Fixed Asset Business Partner (Fixed Term Contract)

• Join an encouraging leadership group, committed to your growth and development
• Be part of a group that is safety driven and values inclusion
• Location: Richards Bay, South Africa

About the role

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

We are looking for a Fixed Asset Business Partner to assist business with the maintenance of its fixed asset registers and linking the individual assets to its functional location in SAP

Reporting to Manager: Financial Accounting & Treasury and working in a collaborative community within local team, you will be performing the following duties:

• Reconciliation of the Group and Statutory reporting fixed asset registers to fixed assets valuations;
• Linking of functional locations to master fixed assets in SAP;
• Physical verification and useful life assessment of all assets;
• Alignment between all the different fixed asset registers maintained in SAP;
• Alignment of useful lives and depreciation keys between all fixed asset areas;
• Clean-up of fixed asset registers (including but not limited to disposals, impairments etc.);
• Clearing of manual asset accounts to include all assets in fixed asset registers;
• Assist with any ad-hoc requests linked to fixed assets.
• Ensure Group and Statutory reporting fixed asset registers align and comply with Company and Group policies, IFRS and Company tax legislation.

What youll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• University B Com degree (Finance discipline)
• Completed SAIPA/SAICA articles
• Minimum 2 years Accounting experience (after articles)
• Knowledge of SAP FI (Finance) and PR (Projects) modules
• Mining industry experience (preferable)

What we offer

• A safety-focused and inclusive working environment
• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience
• Ongoing individual wellbeing support for you and your family for personal and professional matter

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 worlds 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 youll be working

Richards Bay Minerals (RBM) is a world leader in heavy mineral sands extraction and refining and is South Africas largest mineral sands producer. RBM produces predominantly ilmenite, rutile and zircon materials used in everything from paint to smartphones to sunscreen.

Every Voice Matters

RBM is an equal opportunity employer and preference will be given to candidates from the designated groups in line with the companys employment equity plan.

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.