Senior Business Analyst

Senior Business Analyst

• Excellent exposure to investment decisions, operations and commercial matters
• Work in a collaborative and fast paced environment
• Permanent Full-Time, Perth CBD Based role
• Flexible working arrangements

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs. 

We are looking for a Senior Business Analyst to join the RTIO Business Analysis Team, whose function is to offer insightful, proactive, timely and high-quality analysis and commercial advice for major decisions and create and protect value for Rio Tinto Iron Ore assets. 

This role is a great opportunity to advance your commercial career with a high performing, well connected team in a globally recognised mining and metals organisation. We’ll give you exposure to a wide cross-section of the business that you won’t get in most other businesses, building your profile which will set you apart.

Reporting to the Manager Business Analysis, you will be:

• Assessing, valuing, and influencing major investment proposals, including preparing proposals for the Investment Committee and Board.
• Responsible for providing commercial and analytical support to operations leadership teams.
• Engaging with the business to assess the financial viability of projects and programmes through appropriate evaluation using financial modelling to identify key drivers for optimising project value.
• Reviewing and providing recommendations on capital expenditure applications, contracts, major operating cost decisions and post investment reviews.
• Fostering a culture of zero harm and continuous improvement. 

What you’ll bring

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

• A Tertiary qualification in Accounting, Finance, Engineering or similar – desirable
• Completion of an MBA – desirable
• Minimum 5 years business analysis and commercial experience - desirable 
• Experience in managing complex valuation models and providing business insights in a succinct manner.
• Excellent verbal communication skills, including the ability to facilitate meetings
• Excellent written skills which enable you to articulate raw information and translate it into strategic insights
• Resilience with a strong desire to learn and continuously seek opportunities for growth.
• A creative outlook combined with a practical and strategic focus
• Sound values with high business integrity

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
• Flexible working from home arrangements as per operational requirements
• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive program
• 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)
• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more)
• Relocation packages where suitable

About Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto is a leading globalmining and materials company. We operate in 35 countries where we produce ironore, copper, aluminium, critical minerals and other materials needed for theglobal energy transition and for people, communities, and nations to thrive. Wehave been mining for almost 150 years and operate with knowledge built upacross generations and continents. Our purpose is finding better ways toprovide the materials the world needs – striving for innovation and continuousimprovement to produce materials with low emissions and to the rightenvironmental, 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 andmeet opportunities.

Where you’ll be working

In the Pilbara region of Western Australia, we own an integrated portfolio of iron ore assets supported by functional teams in the Perth hub: 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.

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 on Thursday 25^th May 2023 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)