Senior Adviser, Treasury Accounting

Senior Advisor – Treasury Accounting – Perth

• A unique opportunity to join Rio Tinto Finance and Accounting Services

• Provide treasury accounting services to stakeholders world-wide

• Develop and improve processes

About the role

We are seeking a Senior Advisor – Treasury Accounting for a 12-month parental leave cover to support Rio Tinto’s global treasury and holding entities. This role offers the opportunity to work within a dynamic finance function, where you’ll take ownership of key month-end, half-year, and year-end deliverables, while contributing to the integrity and accuracy of financial reporting. Your work will help ensure compliance with internal controls and external reporting standards across a complex, multi-entity treasury environment.

The ideal candidate will bring strong technical accounting knowledge, particularly in IFRS, with demonstrated experience applying IFRS 9 and IAS 36 in a global or corporate treasury context. You’ll be comfortable navigating multiple systems, engaging with international stakeholders, and supporting audit processes.

This role is a great opportunity for an expert to provide Treasury accounting services and support to our customers.  Working Monday to Friday with work from home flexibility and reporting to the Manager of Treasury Accounting & Controllership, you will be:

• Responsible and accountable for the delivery of the month end financial statements in Quantum Treasury System, SAP and Consolidation system for Rio Tinto’s primary treasury and holding companies

• Responsible for the half-year and year-end group reporting deliverables including analytical review and preparation of Annual Report disclosure requirements.

• Collaborating in the preparation of Rio Tinto’s cash, borrowings and financial instrument notes in the Annual Report

• Provide technical accounting and financial advisory support in relation to treasury, group funding and investments, including preparation of accounting position papers

• Reviewing treasury data in the Quantum treasury software & management system and to communicate and collaborate with Global Treasury teams for projects, initiatives and issue resolution

• Reporting of hedge accounting of debt and non-debt financial instruments

• Preparing and analysing statutory financial statements to ensure output is compliant to the requirements of all stakeholders

• Prepare reconciliation, support and liaise with Internal/External Auditors during SOX and other audits to ensure a fully compliant environment

What you’ll bring

To succeed in this role, you will have: 

• University Degree qualified

• CPA/CA designation (or local equivalent) with at least 7 years of experience in a similar role within a large multi-national, multi-currency organization

• Very good understanding of IFRS, with a focus on accounting and reporting for IFRS 9 Financial Instruments and IAS 36 Impairment of Assets

• Experience with SAP (ERP), Quantum Treasury System and consolidation system is essential

• Ability to work under pressure and with tight deadlines

• Ability to work with various teams globally at different time-zones

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including variance analysis capabilities

• Have a mindset to globalize, standardize and improve Treasury Accounting processes

• Strong written, communication and presentation skills

• Strong interpersonal and organisational skills

• Strong technical skills in MS Office suite, proficiency in excel is an asset

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

• Ongoing access to family-friendly health and medical wellbeing support

• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more)

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About Rio TintoRio 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 MattersAt 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.