As a Payroll Administrator within our Accountancy Services team, you'll ensure our Four Square team members across the South Island are paid accurately and on time.

Working primarily within the PayHero platform, you'll support the end-to-end payroll process for our Four Square stores, processing payroll transactions, maintaining employee records, and responding to payroll enquiries. You'll be the key point of contact for payroll-related questions, working closely with store teams to provide practical support and guidance.

This is a highly administrative role with a strong payroll focus. Your day-to-day work will involve processing payroll data, managing employee changes, maintaining documentation, and ensuring payroll records remain accurate and up to date. The work is structured and process-driven, requiring someone who enjoys routine, takes pride in accuracy, and can consistently meet weekly payroll deadlines.

About you:

You’ll be an experienced payroll administrator who is comfortable working within defined processes and consistently deliver accurate, high-quality work. Dependable and detail-conscious, you’ll take ownership of your responsibilities and enjoy supporting a team committed to excellence. Ideally, you’ll also bring:

• Minimum two years' payroll administration experience, ideally within a medium-sized organisation
• Understanding of New Zealand payroll legislation and compliance requirements
• Experience identifying and resolving payroll compliance issues, including liaising with Inland Revenue
• Experience working collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team environment
• Confidence responding to payroll queries and providing practical support to customers and stakeholders
• Experience contributing to process improvements and identifying opportunities to improve efficiency
• Working knowledge of payroll systems is essential, with experience using PayHero being advantageous

Don't Meet Every Requirement? We encourage you to apply anyway. We are looking for individuals with diverse experiences and are keen to hear from those who believe they have the drive and potential to succeed in this role.

How to apply:

Ready to take on the challenge? Click “apply” to apply for the role! Applications will close 11:59pm Sunday 30 August 2026 and will only be accepted via our careers site.

If you have any questions about the role, or experience any issues submitting your application, please email careers@foodstuffs-si.co.nz

Why join us?

• Our approach to flexible working is based on trusting and empowering our people to manage their time and deliver results while balancing the needs of their personal lives.
• We’re committed to equitable outcomes, and we offer additional paid parental leave, free period products and financial health checks to name a few.
• We support your wellbeing with Southern Cross health insurance for you and your family after a qualifying period, discounts at local gyms, access to online wellbeing tools, and a prayer and privacy room onsite.
• We offer continuous learning and professional growth, as well as access to our extensive online training library and endless opportunities.
• We’re proud of our supportive team environment, and our positive and friendly culture that’s made fun by Furry Friend Fridays and monthly social events!
• We’re a Pride Pledge organisation, and we are committed to an inclusive workplace where everyone thrives, every day and we celebrate our diversity as strength.
• Our Papanui based office has free carparking, an in-house café.

About us:

We’re a team of 14,000 who make sure South Islanders have access to the groceries and essentials they need. Proudly 100% Kiwi-owned and operated, our co-operative has more than 180 PAK’nSAVE, New World, Four Square and On the Spot stores feeding the South Island.

We value being at the heart of our communities, like we’ve always been, to make the South Island a better place – for today and for many generations to come. From sunny Golden Bay all the way to Stewart Island, there’s a Foodstuffs store serving you and your whānau.

Our success is down to our people who bring their skills, experience, passion, and expertise to make Foodies an amazing and rewarding place to work. Our co-op has a wide variety of roles to offer, and endless opportunities for development.

Our values:

At Foodies, together we drive success to be our best and care for our whānau. We recognise that it takes a collective effort to achieve success, and we thrive on fostering a culture of collaboration to drive innovation and embracing challenges as a united team. We are committed to supporting our people, and to positively impact the lives of South Islanders every day.