Senior Capital Advisor

Senior Capital Advisor - Perth

• Our friendly teams look after each other because your safety and wellbeing are always our priority
• Opportunity to work in a collaborative environment and inform, advise and influence capital plan
• Perth CBD based role – Flexible Work Arrangements available

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

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for a highly skilled and experienced Senior Capital Advisor who enjoys capital planning and providing financial guidance in support of efficient capital project delivery. The role requires strong engagement with site stakeholders to inform accurate and timely reporting, forecasting, and analysis of capital plans and forecasts. Key to your success in this role will be your ability to effectively support a portfolio that is well planned, whilst identifying opportunities for improvement, in line with business direction.

This role is a great opportunity for an 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:

• Supporting key stakeholders across Rio Tinto Iron Ore in their capital analysis, planning, and prioritisation;
• Contributing the development of business, commercial, and financial acumen among our senior leaders and other key stakeholders, to support sound capital planning;
• Coordinating and facilitating the short- and long-term capital plans for the asset portfolio ensuring that a business risk model is applied to the plan and refined as needed;
• Facilitating regular forums and workshops to communicate business decisions to leaders and stakeholders across the Rio Tinto Iron Ore network;
• Reviewing and communicating actual capital expenditure against forecast to assist business forecasting accuracy and compliance to planned spend;
• Delivering high quality data-based insights and analysis for leaders to enable well informed decisions and enhance business performance;
• Preparing and presenting analysis on portfolio and program opportunities to deliver effective and sustained capital efficiencies;

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;
• Financial evaluation and analysis, including high levels of competence in MS Excel. 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;
• Stakeholder engagement and effective communication & interpersonal skills;
• Detail oriented, 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;
• A self-starter, having the ability to work as part of a team or independently.

If you are excited about the role and think you have what it takes but your experience doesn't align 100% we still want to hear from you.  

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
• Exclusive employee discounts including hotel stays, banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more.

We are committed to elevating Indigenous voices and increasing cultural knowledge in our business. Diversity of skills, life experiences and perspectives within our team enhances our way of working and our ability to achieve success together. To help you on your journey with us, you’ll also have access to:

• Specialist Indigenous Support Advisors are always there for our Indigenous employees and available to support through any aspect of your employment
• Dedicated Indigenous Talent Programme for our Operators and Tradespersons and entry level operational roles. This programme is designed to create long term sustainable careers for our Indigenous Employees to grow into leadership or technical pathways to ensure you have every opportunity to grow your career.
• Indigenous leadership programmes across some professional and operational roles to ensure that we are developing Indigenous Leaders.

Who we are

Rio 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 and meet opportunities.

Where you’ll be working

The position is based in Central Park, Perth CBD. Our team actively encourages and supports flexible work. This includes workdays, hours and location, in addition to flexible and part-time work schedules. Occasional site travel will be required. 

If this sounds like your next career path, then apply today!

Applications close on 24th March 2024 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)