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Payroll Specialist

Job ID
930476
Job Type
Permanent Full Time
Location
Australia - Brisbane
Categories
Accounting / Tax / Treasury
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Make your mark with Thiess

Everyday, all around the world, Thiess supports and celebrates our people. We recognise talent and reward transparency. We champion diversity and embrace change.   

Join us. Hone your skills and develop new ones. take on big challenges and grow, through mentorship, collaboration and empowerment.   

Thiess is the place to make things happen. 

 

About the role

Thiess is seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented Payroll Specialist to join our dynamic team. In this pivotal role, you will be instrumental in supporting both our day-to-day payroll operations and our ongoing Payroll Transformation Projects. Your expertise will be crucial in ensuring our HCM/Payroll systems and end-to-end processes evolve to meet the changing needs of our business. As a key member of our team, you will drive continuous improvements across payroll systems, business processes, and compliance measures. Your subject matter expertise will be invaluable as you contribute to a wide range of initiatives and projects that shape the future of our payroll operations.

Additionally, you will:    

  • Build, maintain, and prioritise the backlog of Change Requests to ensure payroll systems are updated efficiently and in compliance with regulations. 

  • Partner with Industrial Relations, IT, and the Payroll Service Provider to accurately interpret and implement payroll system configurations related to Awards and Enterprise Agreements. 

  • Maintain time and attendance/payroll rules, core data, and conduct regular audits to ensure ongoing compliance and accuracy within payroll systems. 

  • Analyse complex pay queries, identify discrepancies, and drive process improvement initiatives to enhance payroll efficiency and accuracy. 

  • Maintain essential documentation and support payroll leaders with reports, reconciliations, and audits while staying updated on changes in payroll legislation. 

 

About you

 

As an ideal candidate for this Payroll Specialist role, you bring a wealth of experience in handling highly complex payroll issues. Your expertise in defining payroll system configuration requirements ensures accurate interpretation and application of Awards and Enterprise Agreements. With a demonstrated understanding of payroll and time and attendance systems functionality, you excel at configuring these systems to meet diverse business requirements. Your experience in interpreting legislation, Awards, and EAs, coupled with a strong working knowledge of the Fair Work Act and other relevant regulations, allows you to ensure appropriate systems configuration and process design. Your track record in identifying and implementing improvements to payroll processes showcases your commitment to efficiency and accuracy. Complementing your technical skills are highly developed analytical and problem-solving abilities, as well as exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, making you an invaluable asset to any payroll team. 

Additionally, you have:  

  • Business and/or HR Degree, or equivalent qualifications / experience 

  • 2 to 5 years' experience in E2E payroll management in medium / large organisations 

  • Exposure to Oracle HRIS and/or Preceda payroll is desirable  

  • Proficient in MS Office, including MS Excel to Intermediate standard (minimum) 

 

Please note that this role will be a full-time permanent position and applications for this role will close on Wednesday 25 September 2024.

 

What Thiess can do for you 

  • Help to build on your career, offering diverse opportunities to expand your skill set  
  • Flexible working arrangements  
  • Recently renovated corporate head office located in South Bank, Brisbane  
  • Health & wellbeing programs  
  • On-site gymnasium  
  • A range of corporate discounts, including health insurance (Medibank), travel & retail products

 

About us

Thiess works with clients in Australia, Asia and the Americas in the dynamic field of open-cut and underground mining.  

The pioneering spirit of our founders – the legendary Thiess brothers – is our legacy, and inspires our vision to harness the power of people and technology to drive sustainable change.  

At Thiess, you will have the opportunity to play a part in the global energy transition. We are growing our commodities portfolio to include metals and minerals critical to the energy transition, and developing services to enable sustainable mining.  

We’re creating a culture of curiosity, knowledge-sharing, and continuous learning – supporting our people to contribute to Thiess’ success and continued growth in sustainable mining.  

We’ll support you to hone your skills and develop new ones, take on challenges and grow, through mentorship, collaboration and empowerment. We offer our people ongoing technical training and development opportunities so they can reach their full potential. We also invest in the workforce of the future, with a range of programs for people starting their careers.  

We recognise the value of an inclusive and diverse workplace through our vision of everyone matters always. We’re focused on creating an inclusive environment to enable our people to bring their best self to work because they feel safe, included and empowered.  

Learn more http://thiess.com/makeyourmark  

Should you require assistance applying for this opportunity, please contact us at hiring@thiess.com

 

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