Payroll Advisory Manager, APAC – Employee Support & Payroll Services (ESPS)
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Safety and results-driven culture
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Inclusive global team
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Strategic payroll leadership
About the role
Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.
As Payroll Advisory Manager, APAC, you will play a critical role in ensuring the effective and efficient execution of ESPS processes. You will foster strong connections with stakeholders within and beyond ESPS, delivering exceptional experiences through clear communication, active engagement, and collaboration.
Your focus will be on continuous improvement, process integrity, robust controls, and compliance with legislative requirements. You will report to the Senior Manager, Payroll Advisory and work from our ESPS location in Perth, Australia.
Principal Accountabilities
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Lead a team across APAC locations, overseeing delivery partner activities for People Experience (PeX), recruitment, benefits, mobility, and tax.
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Build and maintain an engagement governance framework that streamlines stakeholder interactions and enhances the employee/leader experience.
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Resolve complex payroll matters promptly, keeping employee and leader experience central, and leveraging ESPS team expertise.
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Collaborate with stakeholders to identify opportunities and drive effective improvement initiatives with ESPS teams.
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Assess and schedule demand, changes, or initiatives requiring ESPS team support.
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Monitor legislative changes and ensure timely updates to payroll processes.
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Oversee successful implementation of legislative process changes.
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Communicate relevant business, process, and legislative changes to ESPS teams supporting APAC.
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Drive simplification, standardization, and automation of payroll processes.
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Conduct and review root cause investigations for strategic process issues, implementing corrective actions.
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Develop and implement solutions in response to audit recommendations.
What you’ll bring
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Subject matter expertise in employee data maintenance and payroll.
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Proven experience in process improvement and project management.
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Demonstrated ability to lead multi-functional teams within a matrix environment.
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Change leadership and audit/compliance experience.
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Strong stakeholder management and business engagement skills.
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Ability to understand and represent the global end-user experience.
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Experience in process simplification, standardization, and roll-out.
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Excellent leadership and communication skills; flexible working style within a matrix team.
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Solid understanding of systems and processes relevant to payroll and their integration points.
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Knowledge of process design and improvement approaches in a global organization.
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Understanding of data privacy in business processes.
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Strategic thinking at both operating model and detailed process levels.
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Knowledge of role design, segregation of duties, and internal control requirements.
What we offer
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A work environment where safety is always the number one priority.
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Competitive salary package with annual cash incentive awards for eligible employees.
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Career development and education assistance to further your ambitions.
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Access to top-tier family-friendly health and medical programs and pension plan.
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Wellbeing benefits and generous Rio Tinto employee share program.
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Employee Assistance Program and ongoing individual wellbeing support for you and your family.
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Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave).
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About Rio Tinto
Rio 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.
Respect and Inclusion
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.
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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Rio Tinto is a leading global mining and materials company. We operate in 35 countries where we produce iron ore, copper, aluminum, 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 and meet opportunities.
At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, women, the LGBTQIA+ community, mature workers, people with disabilities, and people from different cultural backgrounds.
We are committed to an inclusive environment where people feel comfortable being 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 who we are.
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Where can Rio Tinto take you?
You’re passionate and ambitious with tremendous career aspirations. The breadth and growth of our organisation empowers you to define your ideal career path.
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Working at Rio Tinto
Help us deliver the materials that make human progress possible.
The plane you’re flying in just landed. You fire up your phone and get your laptop out of the overhead bin. Immediately, you’re in work mode – thousands of miles from your office. Do you ever stop to think about all the materials that make life in the 21st century possible? At Rio Tinto, we discover, develop and deliver the materials that drive human progress. When you work with us, you’ll experience advantages you won’t find anywhere else.
Working in one of our function’s teams
We supply the materials that drive human progress. You make it all possible.
With business operations that stretch from Vancouver, British Columbia, to Perth, Western Australia, we have exciting opportunities in virtually every discipline imaginable. From HR to marketing, finance to technology, infrastructure to supply chain, and much more, the opportunities are endless. Join us and enjoy:
Our application process
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Apply
The first thing you’ll need to do is apply to the role. You can do this with your LinkedIn profile or you can upload your resume. We’ll also ask you to complete a few questions before you submit your application.
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Undergo assessments
Our assessments are designed to help us work out whether you are suitable for the role. We will let you know which ones you’ll need to complete.
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Interview(s)
Our interviews could be in person or online. It’s a great opportunity for us to get to know you a bit better, answer any of your questions and talk about the exciting career opportunity you have applied for.
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Offers and checks
At this stage, we will let you know if you have been successful. If you have been, we’ll need to conduct a couple of checks, such as a background or security check. You may also need to do a medical assessment depending on the role you have applied for.
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Join the Rio Tinto team
Once the checks have been completed, we’ll be in touch to talk with you about your start date and answer any questions you may have before you start with us.