Analyst Cost

Cost Analyst

• Challenging role that will broaden your horizons
• Opportunity to influence the decision making of senior leaders
• Perth CBD Monday – Friday

About the role

All progress begins with pioneers. At Rio Tinto, it begins with you.

We are looking for a Cost Analyst who will provide proactive cost and change management support to the delivery teams across multiple projects and studies.

This is a great opportunity to for a detail focused individual to demonstrate effective interactions with internal and external stakeholders at a project level and form relationships with those they support.

Reporting to the Specialist Project Controls and working in a challenging and diverse environment, you will:

• Carry out the functional duties necessary for the daily implementation of project cost and change management across regional programs of projects.
• Support in establishing budget, change management, contingency management, cost risk management, cashflow forecast schedule estimates, costs analysis to provide guidance on the final forecast cost, review and valuation of progress payments and reporting.
• Assisting the Specialist Project Controls, and Project Lead in managing costs, provide explanation of projects costs deviation from forecast/plan and alignment to the cost management processes.
• Be proactive in the raising of areas of concern to the Specialist Project Controls, and Project Lead.
• Interact with internal and external stakeholders at regional levels in line with Rio Tinto Values.

What you’ll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• 5+ years of experience in project controls delivery.
• Demonstrated experience working on a large mining project and dealing with multiple projects at one time.
• Advanced skills in recognised software systems
• An understanding of the verifying & crosschecking of data accuracy across systems
• Familiarity with running reports for extraction of information from SAP
• Ability to work to a tight schedule

About Rio Tinto

Every idea, every innovation, every little thing the world calls ‘progress’ begins with a first step, and someone willing to take it: explorers, inventors, entrepreneurs. Pioneers. For nearly 150 years, Rio Tinto has been a company of pioneers – generations of people spanning the globe, all with the grit and vision to produce materials essential to human progress.

Our iron ore has shaped skylines from Shanghai to Sydney. Our aluminium – the world’s first to be certified “responsible” – helps planes fly and makes cars lighter. Our copper helps wind turbines power cities, and our boron helps feed the world and explore the universe. Our diamonds help us celebrate the best parts of life.

Where you’ll be working

This position will be based in the Perth CBD at our Central Park office building with adhoc travel to site.

In the Pilbara region of Western Australia, Rio Tinto operates the world's largest integrated portfolio of iron ore assets with industry-leading margins. Our premium product suite, including our flagship Pilbara blend, drives strong customer relationships and is supported by technical and commercial marketing expertise. The iron ore business continues to be the world's largest autonomous truck operator and a proud leader in automated mining technologies.

Every voice matters

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, women, the LGBTQIA2 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.

Applications close 9 September 2022 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date