Senior Adviser Finance

Job Title: Senior Adviser Finance Company: Rio Tinto Job Category: SAP MM Roles & Responsibilities: About the role This site\-based Adviser role provides strategic financial partnership, performance insight and decision support to operational and senior business leaders, as well as supporting engagement with Boyne Smelters Limited’s joint venture participants. The role will help leaders understand financial performance, manage costs, improve business outcomes and make informed operational, commercial and investment decisions. The preferred commencement for this role will be mid\-January 2027\. Reporting to the Finance Business Partner, you will work as part of the site Finance team and collaborate closely with the broader Pacific Operations Finance team. * Drive a strong cost leadership culture across the site by partnering with departments to strengthen performance routines, embed leading practices and build cost management capability. Collaborate with peers across Pacific Operations to share and develop leading cost practices * Perform key month\-end activities and analysis, take direct, hands\-on accountability for completing recurring month\-end tasks, including energy costs, employee costs, cell componentisation and selected cost leadership activities, and ensure outputs are accurate, timely and supported by clear analysis * Coordinate management and joint venture reporting by delivering high\-quality monthly reporting, constructively challenge inputs and improve the clarity and strategic value of performance commentary * Support the Board and joint venture participants by working with the Company Secretary to respond to queries, prepare high\-quality Board papers, presentations and meeting materials, and coordinate site visits * Provide strategic financial oversight of the capital portfolio by partnering with the Projects and Business Analysis teams to maintain robust forecasts, identify risks and opportunities, evaluate and challenge business cases, and support informed investment decisions * Partner with the Planning team on budgeting, forecasting, and business planning, ensuring financial assumptions are robust and aligned with business priorities, and coordinate site inputs and system submissions to support timely and accurate planning outcomes * Identify opportunities to improve business performance and track delivery of transformation initiatives against agreed outcomes * Build trusted relationships across the business and act as a proactive finance partner on strategic and operational matters * Leverage AI, automation and analytics to improve efficiency, quality and insight provided through finance processes, including developing fit\-for\-purpose digital solutions and AI agents To be successfully considered for this role, you will have: 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. Work Location: Gladstone, QLD, Australia Availability: Full time

* Turn financial insight into operational impact, partnering with leaders to strengthen performance, shape investment decisions and drive better business outcomes* * Permanent opportunity which includes attractive salary, annual incentives and a range of additional benefits designed to make your life better* * Gladstone\-based position so you can enjoy all the perks of living a coastal lifestyle* Desirable skills and experience* * A professional accounting or finance designation such as CA, CPA, CIMA or equivalent * Experience in use of SAP particularly across Finance and Procurement * Experience using Microsoft Copilot Studio or similar automation and AI tools * Experience working in mining, metals, manufacturing, resources, industrial, or other large\-scale operational environments * 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 * 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) Key Skills: Procurement Salary: Not disclosed