Senior Advisor - Group Financial Reporting Risk

• Be part of a group that is safety driven and values inclusion
• Join an encouraging leadership group, committed to your growth and development
• 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 Senior Advisor - Group Financial Reporting Risk to support the Controllers Area of Expertise team, responsible for co-ordination and delivery of Group reporting activities for the Rio Tinto Group. It works closely with the Controllership teams worldwide, Product Groups and Functions, and other Areas of Expertise (such as Tax, Treasury and Investor Relations) to deliver high quality reporting and analysis to internal and external stakeholders.

As a sub-team of Corporate Reporting, the Financial Reporting Risk team is responsible for managing the development of systems and reporting processes; providing technical expertise, Group context and oversight to the Group's control environment. The team works closely with various internal stakeholders as well as our internal and external auditors

Reporting to the Manager - Group Financial Reporting Risk, this role will be responsible for supporting activities which improve and de-risk the Group's processes, including:

• Phase 2 implementation, management, and continuous improvement of the SOx reporting platform. Currently we are using Workiva's Wdesk platform but are always exploring new technology offerings.
• Advising on and contributing to improvements in business process and control activities. This involves close liaison with process owners to help them develop and implement robust control activities and streamline the operation of these controls.
• Assisting with project management and delivery of the SOx program through the year, in close partnership with internal stakeholders, KPMG and Deloitte.
• Review, analysis and challenge of deliverables provided by reporting units.
• Support users of SOx systems (control and process owners) on practical user interface matters in the reporting tool.
• Preparation of financial briefing information and project status updates for senior management and Board level reporting.
• Contributing to and delivering both targeted and Group wide training programs relevant to critical systems and processes (mainly judgmental processes such as those relating to impairment, economic forecasts and closure estimates).
• Respond to ad-hoc queries and information requests from various stakeholders across the Group; for example Investor Relations, Company Secretarial, Group Legal, Tax, Sustainable Development, and Treasury.

About you

To be considered for this position:

• Newly qualified/qualified (1-2 years) Chartered Accountant qualification/accreditation (ACA or equivalent).
• Preferably 'Big 4' accounting firm trained and qualified; interest and experience in the extractive industry is desirable.
• Audit or advisory experience in controls and processes (flowcharting, control design and testing, process improvement experience).
• Specific SOx experience highly desirable.
• Experience of Group corporate reporting or experience working in/with a global listed company.
• Ability to write financial documents on technical subjects for both internal and external audiences, whether specialist or non-specialist.
• Experience with Hyperion Financial Management (HFM) and Smartview for excel retrieve formula (desirable but not required).
• Proficiency in Word, Excel, PowerPoint applications assumed. Some experience of financial modelling an advantage.
• Experience with Workiva Wdesk, Visio/Miro desirable.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Right to work in the United Kingdom.

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 LGBTQIA+ 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.