Make your mark with Thiess
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Thiess is seeking a Senior Payroll Officer and play a pivotal role in ensuring the timely, accurate, and efficient processing of salaried, monthly paid payrolls. In this essential position, you will ensure compliance with Award, EA, and legislative requirements. As a Payroll Subject Matter Expert (SME), you will tackle complex payroll queries, identify opportunities for process improvement, and provide coaching and mentorship to colleagues. Additionally, you will contribute to key projects and transformation activities, driving excellence and innovation within our payroll function.
Additionally, you will:
- Ensure the timely and accurate processing of monthly payroll, including off-cycle payments, and maintain employee records in accordance with HR/IR instructions. Operate as a Super User in Oracle and Preceda systems to facilitate payroll operations.
- Provide timely resolution of payroll-related queries from HR, line managers, and employees, ensuring clear communication and efficient problem-solving.
- Understand and administer salaried employment contracts, maintain up-to-date knowledge of payroll legislation, and support business-as-usual compliance activities as needed.
- Create detailed process maps and work instructions for the salaried payroll function, ensuring consistent induction and training for new starters. Identify opportunities for improvement and support the implementation of changes.
- Support and coordinate team efforts to deliver results and improvements, effectively managing issues, conflicts, and problems while fostering a culture of continuous improvement through regular coaching.
Your seamless communication, both verbal and written, adds finesse to the flow of ideas and information. You will elevate stakeholder experience through exceptional service and take the initiative to champion innovation in a collaborative, diverse team environment. You will uphold unwavering integrity and contribute to a culture of trust.
Additionally you have:
- Demonstrated experience in processing payroll and managing complex payroll issues.
- Demonstrated experience in interpreting and applying provisions of Enterprise Agreements and Awards
- Experience with Payroll systems such as Oracle HRIS and/or Preceda is desirable
- High level computer proficiency including intermediate MS Excel skills
- 2 to 5 years Payroll processing experience.
- HR or other related qualifications desirable.
- Mining industry experience highly valued.
Please note that this role will be a permanent position and applications for this role will close at midnight on Wednesday 25 September 2024.
What Thiess Can Do for You
- Help to grow your career, offering diverse and varied opportunities for advancement
- Flexible working arrangements
- Recently renovated corporate head office located in South Bank, Brisbane
- World-class health & wellbeing programs
- A range of corporate discounts, including health insurance (Medibank), travel & retail products
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.
Should you require assistance applying for this opportunity, please contact us at hiring@thiess.com
This role is an opportunity to take the next step in your career. With our culture of recognition, development, and a stimulating and satisfying work environment, there is no better time to join Thiess.
Thiess follows a Pre-Employment Process for all successful applicants, which includes two employment references, a National Police Check and a medical assessment. These checks are essential to your application, and your recruiter will support you through the process.
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