Testing Analyst

Bayside Health

Bayside Health is a public health service delivering high-quality care across every stage of life for close to 1.2 million people living in metropolitan Melbourne, the Mornington Peninsula, Koo Wee Rup, Bass Coast and Southern Gippsland. We have more than 15 main sites, including hospitals, centres and clinics that provide comprehensive care from welcoming newborns to supporting older people and a full range of services in between. More than 22,000 dedicated staff are focused on providing exceptional, equitable, and locally connected care through shared expertise, compassion, and a commitment to continuous growth. Education and training are central to staff development as we encourage all employees to strive and thrive. Bayside Health was formed following the merger of Alfred Health, Bass Coast Health, Gippsland Southern Health Service, Kooweerup Regional Health Service and Peninsula Health on 1 January 2026.

• 12 months Fixed Term Full Time (80 hrs/fn + ADO)
• Managers and Administrative Workers Grade 4
• Located at 1001 Nepean Highway Moorabbin
• Great staff benefits! 5 weeks annual leave and salary packaging

The Department

HRIS & Payroll Services at Bayside Health is responsible for delivering reliable Human Resource Information System (HRIS) and payroll services that support the organisation's workforce. The team manages employee data, payroll processing, system administration, workforce reporting, and HR technology solutions, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and an excellent employee experience throughout the employee lifecycle.

A key initiative within the department is the Bayside Workforce System(BWS) Project, which focuses on modernising and enhancing workforce systems and processes across platforms such as HRIS, payroll, workforce management, and related technologies. Through projects like BWS, the team drives innovation, improves operational efficiency, and enables better workforce insights and decision-making.

What makes HRIS & Payroll Services a great place to work is its collaborative, supportive, and forward-thinking culture. Team members have the opportunity to contribute to high-impact projects such as the BWS transformation, work with leading HR and payroll technologies, and partner with a broad range of stakeholders across the organisation. The department fosters continuous learning, professional growth, and innovation, empowering employees to develop specialised expertise while making a meaningful contribution to the delivery of quality healthcare services for the community.

The Role

As a Testing Analyst, you will be responsible for planning, co-coordinating, and executing all testing activities for an enterprise HR & Payroll transformation involving SAP Successfactor(EC), Employee Central Payroll(ECP), Recruitment, Onboarding, PMGM and UKG Pro WFM. The role will ensure integrated solutions meet functional, technical, data, payroll, and business requirements through comprehensive test planning, writing and execution.

The testing analyst will work closely work with the project team, HR, Payroll, IT, Business SME’s, Integration teams and Implementation partners to develop test plans, test scripts, test scenarios, validate integration and identify defects in various phases of testing cycles( SIT/UAT/Regression/PPR/PVT) and support successful deployment.
The role includes developing an understanding of various HRIS used across the various individual health services that now make up Bayside Health and supporting the implementation of a single HRIS.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop and execute test plans, scenarios, and test cases across SAP SuccessFactors EC/ECP, Onboarding, Recruitment, PMGM and UKG Pro for all phases of testing.
• Develop reusable manual test scripts based on the business process maps, functional specs, solution design and system configuration workbooks.
• Develop and execute functional, SIT, UAT, regression, end-to-end testing, parallel payroll testing & production validation (where applicable).
• Support dress rehearsals, cutover testing and postproduction validation.
• Validate critical HR and payroll business processes including employee lifecycle events, hires, transfers, terminations, organizational changes, concurrent employment, time/payroll inputs, payroll calculations, deductions, taxation, and payroll outputs.
• Validate employee and payroll data migration, reconciliation, interfaces, reports, and downstream outputs.
• Execute Parallel payroll testing with the payroll users, comparing legacy/current payroll results against the target payroll solution and investigating variances. (Any tool capability would be advantageous)
• Validate integrations between SuccessFactors, ECP, UKG Pro, payroll systems, third-party applications, and downstream/upstream interfaces.
• Manage test execution, requirements traceability, test evidence, defects, and reporting using the project test management tool or experience in any other tools set like OpenText ALM QC, SAP Cloud ALM (SAP CALM).
• Experience in any automation tools TestAssure, TestComplete, Reflect, Tosca, Playwright would be advantageous.
• Develop reusable automated test scripts for high-volume and repeatable HR/payroll processes.
• Perform defect triage, root-cause analysis, retesting, and defect closure in collaboration with technical and functional teams.
• Produce test status reports, defect metrics, execution dashboards, and readiness assessments for project stakeholders.
• Assist with identifying, tracking and escalating any associated risks and issues, devising and executing suitable mitigation plans where needed.
• Assist in the internal change management process including stakeholder communication, engagement, training materials creation plus end user training delivery.
• Other duties as directed.

Experience and Qualifications Required

• Strong experience in SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central and Employee Central Payroll (EC/ECP) implementations.
• Experience testing Kronos/UKG Products and solutions in an integrated HR/payroll environment.
• Hands-on experience in the test management tools like OpenText ALM/QC,SAP CALM
• Experience with any test automation and automated regression testing tools in a similar SuccessFactors/UKG Implementation.
• Strong understanding of HR, payroll, employee lifecycle, and workforce management processes.
• Experience with functional, integration testing, data validation, reconciliation, and end-to-end business process testing.
• Ability to create detailed test scenarios and test cases from business requirements, functional specs, config workbooks and solution designs.
• Strong defect management and test reporting capabilities.
• Experience working within large-scale HR transformation, SAP, payroll, or enterprise implementation programs.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to work across business, technology, payroll, vendor, and implementation teams.
• A desire to seek information across information platforms and from subject matter experts
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to create and develop working relationships
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Staff Benefits

• Salary packaging & novated leasing through Maxxia
• Access for you and your family to an extensive network of health and fitness facilities through Fitness Passport membership
• Enjoy excellent onsite fitness facilities at The Alfred via ProSport (pre-tax memberships)
• Childcare services at The Alfred managed by KU Children’s Services

If applicable, please specify specific requirements that you require in your cover letter or CV.

For enquiries regarding this position, please contact Venkatesh Sakthivel – Program Test Lead at [email protected].

Applications close at 11:00pm AEDT on Friday, 11 December 2026. Please note that applications will be reviewed as they are received, and the advertisement may close earlier than the advertised closing date.

We embrace diversity and strive to have a workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We actively encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, and people of all genders, sexualities, and cultural backgrounds.

If you require adjustments to the recruitment and selection process, or require an alternative format to any of the application materials, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with the contact person listed on this ad.

In accordance with the Health Services Amendment (Mandatory Vaccination of Healthcare Workers) Act 2020, health care workers in Category A or B roles (as determined by the department’s risk ratings) are required to be vaccinated against influenza or hold an acceptable medical exemption.