Payroll Analyst

Our Opportunity

12 month contract

Work Location: Fortescue’s Perth office is located on the traditional lands of the Whadjuk people.

Roster: Monday to Friday

We are seeking an experienced Payroll Analyst to join our team on a Monday to Friday roster. In this role, you will support the Senior Payroll Analyst in delivering compliant, accurate, and timely payroll services.

You will be involved in complex payroll processes, audits, and reporting, while ensuring adherence to legislation, internal policies, and audit requirements.

This role also contributes to continuous improvement initiatives, supports payroll-related queries across the business, and plays a key part in project work aligned with organisational priorities.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist the Senior Payroll Analyst with managing all aspects of payroll compliance, ensuring adherence to legal requirements, internal policies, and audit standards.
• Process salaries, allowances, contract changes, terminations, and incentive payments accurately and timely.
• Administer and reconcile employee leave entitlements and deductions, including payments to external organizations.
• Support complex payroll processes including payment runs, superannuation, payroll tax, end-of-month reporting, and year-end reconciliations.
• Conduct payroll audit and reporting activities, including ad-hoc calculations and reports for external stakeholders such as Fortescue People, Tax, and Insurance teams.
• Stay current with payroll best practices, legislation, and regulatory changes to maintain compliance and operational efficiency.
• Provide support to team members on compliance-related queries and training (e.g., PAYG, third-party interactions, ad-hoc calculations).
• Contribute to project work aligned with organisational and team priorities.

Qualifications and Experience

• Previous demonstrated experience in a similar role with high volume data entry and validation.
• High level of attention to detail and accuracy.
• Intermediate MS Excel skills.
• Demonstrated commitment to customer service, confidentiality and continuous improvement.
• Previous experience with SAP is highly desirable.
• Previous experience in the Mining Industry / Resourcing Sector is highly desirable but not necessary.

About Us

Be part of something big. Fortescue is leading the world with our plan to decarbonise our iron ore operations, projects that harness renewable energy and the development of technology that will change our planet forever.

Our Commitment

Fortescue celebrates individual strengths and team members are encouraged to bring their whole selves to work. Our global workforce drives and promotes an inclusive culture, both within our organisation and throughout the communities we interact with. Diverse backgrounds include First Nations Peoples, people with disabilities, LGBTQ+ community, gender, neurodiverse, cultural diversity, all age groups, and those with an intersectional or multiple diverse characteristics. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.

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Internal Candidates / Current Contractors please apply via Success Factors Careers Portal. For further information on how to apply please visit the Fortescue Hub.

Fortescue reserves the right to close applications early should a suitable pool of candidates be identified. Fortescue will never contact you to ask for payment of any kind, whether directly or through a third party.