Analyst - Finance Business Partner

Rio Tinto

Posted on:  4th Apr 2023

Analyst - Finance Business Partner

  • Work closely with key customers to improve performance and create value
  • Progress your career, think ahead and be as creative as you like
  • Flexible and agile working - Central Park, Perth CBD
  • Excellent employee benefits

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for an Analyst - Finance Business Partner to support the Iron Ore Finance Business Partner team. You will be responsible for providing financial and commercial support to Rio Tinto Iron Ore’s Pilbara Mines portfolio. We are looking for an enthusiastic problem solver who enjoys a challenge and is uncomfortable with the status quo.

Reporting to the Manager – Finance Business Partner, you will be responsible for:

  • Partnering: Supporting the Finance Business Partners to help teams we support make better decisions, improve business performance, and increase the value of their business.
  • Analysis: Deliver timely and robust analysis to inform key decisions on business performance, including preparation of monthly reporting and outputs.
  • Business Performance: Supporting Finance Business Partnership Manager with preparing and delivering key outputs for Iron Ore lead team members.
  • Continued Improvement: Identify and implement opportunities for improvement initiatives.
  • Planning & Forecasting: Support the Finance Business Partners to deliver analysis to underpin the annual plan and support strategic initiatives for the teams supported.

What you'll bring

As a successful candidate, you will bring:

  • An accounting qualification with strong commercial skills and similar experience preferably in a mining environment
  • Exceptional system skills (including data analysis, SAP and Power BI) plus a demonstrated ability and interest in challenging operational processes to find more effective ways of operating
  • Hunger to learn and continuously grow
  • Strong attention to detail and delivery of high-quality analysis

Where you'll be working

This role is based in Perth, at our head office in Central Park, and working Monday to Friday. There will be a requirement for travel to the Pilbara region (estimated 1 week per month) to support our residentially based team members.

In the Pilbara region of Western Australia, we own an integrated portfolio of iron ore assets: a world-class, integrated network of 16 mines, four independent port terminals, a 1,700-kilometre rail network and related infrastructure –all designed to respond rapidly to changes in demand. We are one of the world's leading producers and exporters of iron ore.

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 almost 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

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.

Applications close Friday 21st April (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).

Job has expired