Principal Payroll Project Improvement | Australia or Malaysia
BHP
About BHP
At BHP we support our people to grow, learn, develop their skills and reach their potential. With a global portfolio of operations, we offer a diverse and inclusive environment with extraordinary career opportunities. Our strategy is to focus on creating a safe work environment where our employees feel strongly connected to our values and objectives, and where the capability of our people is key to our success.
Come and be a part of this success.
About the Role
In this role, you will have the opportunity to:
- Provide technical payroll advice to support the delivery of our project improvement projects.
- Provide leadership and be a payroll subject matter expert to a payroll project workstream to ensure delivery aligned to the key objectives of that workstream.
- Identify, analyse and evaluate payroll compliance and risks and the impact they may have on the improvement projects.
- Use functional expertise to guide the team in ensuring improvements / solutions are resolving root causes.
- Provide strategic guidance to the team to ensure that improvements / solutions align with other payroll solutions as well as the broader HR roadmap.
- Proactive, pragmatic problem solving to ensure deadlines are met and that initiatives move forward at pace.
- Identification and engagement with key stakeholders impacted by the changes you are delivering.
- Strong ability to persuade, influence and negotiate with stakeholders in order to implement payroll improvements.
- Risk identification and resolution, proactive, pragmatic problem solving to ensure deadlines are met and that initiatives move forward at pace.
- Building and maintaining good working relationships with people located globally, both within BHP and externally (e.g. consultants, service providers, vendors etc.)
- Engage with GBS HR leadership, Project Leadership, HR, Dev Ops, Functional Integrity and Accenture, from Specialists to Managers to drive the payroll project improvement agenda.
- Translate business requirements, balancing asset-specific needs with the HRIS Landscape and HR process simplification agenda.
About You
- Have a strong understanding of HR tools, processes and systems, including SAP payroll experience.
- Have deep technical knowledge of Australian and global payroll operations and regulations.
- Experienced in interpreting and implementing Enterprise / Labour Agreements.
- You’re comfortable to take the lead, proactively seek clarity and drive for outcomes when things are unclear.
- Ability to manage others, utilizing a diverse set of skills and experiences to achieve the objective.
- Can think strategically (see the big picture and connect dots) but also able to keep things simple and you're comfortable to work in detail where required.
- Ability to identify and understand different stakeholders and their needs, influence others and work collaboratively to get aligned outcomes.
- You can build strong personal connections and good working relationships and use these effectively.
- Inquisitive in nature, strong attention to detail and determination to deliver.
- Experience in HR operations, large scale payroll transformations.
- Ability to identify and assess risks, makes risk informed decisions, uses BHP's risk management framework and builds a risk aware culture to support safe and productive performance outcomes.
- Ability to think conceptually, analyse, problem solve and drive practical solutions.
- Attention to detail, good analytical, investigative and problem solving skills.
About Our Process
At BHP, we are committed to employing individuals who align with the BHP Charter Values and meet the requirements of the role. As part of the recruitment process, there are a number of checks which may be conducted to demonstrate applicants suitability for a role including police / criminal background checks, medical, drug and alcohol testing, due diligence checks, right to work checks, and/or reference checks.
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Supporting a Diverse Workforce
The size, stability and magnitude of our business not only provides significant opportunity for professional development, but also attractive salary packages with performance-based bonuses and a best-in-class employee share program. We know there are many aspects of our employees' lives that are important, and work is only one of these, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits include flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, other extended leave entitlements and parent rooms.
At BHP, we know that we are strengthened by diversity. We are an Equal Opportunity employer that is committed to making BHP a safe and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive and be at their best every day. We are focused on creating a workforce that’s more diverse and represents the communities where we work and live. providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. We are an Equal Opportunity employer and recognise that true diversity includes gender, age, race, disability status, sexual orientation, religion, neurodiversity, education levels, and many more aspects of your identity.
BHP is committed to providing a recruitment process that is fair, equitable and accessible for all. If you have a disability, we know that it may be helpful for us to adjust our process to make it equitable for your individual situation. If you would like to reach out to someone about your situation and our recruitment process, please email us at [email protected].