Time and Payroll Functional Data Lead

Time and Payroll Functional Data Lead

• Play an integral role in Modern ERP

• 12 month secondment or fixed term contract

• Brisbane based

About the role 

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs. 

The Time and Payroll Functional Data Lead will have overall responsibility for leading the design, implementation, and optimization of data solutions that support the company's strategic objectives aligned to the Manager People GPO (Global Process Ownership). This role plays a pivotal part in ensuring that data initiatives align with business needs and drive decision-making across the organization. Working closely with cross-functional teams, including other GPOs, this position aims to deliver data-driven insights, improve data reliability, and enhance operational efficiency through effective data management. The role would be responsible for delivering the GPO data transformation scope for the Modern ERP program across areas such as wage type, Work Schedule Rules (WSR), data retention approach, and more.

This is a great opportunity to champion and establish best practice as Rio Tinto commences the Modern ERP program for our global operations and will undoubtedly be a rewarding opportunity. Reporting to the Manage People GPO Workstream Lead and working in a collaborative and supportive environment, you will deliver to these key responsibilities: 

• Data strategy & alignment: shape and implement data initiatives that align with business goals and enable improved decision-making. Ensure data projects support the organization’s strategic priorities and address key challenges.

• Data enablement: facilitate access to reliable data by overseeing the development and refinement of data systems that support the company's operational needs.

• Data migration & transformation: support the data migration process from legacy systems to S/4HANA, and that ensuring data mappings, transformations, and validations align with the new system’s requirements.

• Stakeholder collaboration: act as a bridge between technical and business teams to understand data requirements and deliver solutions that enhance business operations.

• Quality & governance: promote data quality standards and governance practices to ensure data accuracy, integrity, and compliance with both internal policies and external regulations.

• Performance monitoring: track the performance of data solutions, identifying areas for improvement to enhance the effectiveness and scalability of data workflows.

• Documentation & knowledge sharing: maintain clear and accessible documentation for data processes and systems.

• Support & troubleshooting: provide guidance and support to teams in resolving data-related issues, maintaining high levels of data quality and operational continuity. 

What you’ll bring  

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team 

• 5+ years of experience in roles that focus on data strategy, data management, or business analysis, ideally with exposure to ERP systems and large-scale data initiatives, with functional experience aligned to the Manage People GPO, especially Time and Payroll

• Proven ability to translate business needs into functional data solutions, working collaboratively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

• Strong understanding of data governance and quality management practices to ensure compliance, payroll accuracy and data reliability

• Experience working in cross-functional teams and managing relationships with internal and external partners to achieve project goals

• Familiarity with modern data platforms and tools is beneficial, but the primary emphasis is on the ability to manage data projects effectively within a complex organization

What we offer

• Be recognised for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work, and go home knowing you have helped the world progress.

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority

• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive program

• Comprehensive medical benefits including subsidized 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 goals.

• Ongoing access to family-friendly health and medical wellbeing support

• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more)

• Flexible working arrangements

We are finding better ways to simplify our operations, expand our capability and improve productivity, to do this we are embarking on an exciting journey that will transition us to a modern Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) platform moving from an old, outdated technology (currently RTBS) to a new digitally enabled S/4 Hana and application ecosystem.

An effective RTBS is a key enabler to Best Operator, given 30-60 per cent of our frontline time is spent in the system. To deliver this change we must ensure that we work closely with each of the Product Group’s (PGs) and Functions to modernise how we operate in the system. Consequently, this is not a technology led program, it is business led.

Where you’ll be working

The newly created ERP Implementation Program team within the Group Finance function will bring together a variety of specialist skillsets to shape our digital future and simplify, automate, modernise and improve our ways of working globally.

Applications close Tuesday 25th February (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).

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.