Senior Finance Advisor / Finance Business Partner – Global Procurement

Senior Finance Advisor / Finance Business Partner – Global Procurement

• Opportunity to be a key finance advisor to support a variety of complex projects and drive performance management for Procurement
• Be part of a team of FBPs contributing to the development and execution of Global Procurement strategic priorities
• Work closely with key stakeholders and leaders across Procurement, Commercial and Group Finance
• Based in Perth, WA 

About the role

Rio Tinto Procurement controls $16bn of purchasing globally and is one of the key pillars of our new Commercial 2.0 structure: Buy / Move / Sell / Enable. We are looking for a Finance Business Partner to join the Commercial Finance team and support Global Procurement to deliver our Buy pillar objectives.

Based in Perth and reporting to the Global Procurement FBP Lead, this role is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced finance professional with the passion and desire to drive planning and performance management at a large, dynamic and complex business, with proven engagement and influencing skills and highly demonstrated ability to run financial analysis, planning processes and to identify opportunities to deliver results.

In this role, you will:

Contribute to the development of Procurement strategy, planning and execution

• Provide management with relevant, detailed, accurate and timely analysis and counsel to influence and shape strategic priorities
• Support the planning process to execute our strategy

Support Procurement performance management and cost discipline

• Proactively drive financial analysis and cost discipline and influence outcomes through providing insightful analysis
• Support the evolution of performance management processes and forward-looking KPI’s – tracking key value drivers that align to Commercial and Group objectives

Partner with the business to drive value delivery and improvement initiatives

• Build rapport with a variety of senior stakeholders in Procurement, Commercial and across Finance including Controllership, Treasury, Tax and Risk
• Drive initiative tracking, reporting and development of valuation methodologies to measure Procurement’s value delivery and support development of new initiatives

Optimise Finance Business Partner processes and practices

• Strongly exhibit Rio Tinto’s value for continuous improvement and excellence, helping to optimise FBP practices that contributes to Procurement success

About you

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

• ·        Bachelor and/or professional qualification e.g. MBA, ACA, CPA
• ·        7 years + significant finance and commercial experience within a global organisation
• ·        Experience effectively managing  and influencing a diverse range of stakeholders
• ·        Analytical and strategic forward-thinker
• ·        Demonstrated leadership abilities with capacity to work autonomously
• ·        Expertise across a full range of standard business and finance tools (SAP, PowerPoint, Excel, PowerBI, etc.)
• ·        Strong capability to effectively prioritise and possess excellent organisational skills

It will also be beneficial if you have:

• ·        Experience working with Rio Tinto’s finance processes and systems (e.g. SAP and HFM)
• ·        Procurement experience reflected in understanding of procurement practices and performance metrics, however not essential

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
• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive program
• Comprehensive medical benefits
• Attractive share ownership plan
• Company provided insurance cover
• Career development 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)

Where you will be working

Rio Tinto Commercial puts the company’s value over volume approach into practice, with the goal of maximizing the value of our physical flows to improve both our business and that of our customers.  Headquartered in Singapore, and integrated with Rio Tinto’s assets, hubs, and offices globally, our Commercial group works hand-in-hand with our product groups to ensure both the amount and types of products we produce meet our customer’s needs, and manage the trade-off between volumes, quality, cost and capital expenditure. 

Creating an inclusive and diverse workforce

We are a diverse team of talented, enthusiastic individuals who foster a culture of inclusion. No matter how they may differ, our people share one thing in common. It’s a belief that work is more rewarding when we are accepted and valued for our differences, not judged by them. We all have something to contribute, and it’s this contribution that makes for a great organization and fulfilling career.

Application Deadline: 3rd Feb 2023 

Please note, in order to be considered for a role you must complete all pre-screening questions.

“Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove job postings prior to the stated closing date, therefore, if you are interested in applying for this vacancy please submit your application as soon as possible.”