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

Why Thiess?

Thiess is built on a proud history of delivering excellence in mining for over 90 years. With a team of 15,000+ across multiple continents, we blend world-class talent and cutting-edge technology to shape a sustainable mining future.

In this role, you’ll be joining our Transformation, People and Brand team, where technology transformation meets operational expertise. Working in close collaboration with internal teams and external vendors, you’ll ensure that our Payroll and HR systems are operating effectively and data flows seamlessly between platforms, driving accurate payroll processing and reporting across the business

What you’ll do:

• Maintain Oracle HCM and Payroll system data to ensure compliance and accuracy.
• Provide technical expertise to support HCM–Payroll integrations and system enhancements.
• Support Payroll/HR and Business teams through quality reporting from the Payroll/HR systems
• Support data migration efforts for new system implementations.
• Collaborate with Finance, HR, IT, and external providers (e.g., WIPRO, KPMG/Deloitte) to identify and resolve technical or compliance issues.
• Lead remediation of system and process issues impacting payroll outcomes.
• Manage change requests, vendor coordination, and payroll forecasting/reporting functions.

A bit about you:

To succeed in this role, you’ll bring over five years of experience supporting Payroll and HR systems within complex organisations. You have a solid background in configuring and maintaining platforms such as Oracle HCM and Preceda Payroll (or similar), coupled with a strong grasp of system integrations and data flows. Your technical expertise extends to advanced Excel and Power Query, enabling you to analyse and report on complex data sets with ease. You’ve played a key role in system implementations and data migrations, and have a proven track record of resolving issues by coordinating effectively across Payroll, HR, Finance, and IT teams.

You’re known for your ability to communicate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, using your strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills to build alignment and deliver outcomes. You hold relevant qualifications or training in HR, Payroll Systems, IT, or a related field, with a tertiary degree in a technical or analytical discipline being highly regarded. Your ability to work both independently and collaboratively, coupled with a continuous improvement mindset, makes you a valuable contributor to transformation and business-as-usual initiatives alike.

What we offer:

• Flexible, hybrid work model
• Supportive, inclusive culture that values innovation and continuous improvement
• Career development and technical training opportunities.
• Collaborative, values-led culture with a global reach.
• Access to leading-edge technology and systems.
• Competitive salary and employee benefits package

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

How to Apply

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.

Please click the “apply” button to apply for this role.

Applications close: 29 May 2025