Make your mark with Thiess

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Join us. Hone your skills and develop new ones. take on big challenges and grow, through mentorship, collaboration and empowerment.

Thiess is the place to make things happen.

About the role

Thiess is seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented Payroll Delivery Lead to join our dynamic team. In this pivotal role, you will lead the accurate & timely processing of payroll across the Thiess Australia Group's employing entities. The role is responsible for leading a team of payroll professionals, partnering with the business to deliver payroll services and to drive continuous improvement, efficiencies and payroll accuracy.

As a key member of our team, you will drive continuous improvements across payroll systems, business processes, and compliance measures. Your subject matter expertise will be invaluable as you contribute to a wide range of initiatives and projects that shape the future of our payroll operations.

Additionally, you will:

• Provide leadership, direction, support & guidance to the Payroll Delivery team and provide input into the development and implementation of Thiess corporate strategies and initiatives.
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams and external vendors to ensure business requirements are understood and met.
• As a member of the Payroll Leadership Team, proactively collaborate with peers to ensure collective priorities are delivered on time and to high standards
• Proactively engage with sites and functional teams to resolve issues and drive continuous improvement
• Lead the end-to-end delivery of payroll through the weekly, fortnightly, monthly and off-cycle processing of salaries and wages
• Proactively identify opportunities to automate, streamline and simplify payroll processes, including working with sites on time and attendance process optimisation
• Ensure tools and processes are in place to efficiently capture queries and that issues are dealt with expeditiously and within defined SLAs

About you

As a seasoned Payroll Delivery Lead, you bring deep expertise in managing and resolving complex payroll challenges across large, diverse workforces. You have a strong track record in managing the complexities of salaried payroll and ensuring accurate interpretation and application of Awards and Enterprise Agreements.

You are highly proficient in interpreting legislation, Awards and Enterprise Agreements, supported by a solid working knowledge of the Fair Work Act and other relevant regulatory frameworks. This expertise allows you to design and maintain compliant, efficient payroll processes and to develop your team.

Known for your continuous improvement mindset, you proactively identify opportunities to enhance payroll operations, driving greater accuracy, consistency and service delivery. Your technical capability is complemented by strong analytical and problem-solving skills, along with exceptional communication and stakeholder engagement abilities. Together, these strengths enable you to lead payroll delivery with confidence, clarity and a commitment to excellence.

Additionally, you have:

• Business and/or HR Degree, or equivalent qualifications / experience
• Minimum of 5 years of payroll experience, ideally within the mining sector
• Demonstrated experience in managing payroll for salaried employees
• Proven experience in managing end-to-end payroll for multiple awards and EAs.
• Demonstrated experience in leading and developing a high-performing payroll team
• Proficient in MS Office, including MS Excel to Intermediate standard (minimum)

Please note that this role will be a full-time permanent position and applications for this role will close on 19 December 2025.

What Thiess can do for you

• Help to build on your career, offering diverse opportunities to expand your skill set
• Flexible working arrangements
• Recently renovated corporate head office located in South Bank, Brisbane
• Health & wellbeing programs
• On-site gymnasium
• A range of corporate discounts, including health insurance (Medibank), travel & retail products

About us

Thiess works with clients in Australia, Asia and the Americas in the dynamic field of open-cut and underground mining.

The pioneering spirit of our founders – the legendary Thiess brothers – is our legacy, and inspires our vision to harness the power of people and technology to drive sustainable change.

At Thiess, you will have the opportunity to play a part in the global energy transition. We are growing our commodities portfolio to include metals and minerals critical to the energy transition, and developing services to enable sustainable mining.

We’re creating a culture of curiosity, knowledge-sharing, and continuous learning – supporting our people to contribute to Thiess’ success and continued growth in sustainable mining.

We’ll support you to hone your skills and develop new ones, take on challenges and grow, through mentorship, collaboration and empowerment. We offer our people ongoing technical training and development opportunities so they can reach their full potential. We also invest in the workforce of the future, with a range of programs for people starting their careers.

We recognise the value of an inclusive and diverse workplace through our vision of everyone matters always. We’re focused on creating an inclusive environment to enable our people to bring their best self to work because they feel safe, included and empowered. Learn more http://thiess.com/makeyourmark

Should you require assistance applying for this opportunity, please contact us at hiring@thiess.com

How to apply

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