Manager – ESPS Leave Harmonisation

Manager – Leave Harmonisation

• Be part of a group that is safety & results driven, while valuing care, courage and curiosity 

• Join a global network and diverse team where people are encouraged to offer unique perspectives and build knowledge and connections 

• Report to Senior Manager – ESPS Global Payroll Systems and Technical Assurance

• The role for 12 months fixed term

About the role

All progress begins with pioneers. At Rio Tinto, it begins with you.

As a project lead for the payroll function in ESPS, this role is responsible for the end-to-end delivery of a major HR transformation project to deliver leave harmonisation across Australia. This is a high-impact role where you will lead a team of payroll systems and payroll professionals in a cross-functional project to manage and deliver complex change across ESPS.

Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end delivery of the leave harmonization project for the ESPS function, from planning and design through to implementation and post-go-live support

• Collaborate with HR, Reward, IS&T and the business to ensure seamless integration and alignment of deliverables and key outcomes for the business

• Ensure project governance structure is in place including periodic governance forums, and project reporting

• Manage key dependencies across multiple stakeholders/workstreams, and clearly articulating issues/risks on delivery timelines and project scope including any projects being delivered in parallel such as Modern ERP project moving to S/4 Hana

• Play a key role in project workshops during design phase to gather and define end to end requirements (people, process and technology) including controls, any manual off system calculators and a clear agreed model for query management is in place

• Engage SMEs from ESPS and other key stakeholder groups to design and implement a change solution that is aligned with business requirements

• Identify the communications and relationship needs of stakeholder groups, including the translation of communications/stakeholder engagement into specific actions and deliverables 

• Lead the ESPS project team to design test plans and conduct UAT, working closely with IS&T to promote seamless delivery to meet tight project timelines

• Lead the project team to deliver change management, including updates to process maps, risk and control matrices (RACM) and other operational documents e.g. desk top procedures (DTPs), job aids, checklists

• Build the training and plan for ESPS readiness for business go live and hypercare plan gaining endorsement from senior leadership e.g. training (for front and back office teams e.g. our HR Contact Centre for employee or leader queries), knowledge transfer and other change management activities

• Ensure project costs are recorded, recharged and reported appropriately

Required Skills:

• Subject matter expertise in end-to-end Time and Pay processes and systems

• Proven experience in leading large scale project implementations and complex change management in either HR or Time and Pay

• Functional or strong working experience in SAP payroll sub-module highly desirable

• Strong project management experience, with excellent planning, coordination, and delivery oversight capabilities

• Leadership experience in managing teams, both direct and cross-functional

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Strong communication stakeholder management skills, with the confidence and ability to present and/or influence senior level audiences

• Ability to think strategically at an operating model level as well as at a detailed process specific level

• Ability to manage key risks and dependencies in a cross-functional project and clearly articulate impacts on delivery timelines and project scope

• Experience in change management and enablement in major transformations

What we offer

Be recognised for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work, and go home knowing you’ve helped the world progress

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority

• A 12 month fixed term position working directly for Rio Tinto

• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive program

• Comprehensive medical benefits including subsidised private health insurance for employees and immediate family               

• Attractive share ownership plan

• Company provided insurance cover

• Extensive salary sacrifice & salary packaging options

• Career development & education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions

• Ongoing access to family-friendly health and medical wellbeing support

• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)

• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more)

Where you will be working

This role will be part of the Group Services team. The role will require close partnership and alignment with Group Services - ESPS (Employee Support and Payroll Services), Reward, HR, Finance, IS&T and other GPOs (Global Process Owners). This role will also be required to stay connected to the Modern ERP S/4 Hana project.

Every Voice Matters

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, women, the LGBTI+ community, mature workers, people with disabilities and people from different cultural backgrounds.

If you are looking for an opportunity to leverage your existing networks across Rio Tinto whilst taking on an exciting and challenging opportunity as part of Group Services, apply now!

About Rio TintoRio Tinto is a leading global mining and materials company. We operate in 35 countries where we produce iron ore, copper, aluminium, critical minerals, and other materials needed for the global energy transition and for people, communities, and nations to thrive.We have been mining for 150 years and operate with knowledge built up across generations and continents. Our purpose is finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs – striving for innovation and continuous improvement to produce materials with low emissions and to the right environmental, social and governance standards. But we can’t do it on our own, so we’re focused on creating partnerships to solve problems, create win-win situations and meet opportunities.

Every Voice MattersAt Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, women, the LGBTI+ community, mature workers, people with disabilities and people from different cultural backgrounds.We are committed to an inclusive environment where people feel comfortable to be themselves. We want our people to feel that all voices are heard, all cultures respected and that a variety of perspectives are not only welcome – they are essential to our success. We treat each other fairly and with dignity regardless of race, gender, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, age, sexual orientation or anything else that makes us different.