Finance Business Partner

Global Procurement Finance Business Partner

• Opportunity to work as key finance advisor to support a variety of complex projects and to lead performance management
• Lead a team of FBP’s to contribute to developing and executing on Procurement strategy’s
• Work closely with the Global Head of Procurement and key stakeholders across Procurement and the Group

About the role

Rio Tinto Procurement controls $16bn of purchasing globally and is one of the key pillars of our new Commercial 2.0 structure: Buy / Move / Sell / Enable. We are looking for a Finance Business Partner to join the Commercial Finance team to lead the Procurement Finance team that supports our Buy pillar. Based in Perth and reporting to the General Manager, Commercial Finance, this role is a fantastic opportunity to lead a team of FBP’s with key accountabilities:

• Think pro-actively, taking initiative and working confidently with senior stakeholders

• Contribute to the development of strategy and planning
  • Support senior management with analytics in shaping Procurement’s (and individual categories’) strategy and priorities, aligned with Commercial and Group strategy
  • Manage the planning process to support execution of our strategy
• Partner with the business to advise on new investments and initiatives
  • Support business case or new category (e.g. decarbonisation) development and financial modelling for various initiatives
  • Partner with Market Analysis, Business Analysis and other functions/product groups to collaborate on major investments and support negotiations
  • Drive initiative tracking (Momentum), reporting and development of valuation methodologies to underpin measuring Procurement’s contribution to the bottom line
  • Advise and prepare pipeline of new value initiatives (Building Full Potential)
• Lead Procurement performance management
  • Lead and evolve performance management process to focus on forward-looking KPI’s and discussion to tease out the so-what’s
  • Manage performance management reviews between Global Head of Procurement and Chief Commercial Officer
  • Manage functional cost discipline across Procurement

About you

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

• Experience effectively managing a wide range of internal and external stakeholders
• Analytical and strategic forward-thinker
• Strong leadership abilities
• Capacity to work autonomously and prioritise with minimal guidance
• Procurement experience is preferred but not essential
• Bachelor and/or professional qualification e.g. MBA, CFA
• 10 years + significant finance and commercial experience within a global organisation

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 competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive program
• Career development & education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions
• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more)
• Domestic re-location if required

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.

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.

Apply today if you want to work with the latest technology and innovation, in an environment where we support you to drive positive change.

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

Applications close on Friday 14 October 2022. (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).

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.