Senior Business Analyst

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.

What you’ll do:

As a Senior Business Analyst, you’ll work at the intersection of payroll compliance, systems, and transformation. Partnering with internal teams and external providers, you’ll identify business needs, interpret complex legislation and enterprise agreements, and translate these into system requirements and process improvements. You/'ll be responsible for developing business specifications, testing new system features, mapping current and future-state processes, and managing a pipeline of system updates and change requests.

You’ll be a key liaison between Payroll, IR, IT, and our outsource partners – ensuring Oracle HCM and Preceda Payroll systems are aligned and configured to deliver compliant payroll outcomes. Your work will directly contribute to BAU payroll success and the delivery of major transformation projects across the business.

A bit about you:

You’ll have extensive experience working as a Payroll Business Analyst, with hands-on expertise in Oracle HCM and Preceda Payroll. You’re highly skilled in interpreting complex legislative requirements, mapping business processes, and translating them into technical specifications. You have a strong background in stakeholder engagement and can confidently facilitate workshops, manage cross-functional teams, and drive solutions through to delivery.

Your toolkit includes intermediate to advanced Excel skills, familiarity with tools like Jira, and a strong analytical mindset. You’re known for your attention to detail, time management, and ability to independently identify and implement improvements. Relevant training or qualifications in HR systems or payroll are essential.

What we offer:

- 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.

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.

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