Business Partner, Finance

• Key finance leadership role in a diverse and global organization
• Strong financial and commercial acumen, with proven track record of leadership excellence and delivery of financial results within a large organization
• Demonstrated ability to engage and influence to plan and drive business performance
• Role based in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories

About the role

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

We are looking for a strong and experienced finance professional to lead the finance business partnership team in Yellowknife. The role is fundamental to connecting business and finance strategy and delivery to drive business performance and value at one of Rio Tinto's iconic assets.

This role is an excellent opportunity for an experienced and influential finance professional with the passion and desire to play a key leadership role supporting the performance of a large mining and processing business.

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 CFO, Minerals and working in a collaborative community, excellence in this role means you will:

• Strongly exhibit Rio Tinto's values and strive for continuous improvement and excellence
• Lead, engage and develop a talented and high performing finance team
• Deeply understand business performance and value, and use that understanding to shape priorities, plans and actions
• Ensure finance is a core and highly valued part of a Diavik leadership team that delivers exceptional business performance and financial results
• Embody the role of Finance Business Partnership, including influencing to drive the changes needed to fully embed the Rio Tinto finance operating model
• Collaborate with excellence to draw effectively on the global Rio Tinto finance organization
• Establish new benchmarks for a finance team's contribution to business success
• Partner closely with the Diavik President & COO and as an influential member of the Senior Leadership Team to provide decision analysis, advice, and holistic finance support
• Understand performance to identify improvement opportunities, and help develop high value initiatives to optimize business outcomes
• Develop financial understanding and acumen throughout Diavik, and maintain excellence in cost discipline and leadership
• Build strong rapport and partnership with a variety of stakeholders including Controllership, Technical, Procurement, Commercial/Sales & Marketing, Business Improvement; and the Product Group finance team
• Lead rigorous weekly, monthly and quarterly planning and forecasting processes and support improved business performance through ensuring highly effective forward plans
• Provide the Diavik and Minerals senior leadership with relevant, detailed, accurate and timely financial analysis, and provide advice to influence and shape financial strategy, planning and decision making
• Leverage technology to provide insightful advice and identify new improvement opportunities, and improve processes within the team and business
• Ensure governance and compliance through effective application of financial controls and risk management

About you

To be successfully considered for this role we are looking for:

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, or Engineering, or an equivalent analytically focused field
• Relevant postgraduate qualification preferred
• CA or CPA designation preferred
• Strong background in financial planning and analysis
• 10-15+ years of finance experience, including in leadership roles within a multi-national company environment
• An influential leader able to coach, develop, engage and bring out the best in a team
• Strong problem solving, strategic, negotiation, presentation and influencing capabilities
• Deep curiosity for understanding detailed business performance, and ability to use that understanding to develop insights and improvement initiatives
• A team player with excellent communication, influencing and engagement skills at all levels
• Expertise across a full range of standard business, finance and presentation toolkits and an aptitude for identifying technology-based solutions to enable increased efficiency and performance improvement
• Highly refined time management and personal organizational skills
• A demonstrated dedication to excellence and continuous improvement, and personal growth

Northern residency and experience working in a cross-cultural environment, coupled with knowledge of the unique challenges and opportunities presented to those living in the North, are assets. Hiring priority will be given to qualified applicants who are beneficiaries of the DDMI Participation Agreement Groups and to qualified applicants residing in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut Territories. Members must clearly identify their status on the online job application and resume if they wish to receive priority consideration.

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
• Career development to further your technical or leadership ambitions
• A competitive compensation
• Ongoing access to family-friendly health and medical programs, pension and savings plans
• Attractive share ownership plan
• 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'll be working

Located in the Northwest Territories of Canada, the Diavik Diamond Mine is a producer of gem-quality diamonds. At Diavik, a strong focus is placed on protecting the local environment, as well as supporting communities through employment and education.

Every Voice Matters

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, women, the LGBTQIA2 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.