Advisor, Payroll Tax & Compliance - Payroll Tax & Compliance Advisor

• Play a key subject matter expert role in Canadian payroll tax and statutory compliance.
• Apply your expertise in remittances, reconciliations, controls, and year-end reporting.
• Help strengthen payroll accuracy, compliance, and team capability in a global organization.
• Role is based in either Montreal or Salt Lake City

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 an Advisor, Payroll Tax & Compliance to act as a subject matter expert in Canadian payroll tax and statutory compliance, ensuring accurate filings, remittances, reconciliations, and year-end reporting while strengthening controls and supporting capability building across the payroll team.

This is a great opportunity for a detail-oriented, technically strong, and compliance-driven payroll professional to apply their expertise in Canadian payroll tax, statutory remittances, reconciliations, and year-end reporting while acting as a trusted SME and coach to the broader payroll team.

Reporting to the Manager, Payroll, and working in a challenging and exciting environment within the Employee Services People Services, you will:

• Ensure accurate and timely compliance with CRA, MRQ, CPP, EI, provincial income tax, Workers’ Compensation, and other statutory requirements.
• Support and validate DAS submissions, remittances, and related payroll tax compliance activities.
• Produce and review compliance reporting, including PIER reports, and resolve discrepancies as needed.
• Perform and review payroll tax account reconciliations, including GL to statutory balance reviews.
• Investigate and resolve variances across payroll, finance, and statutory filings.
• Strengthen internal controls related to payroll tax, statutory reporting, and compliance risk mitigation.
• Support year-end reporting activities, including T4, T4A, RL-1 preparation, validation, amendments, and corrections.
• Act as a technical resource and coach to the payroll team, helping document processes and improve accuracy, efficiency, and knowledge.

About you

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• You have strong experience in Canadian payroll tax, statutory compliance, remittances, and year-end reporting.
• You bring hands-on experience with payroll tax reconciliations, variance analysis, and resolving discrepancies across payroll and finance.
• You have a solid understanding of CRA, MRQ, DAS, CPP, EI, Workers’ Compensation, and provincial tax requirements.
• You are detail-oriented, analytical, and comfortable interpreting legislation and applying it to practical payroll processes.
• You bring a strong risk and controls mindset, with the ability to support audits, inquiries, and compliance reviews.
• You are a collaborative technical resource who can coach others, document processes, and help improve accuracy and efficiency across the team.
• Fluency in French and English, both written and spoken. Rio Tinto is a global company and the duties of this position may require daily collaboration with colleagues, teams, or partners based outside Quebec

What we offer

Be recognized 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
• Career development & education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions
• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive program
• Ongoing access to family-friendly health and medical programs, pension and savings plans
• Attractive share ownership plan
• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)
• Exclusive employee discounts

Payroll Tax & Compliance Advisor

• Play a key role as a specialist in Canadian payroll tax and regulatory compliance.
• Utilize your expertise in remittances, reconciliations, controls, and year-end reporting.
• Contribute to enhancing payroll accuracy, compliance, and team capabilities within a global organization.
• The position is based in Montreal or Salt Lake City.

We are seeking better ways™ to provide the materials the world needs, today and for the future. Our values — care, courage, and curiosity — guide how we work and how we treat each other.

About the role

We are seeking a Payroll Tax & Compliance Advisor to act as a specialist in Canadian payroll tax and regulatory compliance, ensuring accurate filings, remittances, reconciliations, and year-end reporting while strengthening controls and supporting capability development across the payroll team.

This is an excellent opportunity for a detail-oriented, technically skilled, and compliance-focused payroll professional to apply their expertise in Canadian payroll tax, regulatory remittances, reconciliations, and year-end reporting while acting as a trusted SME and coach to the broader payroll team.

Reporting to the Manager, Payroll, and working in a challenging and exciting environment within the Employee Services People Services, you will:

• Ensure rigorous and timely compliance with CRA, MRQ, CPP, EI, provincial income tax, Workers’ Compensation, and other statutory requirements.
• Support and validate DAS submissions, remittances, and related payroll tax compliance activities.
• Establish and review compliance reporting, including PIER reports, and resolve discrepancies as needed.
• Perform and review payroll tax account reconciliations, including GL to statutory balance reviews.
• Analyze and resolve variances across payroll, finance, and statutory filings.
• Strengthen internal controls related to payroll tax, statutory reporting, and compliance risk mitigation.
• Support year-end reporting activities, including T4, T4A, RL-1 preparation, validation, amendments, and corrections.
• Serve as a technical resource and coach to the payroll team, contributing to process documentation and improving accuracy, efficiency, and knowledge.

About you

• A commitment to your safety and that of your team
• You have strong experience in Canadian payroll tax, regulatory compliance, remittances, and year-end reporting.
• You bring hands-on experience with payroll tax reconciliations, variance analysis, and resolving discrepancies across payroll and finance.
• You have a solid understanding of CRA, MRQ, DAS, CPP, EI, Workers’ Compensation, and provincial tax requirements.
• You are detail-oriented, analytical, and comfortable interpreting legislation and applying it to practical payroll processes.
• You bring a strong risk and controls mindset, with the ability to support audits, inquiries, and compliance reviews.
• You are a collaborative technical resource who can coach others, document processes, and help improve accuracy and efficiency across the team.
• Proficiency in French and English, both written and spoken is required. Rio Tinto is a global company and the duties of this position may require daily collaboration with colleagues, teams, or partners based outside Quebec.

What we offer

Get recognized for your contributions, your thinking, and your hard work, and go home knowing you’ve helped the world progress.

• A work environment where safety is always the top priority
• Career development and education assistance to further your technical or leadership aspirations
• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with an annual incentive program
• Ongoing access to family-friendly health and medical programs, pension and savings plans
• Attractive share ownership plan
• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)
• Exclusive employee discounts