Principal Advisor Remuneration Strategy & Solutions – APAC

Principal Advisor Remuneration Strategy & Solutions – APAC

• Opportunity to shape and influence how Rio Tinto remunerate employees

• Full time role based in Perth or Brisbane

About the role

We are looking for a Principal Advisor Remuneration Strategy & Solutions – APAC to be based in Perth or Brisbane who will support the development and implementation of Rio Tinto Remuneration Strategy and Solutions.

As the Principal Advisor Remuneration Strategy & Solutions – APAC you will play a pivotal role in developing and implementing our remuneration strategy. You will provide expert advice on remuneration programs across multiple countries in the APAC region, ensuring our practices are competitive, equitable, and aligned with our organisational goals.

Reporting to the Manager, Remuneration Strategy and Solutions APAC, your key responsibilities will be:

• Developing and implementing comprehensive remuneration strategies and policies.

• Providing technical guidance and advice to various stakeholder groups and employees within the business.

• Researching and monitoring developments in reward design, systems and structures and ensuring compliance with legal.

• Managing rewards-related global and regional projects to ensure the latest innovative reward strategy and plan design trends and opportunities for integration into Rio Tinto.

• Leading the annual global benchmarking process in partnership with other regions.

• Supporting the business through guidance and advice on key remuneration policies, ensuring governance and understanding across the business.

• Playing a key role in a global Reward team and as part of the extended leadership team.

• Working as part of a large, integrated HR team and collaborate effectively to ensure we achieve the best business outcomes.

• Establishing and maintaining key network of contacts to facilitate the exchange of remuneration information.

What you’ll bring

To be successfully considered for this role, you will have:

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team 

• Extensive experience in remuneration and/or performance related discipline within a global organisation, including extensive practical experience of benchmarking, job evaluation, career frameworks and incentive design.

• Demonstrated experience in a senior HR role that requires flexibility, enthusiasm, pragmatism and resilience.

• Strong understanding of market trends within Australia, Singapore, New Zealand and other Asia Pacific countries.

• Confidence and ability to partner and influence stakeholders at all levels internal and external to the business.

• Demonstrated experience in delivering projects for senior stakeholders, clients, business leaders, others parts of the HR structure

• Be collaborative across a high performing global team and be flexible with working across multiple timezones.

• Extensive knowledge of contemporary HR principles, philosophies, and relevant laws/regulations governing remuneration (job analysis, market pricing, market analysis, fixed and variable compensation plan design)

• HRIS experience, including experience with web-enabled performance management tools and/or platforms

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 competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive bonus 

• Comprehensive medical benefits including subsidised 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 ambitions 

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

• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave, cultural leave)

• To better suit different family needs, our paid parental leave approach gives all parents the option to take 18 weeks of paid leave after a new child arrives – at a time that suits them

• Exclusive employee discounts including hotel stays, banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more

Where you’ll be working

This role can be based at either our Brisbane or Perth hubs.

Applications will close on Friday 16th of May 2025.

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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.

Every Voice Matters

At 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.

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