Senior Manager Business Analysis – RTA Pacific Operations

• Flexible work and learning environment
• Be part of a diverse Finance team focused on growth opportunities
• Work alongside an influential Senior Leadership team

About the role

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

We are looking for a Senior Manager Business Analysis to support the senior leadership team by providing high quality business analysis support and enhance value to the Pacific Operations in RTA. Leading a team of 5 professionals (managers/ principal advisors/senior analysts), the role provides leadership of BA in the Pacific region for RTA.

This role is a great opportunity for anyone who likes to concentrate on value creation, medium and long-term strategy, is performance-oriented and is keen to work in a technologically advanced, cost competitive Product Group. Reporting to the General Manager Business Analysis, you will:

• Engage with Senior Leaders and the operational teams to identify, advise, evaluate and optimise project value
• Provide solid analytical support to senior management across the BUs and Functions supported by FBPs in delivering value-accretive projects and balancing costs and risks
• Fully leverage the RTA Finance teams across FBP, BA, Plan and to maximize the value delivered in support to Pacific Operations
• Support Pacific Operations to build and evaluate business cases for business opportunities and strategic initiatives.
• Prepare the Business Analysis review submissions to the RTA PG Investment Committee (RTA PGIC) to advise RTA SLT on relevant commercial issues/risks and opportunities.
• Influence and advise members of Pacific Operations and various MD/GM Teams on relevant commercial issues through the preparation of reports and presentations that analyse key commercial issues.
• Manage a team of highly skilled professionals, including proactive identification of opportunities for team members’ talent and career development, and succession planning.
• Support capital performance management process and prioritization
• Work with RTA Strategy to support all strategic initiatives for PacOps

What you’ll bring

• A commitment to the safety and wellbeing of yourself and your team
• High level of skill to engage and support the development of people
• Strong communication and listening skills to influence across the business
• A desire to learn and grow in a global business across organisational and geographical interfaces.
• Interest in challenging the status quo to find more effective ways of operating.
• Commercial insight, strategic thinking, business acumen, and financial and business analysis
• Ability to engage, influence and form productive relationships spanning several layers in the organisation
• Experience in commercial and operational roles equivalent to approximately 10 years. All experience in the mining and resource industries will be an asset.
• A degree in a similar area such as B.Comm/ B.Eng/ B.Econ is essential. An MBA or other relevant post graduate qualification is an asset

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 and wellbeing is always the number one priority
• A permanent position working directly for Rio Tinto
• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive program
• Comprehensive medical benefits including subsidised private health insurance for employees and immediate family
• Attractive share ownership plan
• Company provided insurance cover
• Extensive salary sacrifice & salary packaging options
• Career development & education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions
• Ongoing access to family-friendly health and medical wellbeing support
• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)
• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more)
• Possible domestic relocation assistance

About Rio Tinto

As pioneers in mining and metals, we produce materials essential to human progress.

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 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, women, the LGBTI+ 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.

Apply today if you want to work with the latest technology and innovation, in an environment where we support you to drive positive change.

Please note, in order to be successfully considered for this role you must complete all pre-screening questions.