Payroll Specialist

2 hours ago


Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Thiess Full time
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.

Key Responsibilities
  • Build, maintain, and prioritize 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.
  • Analyze 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:

  • Bachelor's degree in Business or Human Resources, or equivalent qualifications/experience.
  • 2-5 years' experience in end-to-end payroll management in medium/large organizations.
  • Exposure to Oracle HRIS and/or Preceda payroll is desirable.
  • Proficient in MS Office, including MS Excel to Intermediate standard (minimum).
About Thiess

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.

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 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 recognize the value of an inclusive and diverse workplace through our vision of everyone matters always.


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