Senior Capital Advisor

Senior Capital Advisor

• Be part of a group that is safety driven and values focused
• Opportunity to work in a collaborative environment and inform, advise and influence capital plan
• Permanent Full-Time role, Perth based CBD
• Flexible Work Arrangements

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs. 

We are looking for a Senior Capital Advisor who enjoys capital planning and leveraging a large capital portfolio. The role requires strong engagement with site stakeholders to attain insights, using information and data to ensure that the portfolio is well planned and improvement opportunities are identified in line with business direction.

This role is a great opportunity for an energetic and performance driven individual who is keen to work in a technologically advanced, energy-efficient and cost competitive organisation.

Reporting to the Engineering Principal and working in a challenging and dynamic environment within the Sustaining Capital team, you will be:

• Providing capital discipline, stability in the capital planning process, and an assurance and compliance function for Rio Tinto Iron Ore. The role is the key link between site leadership teams and the sustaining capital teams for each Divisional portfolio;
• Building business, commercial and financial acumen with senior leaders and other key stakeholders to improve understanding of financial implications of decision making through effective use of information systems;
• Coordinating and facilitating the 10 year capital plan for the asset portfolio ensuring that the business risk model is applied to the plan and challenged. Ensures spend versus risk is managed within the capital guidance set by the business;
• Aligning with the central Finance view, leading and collaborating in forums to cascade business direction;
• Reviewing actual capital expenditure against forecast to assist divisional forecasting accuracy and promote conformance to monthly targets;
• Preparing financial analysis reports to assess the performance of operations for regular reporting, or to meet specific needs;
• Delivering high quality data based insights and analysis for leaders to enable well informed decisions and improved business performance;
• Preparing and presenting analysis on portfolio and program opportunities to deliver capital efficiency and other benefits;
• Coaching and mentoring site leaders and Asset Capital Coordinators across our Pilbara operations.

What you’ll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Relevant tertiary qualification in Business, Finance, Engineering or similar. CA / CPA preferred. A relevant postgraduate qualification is highly desirable;
• Outstanding financial evaluation and analysis, including high levels of competence in MS Excel and SAP. Power BI skills highly desirable;
• Extensive experience in capital planning and project management experience desirable; exposure to portfolio management of projects at several phases of development from Initiation, Prefeasibility, Feasibility, Implementation to Close Out;
• Strong stakeholder engagement and effective communication & interpersonal skills;
• Detail focused, process driven with a drive for continuous improvement;
• Ability to manage large, complex data sets with the ability to analyse and distil this information into a concise message;

What we offer

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• A permanent position working directly for Rio Tinto
• 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)
• Possible domestic relocation assistance

 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. 

Where you’ll be working

The role will be based at Central Park Perth CBD.

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.

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 28 February 2023 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)