Senior Manager/ Senior Counsel - Global Trade, Chicago, IL, USA

• Join a leader in mining & metals offering outstanding personal development & career opportunities
• Be a part of a group that is committed to safety and values inclusion
• Key role in a diverse organization based in Chicago, Illinois

About the role

We are looking for a Senior Manager/ Senior Counsel - Global Trade to helps us lead the Company's trade compliance program, setting the strategic priorities and advising on trade compliance and export controls issues globally. The role will be responsible for ensuring that the import and export of products comply with applicable laws and regulations, including tariff classification, country of origin, customs valuation, free trade agreements, antidumping and countervailing duties and other tariffs, export controls, and licensing requirements. The primary focus of the customs-related work will be USA and Canada, but will also include other parts of the world where Rio Tinto has operations, such as Australia.

Built around a dedicated hub in Singapore and regional offices in Chicago and Frankfurt, our commercial teams are entrepreneurial, fast-paced and highly specialised part of our business.
Our team has a deliberately open and entrepreneurial culture where we reward the creation of value through innovation and risk taking. You get to work alongside inspiring and creative colleagues and learn and grow every single day.

The Senior Manager/ Senior Counsel will be working in a collaborative environment and will:

• Advise on trade agreements/export controls globally, including on relevant controls;
• Maintain and evaluate compliance with applicable laws and regulations, including overseeing risk assessments to identify compliance gaps and supervising implementation corrective actions and procedures;
• Serve as the primary point of contact for inquiries from relevant government agencies;
• Maintain expertise of current import and export laws and regulations affecting the Company and communicates to business leadership any changes that affect the Company;
• Ensure proper records are maintained consistent with applicable laws and regulations;
• Advise on the proper customs valuation of imported merchandise, including oversight of annual U.S. customs reconciliations;
• Manage customs broker and trade-related consultant engagements;
• Act as an initial escalation point for daily trade-related operational challenges; and
• Liaise with and coordinate internal departments/stakeholders, including Sales & Marketing, Logistics, Legal, Corporate Affairs, Tax and Compliance, in connection with trade-related issues and initiatives.

What you'll bring

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

• Experience with global trade management software and systems
• Expert knowledge of applicable import and export control laws and regulations is a MUST
• Experience with audits and disclosure practices
• S. Customs broker license a plus
• Experience in project management a plus
• Experience with international customs compliance a plus
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills
• Preferably the candidate will have a U.S. law degree with relevant experience advising on (a) trade agreements/export controls and (b) customs compliance, and undertaking customs projects
• 8+ years relevant experience

What we offer

Be recognized 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 competitive salary package with annual cash incentive awards for eligible employees
• Career development & education assistance to further your ambitions
• Access top tier family-friendly health and medical programs and pension plan
• Wellbeing benefits
• Generous Rio Tinto employee share program
• Employee Assistance Program
• Ongoing individual wellbeing support for you and your family for personal and professional matter
• Leave for all of life's reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)

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 will be working

Join a pioneering team in Chicago, delivering commercial insights and driving commercial value across our mine to market value chain. Home to Fortune 500 organizations, Chicago is considered one of the most important business centers in the world. With good public transport options and a wide range of cultural attractions and outdoor activities, it's the perfect place to enjoy a modern and cosmopolitan lifestyle whilst advancing your career.

Every Voice Matters

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, women, the

LGBTQ+ community, mature workers, people with disabilities and people from different cultural backgrounds.

Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V

Rio Tinto participates in E-Verify to confirm work authorization. Please visit http://www.uscis.gov/ for more information.

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.