- Join a high-impact controllership role supporting Pacific Bauxite & Alumina operations through technical accounting, reporting, and commercial partnering.
- Broad exposure across closure provisions, lease accounting, statutory reporting, and operational finance, with the opportunity to influence key financial outcomes.
- Perth-based opportunity with strong development potential in a collaborative and high-performing finance environment.
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 Senior Advisor – Controllership to join our Pacific Bauxite & Alumina Controllership team, providing high-quality accounting advice and partnering closely with the business to support informed decision-making across operations.
This is a great opportunity for a technically strong and commercially minded accounting professional to take on a role combining hands-on involvement across closure activities, lease accounting and bauxite operations, while gaining broad exposure across the Pacific portfolio. Based in Perth, this role offers the opportunity to lead critical financial processes, deliver practical commercial insights and drive continuous improvement in a dynamic finance environment.
Reporting to the Manager – Controllership and working in a collaborative and high-performing environment within Pacific Bauxite & Alumina Controllership, you will be:
- Managing closure provisions end to end, including reporting, end of life assessments and preparation of accounting position papers in collaboration with business and study leads.
- Acting as the primary contact for Closure and lease accounting, partnering with business and accounting services teams to resolve accounting matters and support reporting requirements.
- Serving as the key Controllership contact for Gove Bauxite operations, ensuring compliance with accounting policies and reporting standards.
- Acting as a service delivery partner to the Business Unit to deliver practical, responsive and commercially focused accounting support, acting as a key interface to Finance & Accounting Services (FAS).
- Providing technical accounting support across RTA Pacific Bauxite & Alumina operations, including identification, investigation and resolution of accounting issues and preparation of accounting papers.
- Ensuring compliance with Rio Tinto accounting policies, internal controls and SOX requirements, including review of Blackline reconciliations and investigation of legacy balances.
- Delivering accurate and timely monthly reporting for your scope, proactively identifying and resolving issues impacting reporting quality or timelines.
- Supporting half year, year end and statutory reporting processes, including analytical reviews, disclosures, management sign off packs and external audit support.
About you
- A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team.
- A bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance, with strong technical accounting skills and an accounting certification (CA, CPA, or equivalent).
- Advanced Excel skills, with working knowledge of SAP/BW and CCH Tagetik finance tools highly desirable.
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Experience working with external auditors, including Big 4 audit experience, and exposure to Closure, SOX, Leases and the Aluminium business.
- Strong business acumen with the ability to connect financial information to business activities for insightful analysis and reporting.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, with effective collaboration, a proactive approach, and the ability to work independently.
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 permanent position working directly for Rio Tinto.
- A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive program.
- Comprehensive medical benefits including subsidised private health insurance for employees and immediate family.
- Attractive share ownership plan.
- Company provided insurance cover.
- Extensive salary sacrifice and salary packaging options.
- Career development and 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).
- Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more).
- Possible domestic relocation assistance.
Where you’ll be working
Perth, Western Australia offers a dynamic base for corporate and operational collaboration, with access to a strong professional community and lifestyle benefits.
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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.
Respect and Inclusion
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.
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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.