Joint Venture Manager – Governance

Excited to grow your career?We value our talented workforce, and whenever possible strive to help our employees grow professionally. If you think this position is right for you, we encourage you to speak to your Leader and go ahead and apply!Our people make all the difference in our success.

Joint Venture Manager – Governance

We encourage women and Indigenous Peoples to apply, as we advance our business to more accurately reflect the world around us.

• Lead a multi-disciplinary group that is safety driven and values inclusion
• Key leadership role within Joint Ventures and Agreements team - deliver value
• Perth based role offering great work/life balance

Where we’re all welcome

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 who we are.  

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 acknowledge that all people are different and believe that our differences are our strength. The diversity of skills, life experiences and perspectives within our team enhances our way of working and our ability to achieve success together.  

About the role

We are looking for a proactive, highly energetic Joint Venture Manager – Governance and Compliance who is eager to make a difference, to drive change and improvements and oversee a diverse team that is critical to RTIO’s JV&A portfolio. 

Reporting to the General Manager Joint Ventures and working in a diverse team within the Finance stream, you will:

• Develop and lead a JV improvement program to transfer how we manage Joint Ventures within RTIO, including finalizing and replicating the RTIO JV Playbook. 
• Lead a team accountable to deliver on core JV workflows including reporting, planning, governance and resource development. 
• Support JV Managers to ensure strategic approach to JV management, including meeting JV obligations and delivering value for all parties. 
• Execution of agreedcompliance program, including annual attestation, agreed upon procedures, JV health metrics and risk management (improvement pipeline).
• Stakeholder engagement, compliance and financial calculations (including for JVs, Traditional Owner Benefit Payments, insurance).
• Engage with various input teams across the business and work with JV Managers to produce JV annual plan for submission to JV participants.
• Input into and execution of divisional improvement initiatives.
• Provides advice, guidance and support to Iron Ore & other RT teams in relation to JV.
• Builds good working relationships with relevant internal stakeholders and works across multiple functions and disciplines.
• Represents JV  team at internal forums and discussions as needed.

What you’ll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• High energy with an eagerness to drive change and improvements
• Bachelor Degree or relevant tertiary qualifications
• Demonstrated experience in Finance or related area
• Ability to inspire collaboration and alignment
• Highly effective communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• The ability to juggle multiple tasks and meet deadlines
• Exceptional organisation skills with a high level of accuracy

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 permanent position working directly for Rio Tinto
• Full relocation provided to Western Australia from elsewhere in Australia
• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive bonus
• Comprehensive medical benefits including subsidised private 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, cultural leave)
• To better suit different family needs, our paid parental leave approach gives all parents the option to take 18 weeks of paid leave after a new child arrives – at a time that suits them

Where you’ll be workingIn 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.

This role will be Perth based in our Central Park head office.

Applications close on Tues 26th November, 2024 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).

Salary Band

Every Voice MattersAt 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.