Principal Advisor Tax Advisory

• Join a dynamic growing team and be part of the Global Tax Function
• Excellent work environment where people are valued and respected
• Role based in London, UK

About the role

All progress begins with pioneers. At Rio Tinto, it begins with you.

We are looking for a Principal Advisor, Tax Advisory supporting senior members of the existing tax function within the central London Head Office. The London tax team oversees all Rio Tinto projects and business units in the UK, Europe and Africa, and the role has been created in response to increasing regional activity and the anticipated demands of the OECD Digital Tax programme.

We are an open, connected global team that includes some of the industry's best and brightest minds. We offer competitive, performance-focused remuneration and a wide range of benefits to reward your contribution. With a global reach, the opportunities to develop and grow your career are broad and exciting.

Reporting to the General Manager, UK, Europe and Africa Taxation and working closely with the UK Tax Manager, the responsibilities of the Principal Advisor, Tax Advisor, you will be:

• Providing support on tax advisory matters, as required, for Rio Tinto projects in the region,
• Assist with ad-hoc cross-border tax advisory projects, including group financing, M&A etc.
• Monitoring and review of group CFCs
• In due course, supporting analysis and technical input into the UK filings required under the OECD Digital rules and supporting the interface with HMRC on agreeing balances, adjustments etc..
• Assistance as required with other group tax projects
• Building relationships across the broader finance team to help drive the tax agenda

What you'll bring

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

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Graduate with professional tax and / or accounting qualifications with extensive post qualification experience
• High level of corporate tax technical knowledge, with knowledge of indirect and employment taxes an advantage
• International tax experience
• Ability to work collaboratively in a complex multinational environment
• Self starter and strong project manager

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 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."¯

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.

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.