Senior Adviser Global Payroll Systems ESPS

Rio Tinto

Posted on:  1st Aug 2025

Senior Adviser – Global Payroll Systems ESPS

• Be part of a safety-focused, results-driven team• Join a global, diverse function shaping payroll systems and processes• 12-month fixed term (ASAP start) – Brisbane or Perth

About The Role

You will sit within Rio Tinto’s Employee Support & Payroll Services (ESPS) Global Payroll Systems team and partner with regional ESPS teams, Group Services BI, HR and IS & T to:

  • Lead delivery of technical payroll-systems projects that improve and drive global alignment across our payroll function

  • Provide technical and process guidance to internal and external stakeholders on payroll systems, configurations and procedures

  • Execute payroll system testing, validation and reporting, and generate payroll-related reports for stakeholders

  • Support implementation and enhancements of SAP, Spinifex (and other platforms), including data integration via Power BI, Power Apps and ETL tools such as EasyMorph

  • Collaborate closely with regional payroll teams, IS & T support, HR support teams and Group Services central support

About You

You’ll bring:

  • Demonstrated expertise in multi-country payroll systems (Australia, New Zealand, USA, Canada) and strong working knowledge of SAP payroll or equivalent platforms

  • Hands-on experience with Spinifex (advantageous), ETL tools, Power BI, Power Apps and advanced Excel (macros/VBA)

  • Proven data-analysis, system-testing and reporting skills, and a solid understanding of data security and privacy

  • Excellent stakeholder, project and change-management capabilities, with strong written and verbal communication

  • Ability to work under pressure and build effective relationships across a complex, geographically dispersed organisation

  • A commitment to safety and collaborative team-based problem solving

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 permanent 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)

  • Possible domestic relocation assistance

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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.

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