Finance Business Partner – APAC East

Principal Advisor, Finance Business Partner – Business & Technology Support

Be part of a group that is safety & results driven, while valuing inclusion:

• Key role for Business & Technology Support FBP organization in APAC East

• Previous experience delivering financial planning and performance within a large organization;

• Demonstrated ability to engage and drive business performance;

• Role based in Brisbane, Queensland

About the role

We are looking for a Business & Technology Support Finance Business Partner to support Information Systems & Technology (IS&T) and their leadership teams. The role requires strong analytical support and a sophisticated ability to influence and drive change. The breadth and level of the critical relationships requires deep experience and capability. 

This role is a great opportunity for an experienced finance professional with the passion and desire to drive the financial planning and support the performance of a large business, with proven engagement and influence skills and highly demonstrated ability to run financial analysis and planning processes and to identify opportunities and deliver results. 

In this role, you will:

• Be a part of a high performing finance team, partnering to drive business performance, providing decision and execution support to leaders across the portfolio.

• Strongly exhibit Rio Tinto’s values, and strive for continuous improvement and excellence, helping establish new benchmarks for a finance team’s contribution to business success

• Partner with stakeholders to proactively drive financial analysis and cost discipline and influence outcomes through providing a decision framework supported by insightful and accurate analysis

• Build rapport with a variety of senior stakeholders in STP, S&D and Functions with a strong focus on the IS&T portfolio and across Finance including Controllership, Treasury, Tax and Risk

• Lead the development of rigorous planning and drive improved business performance through highly effective forward plans

• Provide senior management with relevant, detailed, accurate and timely financial analysis, studies and counsel to influence and shape financial strategy, analysis and market insight

• Understand performance to identify improvement opportunities, and support the business in developing high value initiatives to optimize business outcomes

• Drive process optimization both across the FBP team, fostering a continuous improvement mindset, leveraging available technologies

• Identify areas for growth & development for the team and support development of training/opportunities to close these gaps

•  Ensure governance and compliance through effective application of financial controls and risk management

About you

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

• Bachelor and/or professional qualification MBA, ACA, CPA

• 8 years + finance experience within a complex global organisation

• A team player with excellent communication, influence and engagement skills at all levels

• Analytical and forward thinking competencies

• Ability to solve complex problems where precedence may not exist

• Genuine curiosity for understanding detailed business performance, and using that understanding to develop insights and improvement initiatives.  Continuous improvement, value creation with evidence of identifying and mitigating risks

• Strong background of influencing and working with diverse teams in matrix model

• Expertise across a full range of standard business, finance and presentation toolkits (SAP, PowerPoint, Excel, PowerBI, etc.) and an aptitude for identifying technology based solutions to enable increased efficiency and performance improvement

• Ability to work autonomously with minimal guidance

It will also be beneficial if you have:

• Experience working within support environments and understanding the processes, risks and challenges of support groups 

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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