Commercial Finance Business Partner – Iron Ore & Copper

Why explore

• Make a difference in a commercial organisation and to our Iron Ore & Copper businesses

• Shape our strategy and bring strong financial and commercial acumen to advise on complex but exciting projects

• With the Iron Ore & Copper Sales & Marketing VPs, own the revenue performance analysis and KPI’s to influence future performance and support its execution

• Strong collaboration with global stakeholders across Operations, Risk, Market Analysis, Strategy, Tax, and Treasury

• Based in Singapore, a global commercial hub for Rio Tinto, managing a team based locally, and reporting to the GM Commercial Finance

About the role

We are looking for a Finance Business Partner for our Commercial division in Singapore. The role presents a fantastic opportunity to work with multiple stakeholders, providing advice to the business and supporting the development and execution of strategic decision-making.

Reporting to the General Manager Commercial Finance, we are looking for an enthusiastic and curious individual to:

Drive performance management by providing commercial and financial insight to:

• Provide actionable insights into top line, bottom line, ROCE, and cash performance, through the production of a wide range of financial analysis.

• Identify opportunities and risks, and proactively make recommendations.

• Enable leadership, across Commercial and Operations, to hold the organisation to account, monitor progress against plan, and challenge variances.

• Enable proper support, cost budgeting, and management for the business in conjunction with Controllership.

Contribute to the development of business strategy, planning, and…

• Influence senior management in shaping commercial strategies, priorities, and delivering outcomes.

• Partner with Market Analysis and Business Analysis to collaborate on major investments and support significant commercial negotiations.

• Model financial plans and forecasts for the business.

Support risk management and assurance

• Together with Commercial Risk, identify risks for new initiatives (e.g., trading, partnerships, and other customer initiatives).

• Enable the efficiency and effectiveness of associated governance and compliance processes relevant to our businesses (including SOx and audits).

Drive change initiatives and transformation in Finance

• Support a range of commercial and group projects.

• Identify efficiency gains and performance improvements.

• Use best practices and knowledge of the internal and external business environment to provide advice to the business and improve processes and performance.

• Develop finance capability within the business: Work with the Group to ensure fit for purpose systems, processes, KPIs, reporting, planning, and forecasting.

• Manage and develop junior FBP’s.

About you

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

• A deep-seated curiosity and willingness to learn about the business and partner with stakeholders across Commercial, PG Finance, and Controllership.

• A love for connecting people across the Group to solve problems.

• Proactive participation underpinned by the ability to objectively assess, reflect, and challenge performance and plans for the business.

• 15+ years of finance experience (e.g., CFA, MBA, CA), ideally with exposure to commodities.

• Experience in effectively managing and influencing a diverse team of stakeholders and building relationships in a matrix model.

• Experience in leading a team, including providing guidance and mentorship, evaluating employee performance, recommending pay actions, and managing workload.

• Strong analytical and logical skills to contribute to and support strategic and forward-thinking

• Drive for continuous improvement, value creation, and risk.

• Excellent communication, collaboration, leadership, and presentation skills

• Fluency in Mandarin would be an asset, both written and spoken.

What we offer

• 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 an annual incentive program

• Comprehensive medical benefits, including 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) 

What we offer

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority 

• A full-time position working directly for Rio Tinto 

• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience, with an annual incentive program

• Comprehensive medical benefits, including health insurance for employees and immediate family 

• Attractive share ownership plan 

• Company provided insurance cover 

• Career development & education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions 

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

Where you will be working

Headquartered in Singapore, and integrated with Rio Tinto’s assets, hubs, and offices globally, our Commercial group works hand-in-hand with our product groups to ensure both the amount and types of products we produce meet our customers’ needs, and manage the trade-off between volumes, quality, cost, and capital expenditure.

Application Deadline: 31 July 2025 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove job postings prior to the stated closing date)

Please note, in order to be successfully considered for this role, you must complete all pre-screening questions.

Rio Tinto does not accept unsolicited CVs or candidate profiles from recruiters or employment agencies. Rio Tinto will not consider or agree to payment of any referral compensation or recruiter fee relating to unsolicited CVs or candidate profiles. Rio Tinto reserves the right to hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited CVs or candidate profiles, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Rio Tinto.”

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 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 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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