Advisor – Finance (Rio Tinto Exploration Africa) at Rio Tinto

About the role

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We are looking for an Advisor – Finance to be responsible for supporting our Exploration Africa operations with timely and accurate financial reports, and analyses, in accordance with IFRS standards and Rio Tinto policies.

This role is a great opportunity for a finance professional with a passion for driving financial planning and analysis and supporting business performance. The ideal candidate will have a demonstrated ability to coordinate financial analysis and planning processes, identify opportunities and deliver results.

Reporting to the Manager – Finance Business Partner (Rio Tinto Exploration Africa), you will be responsible for:

• Managing and partnering with finance service providers to ensure adherence to Rio Tinto standards and principles, implement robust processes, oversee management reports, respective journals, and month-end processes.
• Delivery of financial accounting processes throughout the monthly cycle; review of journals, reconciliations, and working papers prepared by local finance and tax service providers as well as review and analysis of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial results for external reporting.
• Ensure correct and accurate reporting of all leases, in line with IFRS16 and ensure compliance with adequate internal controls SOX standard and Rio Tinto’s accounting policies.
• Partner with exploration business leaders during the development of the annual plan and forecasting; ensure accurate capturing and reconciliation of operational plans into planning and finance applications.
• Close partnering with outsource providers to ensure tax compliance and timely submissions of all monthly, annual, and ad-hoc tax returns (including but not limited to corporate tax, VAT and WHT).
• Partner with Closing & Reporting (C&R) and Controllership teams to enhance financial services provided to the business and manage requests to/from various stakeholders, review and approve vendor payments and support ad hoc projects or initiatives.
• Review statutory financials and tax computations as well as support the Africa – Eurasia Finance Business Partner team to standardise and optimise finance processes.
• Lead and manage the statutory audits as well as support other internal and external audits.

What you’ll bring

To succeed in this role, you will have:

• Bachelor and/or professional qualification e.g, ACA, CPA, CIMA
• 2 years + finance, accounting, and tax experience within a global organization
• Experience effectively managing and influencing a diverse range of stakeholders.
• Analytical and strategic forward-thinker
• Demonstrated leadership abilities with the capacity to work autonomously.
• Expertise across a full range of standard business and finance tools (SAP, PowerPoint, Excel, PowerBI, etc.)
• Strong capability to effectively prioritize and possess excellent organizational skills.
• Commitment to Rio Tinto values: Care, Courage, and Curiosity.