ESPS Payroll Operational Team Lead

• Great opportunity to work for a pioneering organization at the forefront of mining.
• Join a global network and diverse team where people are encouraged to offer unique perspectives andbuild knowledge and connections.
• Permanent employment in Salt Lake City, Utah

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for an experienced, ambitious, forward-thinking team lead and Payroll expert. This is not a typical payroll team lead role. Our team supports a large and diverse group of offices and operations across the US. This leader will be the reference for local team and central team in SAP payroll activities and its management. Working with the global centralized teams, the leaders' team will perform payroll advisory and be responsible to deliver US payroll activities, to ensure accuracy and compliance.

You must have excellent proven problem-solving skills and always be looking for better ways to partner with our HR teams and central team and our clients.

This is a permanent role reporting to the Service Delivery Partner US, you will be responsible for the following:

• Excellent people leadership in region that will manage a team of 2-3 direct reports.
• Responsible to stabilize and organize activities within the team to ensure compliance and accuracy.
• Manage relationship with HR, central team and vendors - excellent customer service.
• Supporting autonomously US Payroll processes and local activities end-to-end with our SAP payroll processing.
• Be the Single point of contact for SAP payroll expertise in region while using our Global model and processes.
• Coordinate payroll timelines and complete final sign off where required.
• Manage escalations and liaise with stakeholders in region and implement process improvement solutions with the central US teams.
• Review processes and ensure compliance within company policies and employment standards.
• Report performance of your team and support annual audits.
• Support Workday implementation for HR platform in region.
• Deliver and oversee US fiscal year-end activities and Annual Renumeration review in region.

What you will bring

• Bachelor in HR, in business or accounting/finance; College degree with experience.
• Minimum of 7 - 10 years in a similar role.
• Excellent knowledge and expert in running Payroll in SAP and SAP HR.
• Has led and manage payroll teams.
• Great Leadership and organizational skills
• Payroll designation obligatory
• Expert knowledge of the payroll legislation in the US and/or relative experience abroad.
• Analytical, able to identify, find solution and solve problems autonomously.
• Has worked with and understand SOP/DTP (desktop procedure);
• Has worked in a Global shared service environment in a large company.
• Worked and owned activities in major project environment.

What we offer

We are committed to providing our employees witha generous benefits package. Be recognized for your contribution, your thinking, your hard work, and go home knowing you've helped the world progress, we provide:

• A safety-focused and inclusive working environment
• Advantageous salary package with annual cash incentive awards (STIP) for eligible employees
• Access to top-tier family-friendly health programs including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, life insurance coverage, and various voluntary benefits.
• Excellent retirement plan including up to 6% defined company contribution; Generous 401k matching program
• Generous Rio Tinto employee share program, which allows you to purchase Rio Tinto Company shares.
• Comprehensive leave policies which cover all moments that matter in life: PTO (paid time off), paid holidays, and paid bereavement leave.
• A favorable child-caregiver leave program (Up to 100% salary top-up)
• Discount programs for leisure purposes and access to Virgin Pulse with incentives supporting your wellbeing
• Ongoing Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you and your family; to help in addressing educational opportunities, addiction treatment, depression, stress, domestic issues, financial management, and legal concerns.
• Our team and industry experts are here to support and work with you to explore your learning potential and career goals

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 and meet opportunities.

Where you'll be working

Our Kennecott mine is a world-class, fully integrated copper mining operation, including a concentrator, smelter and refinery, located just outside Salt Lake City, Utah, in the United States. We produce copper, precious metals including gold and silver, molybdenum and sulfuric acid. Kennecott has been mining and processing minerals from the rich ore body of the Bingham Canyon Mine since 1903, and is one of the top producing mines in the world, comprising approximately 11 percent of U.S. annual copper production.

Every Voice Matters

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, women, the LGBTQ+ community, mature workers, Veterans and active-duty armed forces, people with disabilities and people from different cultural backgrounds.

Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V

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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 different.