Payroll Compliance Specialist
Job ID: 930460
Job Type: Permanent Full Time
Location: Australia - Brisbane
Categories: Accounting / Tax / Treasury
Applications close: 25 Sep 2024 E. Australia Standard Time
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
Are you a detail-oriented professional with a passion for payroll compliance and a keen eye for accuracy? Thiess is seeking a dedicated Payroll Compliance Specialist to join our dynamic team. In this crucial role, you'll be the guardian of our payroll processes, ensuring they align seamlessly with legal, regulatory, and company standards. Your expertise will be instrumental in conducting thorough audits, analysing complex payroll data, and identifying discrepancies. As a proactive problem-solver, you'll not only pinpoint issues but also recommend innovative solutions to enhance our payroll operations. If you thrive on the challenge of maintaining impeccable payroll integrity and have a talent for turning data into actionable insights, this could be the perfect opportunity for you to make a significant impact at Thiess.
Additionally, you will:
Ensure payroll compliance through monitoring, auditing, and analysing processes, implementing corrective actions, and staying updated on relevant legislation and regulations.
Collaborate with stakeholders to align payroll compliance processes, support the development of policies and procedures, and maintain governance documents on the Thiess Governance System (TGS).
Analyse complex pay queries, provide timely resolutions, and identify process improvement opportunities to drive continuous improvement and automation throughout the end-to-end time & attendance / payroll process.
Support payroll leaders with reports, reconciliations, and audits, while testing the efficacy of automated and manual controls to mitigate compliance risks.
Develop detailed process maps and work instructions for the payroll function, and deliver regular training and upskilling programs for payroll team members and site/HR personnel as required.
About you
You are a detail-oriented payroll professional with a strong understanding of payroll and time and attendance systems, capable of configuring them to meet business needs. Experience with Oracle HRIS and/or Preceda payroll is a plus. You excel at analysing data and trends to generate actionable insights and have a solid grasp of the risks associated with payroll operations, implementing effective mitigation strategies.
Your expertise in interpreting legislation, Awards, and Enterprise Agreements ensures compliance through appropriate systems configuration and process design. With a working knowledge of the Fair Work Act and other relevant regulations, you stay current with industry standards. Your exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills, combined with strong communication and interpersonal abilities, enable you to engage effectively with stakeholders and drive continuous improvement in payroll processes.
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
Demonstrated experience in working in a similar payroll compliance role
Experience dealing with highly complex payroll issues
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 at http://thiess.com/makeyourmark
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