Analyst – Payroll

About the role

Join our team as a Payroll Analyst and play a crucial role in providing effective and efficient payroll accounting services. As a member of our Business Services team, you'll be responsible for ensuring accurate and timely processing of payroll while adhering to specific policies and processes to maximize efficiency across the business.

About Us

We are committed to excellence in every aspect of our operations. Our Business Services team works diligently to support all parts of the business by maintaining high standards of accuracy and efficiency in our payroll accounting processes.

Key Responsibilities

As a Payroll Analyst, your primary responsibilities will include processing and reconciling payroll. You will oversee all costing requirements, ensuring that salary costs are accurately back-charged when necessary. Constantly striving for improvement, you'll identify and implement enhancements to payroll accounting processes, fostering a culture of continuous improvement. Meeting payroll accounting report deadlines and providing exceptional customer service to both internal and external stakeholders are integral aspects of your role. Additionally, you'll actively participate in monthly reporting activities, prepare data for statutory audits, and assist with Auditor queries to ensure compliance. Managing both internal and external audits, tracking legislative changes, and collaborating with relevant teams to exchange information and resources will be essential for success in this position. Furthermore, you'll play a key role in investigating and resolving any escalated payroll issues or queries that may arise.

What You'll Bring

Experience in payroll accounting or a related field: Crucial for understanding the complexities of payroll processing and reconciliation, ensuring accurate and compliant financial transactions.
Proficiency in payroll processing and reconciliation: Ensures efficient and accurate handling of payroll tasks, minimising errors and ensuring timely payments to employees.
Strong attention to detail and accuracy: Paramount in payroll accounting to avoid errors in calculations, maintain compliance with regulations, and ensure employee satisfaction with their pay.
Excellent organisational and time management skills: Essential for managing multiple aspects of payroll.

Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment: Enables the timely completion of payroll tasks and the ability to adapt to changing priorities or urgent requests.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills: Facilitate effective collaboration with colleagues, clear communication with stakeholders, and addressing any payroll-related inquiries or issues promptly and professionally.

Knowledge of regulatory requirements and payroll best practices: Crucial for ensuring compliance with laws and regulations, minimizing legal risks, and maintaining the integrity of payroll processes.

Join our dynamic team and become an integral part of our payroll accounting operations. As a Payroll Analyst, you'll have the opportunity to contribute to the efficiency and accuracy of our payroll processes while supporting the financial well-being of our employees. With a commitment to continuous improvement and excellence, we offer a supportive work environment where your skills and expertise will be valued and recognized.

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.

Every Voice Matters

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 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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