Adviser Data and Testing

• Support the Modern ERP transition to SAP S/4HANA by strengthening employee master data quality, testing and integration outcomes
• Apply your Workday expertise to improve payroll and time data accuracy, resolve defects and support operational readiness
• Contract/Secondment opportunity through to 28th May 2027, working with Group Services, ESPS, IS&T and Modern ERP teams

We’re Finding Better Ways™ to provide materials the world needs, now and in the future. Our values, care, courage and curiosity, guide how we work and how we treat each other.

About the role

We are looking for a Workday Data Management SME – Modern ERP to support the Manage People, Time and Payroll stream within the Modern ERP Program and contribute to Rio Tinto’s transition to SAP S/4HANA.

This is a great opportunity for someone with strong Workday and data management capability to help ensure employee master data is complete, accurate and fit for purpose throughout testing and deployment. You will develop data-driven test scenarios, reconcile information across source and target systems, investigate integration issues and support reliable payroll and time outcomes.

Reporting to the Data & Payroll Accounting Lead – Modern ERP and working closely with Group Services, Employee Support and Payroll Services, IS&T and other Modern ERP teams, you will:

• Prepare and execute data-driven test scenarios and scripts covering data migration, system interfaces and payroll and time outcomes
• Validate Workday data during testing, including completeness checks, field-level validation and exception analysis
• Reconcile data integration outcomes between Workday and SAP S/4HANA, including relevant off-system payroll business units
• Investigate data and integration issues, document variances and support defect resolution through to retesting and closure
• Identify opportunities to strengthen data controls, validation processes and Workday practices during testing and transition
• Document process changes and update Workday procedures arising from testing, defect resolution and cutover preparation
• Support go-live readiness through business-as-usual training, knowledge transfer, readiness checklists and job aids
• Contribute to cutover and hypercare preparations by developing practical data validation routines and supporting materials

About you

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Strong understanding of Workday processes, employee master data and downstream system integration impacts
• Experience testing employee master data and lifecycle events through user acceptance testing or system validation activities
• Working knowledge of data migration, data mapping, reconciliation and data-quality controls within HR or payroll transformations
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to investigate issues and clearly document defects, evidence and outcomes
• Ability to collaborate across multidisciplinary project teams, manage testing priorities and deliver work to agreed timelines

What we offer

• Be recognised for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work, and go home knowing you’ve helped the world progress
• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• A contract/secondment opportunity through to 28th May 2027
• Exposure to one of Rio Tinto’s most significant global transformation programs
• Career development and education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions
• The opportunity to build connections across Group Services, ESPS, IS&T and the broader Modern ERP Program
• Ongoing access to family-friendly health, medical and wellbeing support
• Leave for all of life’s reasons
• Exclusive employee discounts across banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more

Where you’ll be working

You will work within Group Services as part of the Modern ERP Program, partnering closely with Employee Support and Payroll Services, IS&T and other program teams.

The role is available from an appropriate Group Services location and will operate as a secondment through to 28th May 2027.

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.

Respect and Inclusion

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, women, the LGBTQ+ 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.