Senior Advisor – RTA Pacific Controllership (Bauxite & Alumina).
About the role
This is a Perth-based role supporting the RTA Pacific Bauxite & Alumina Controllership and is part of the RTA Pacific Controllership team. Working collaboratively with the Business, Finance Business Partners (FBP) and Closing & Reporting team, the key responsibilities include:
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Act as the primary Controllership contact for Refinery operations, ensuring compliance with reporting requirements.
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Prepare, review, and analyse monthly, half-yearly, and annual financial results for both external and management purposes.
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Identify and investigate accounting issues, connect financial information with business activities, quantify impacts, and prepare accounting position papers.
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Provide technical accounting and financial advisory support for RTA Pacific B&A Operations, including preparing papers on accounting and reporting treatment for transactions.
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Ensure compliance with internal controls, SOX standards, and Rio Tinto’s accounting policies, investigate legacy balances and review Blackline reconciliations.
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Support half-year and year-end group reporting deliverables, including analytical reviews, disclosure submissions, and management sign-off packs.
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Partner with operational, commercial, and support teams to enhance financial services provided to the Business Unit.
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Review Capital Expenditure Applications and contracts to determine accounting implications.
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Support the Controllership function in standardising and optimising its processes.
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Assisting with the group reporting and annual statutory audit process, including reviewing general-purpose statutory financial statements and supporting external audits.
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As an evolving role, this position offers extensive learning opportunities, and also provides a significant chance to contribute to the team.
About you
To be successfully considered for this role, you will have:
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A Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance, with strong technical accounting skills and an accounting certification (CA, CPA, or equivalent).
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Advanced Excel skills and working knowledge of SAP/BW and Hyperion Financial Management (HFM) are highly desirable.
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Experience with external auditors, Big 4 audit experience, SOx, Tolling operations and Aluminium business is highly desirable.
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Excellent teamwork, multitasking abilities, and commitment to delivering quality work under time pressure.
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Strong verbal and written communication skills, proactive nature, and ability to work independently.
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A continuous improvement mindset to simplify, standardise processes and reporting.
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Good business acumen and effective collaboration with colleagues.
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Management reporting capability and the ability to connect financial information with business activities for insightful analysis.
What we offer
Be recognised for your contribution, your thinking, and your hard work:
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A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
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A competitive salary package with annual cash incentive awards for eligible employees
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Career development & education assistance to support your ambitions
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Access to top-tier family-friendly health, medical programs, and a retirement plan
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Wellbeing benefits, including ongoing individual wellbeing support for you and your family
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Generous Rio Tinto employee share program
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Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)
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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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Rio Tinto is a leading global mining and materials company. We operate in 35 countries where we produce iron ore, copper, aluminum, 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.
At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, women, the LGBTQIA+ community, mature workers, people with disabilities, and people from different cultural backgrounds.
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 who we are.
Take your leadership career to the next level.
Where can Rio Tinto take you?
You’re passionate and ambitious with tremendous career aspirations. The breadth and growth of our organisation empowers you to define your ideal career path.
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Working at Rio Tinto
Help us deliver the materials that make human progress possible.
The plane you’re flying in just landed. You fire up your phone and get your laptop out of the overhead bin. Immediately, you’re in work mode – thousands of miles from your office. Do you ever stop to think about all the materials that make life in the 21st century possible? At Rio Tinto, we discover, develop and deliver the materials that drive human progress. When you work with us, you’ll experience advantages you won’t find anywhere else.
Working in one of our function’s teams
We supply the materials that drive human progress. You make it all possible.
With business operations that stretch from Vancouver, British Columbia, to Perth, Western Australia, we have exciting opportunities in virtually every discipline imaginable. From HR to marketing, finance to technology, infrastructure to supply chain, and much more, the opportunities are endless. Join us and enjoy:
Our application process
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Apply
The first thing you’ll need to do is apply to the role. You can do this with your LinkedIn profile or you can upload your resume. We’ll also ask you to complete a few questions before you submit your application.
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Undergo assessments
Our assessments are designed to help us work out whether you are suitable for the role. We will let you know which ones you’ll need to complete.
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Interview(s)
Our interviews could be in person or online. It’s a great opportunity for us to get to know you a bit better, answer any of your questions and talk about the exciting career opportunity you have applied for.
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Offers and checks
At this stage, we will let you know if you have been successful. If you have been, we’ll need to conduct a couple of checks, such as a background or security check. You may also need to do a medical assessment depending on the role you have applied for.
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Join the Rio Tinto team
Once the checks have been completed, we’ll be in touch to talk with you about your start date and answer any questions you may have before you start with us.