About The Role
We are looking for an experienced finance leader to partner with the Exploration Director and senior leadership team across the Africa and Eurasia Exploration region. The role provides end‑to‑end financial leadership across all regional activities including managing joint venture relationships, entering and exiting countries within the region, developing annual financial plans, and providing objective analysis to inform decision making. You will also lead and develop a team of Finance Business Partners across the Africa and Eurasia region.
Responsibilities
- Partner with stakeholders to proactively drive financial analysis, cost discipline and influence outcomes through providing a decision framework supported by insightful and objective analysis.
- Foster strong relationships with a variety of stakeholders across multiple technical disciplines, other regional FBP teams, Functions and Group Finance.
- Institute and maintain cost leadership rituals to ensure operational excellence.
- Support leaders to develop and deliver their annual financial plans and short‑term forecasts (forward plans).
- Connector across the business in applying enterprise Finance frameworks.
- Lead, coach and develop a diverse and high‑performing Finance Africa and Eurasia FBP team.
- Promote and embed a continuous improvement mindset to enable change, transformation and stronger business outcomes.
- Ensure governance and compliance through effective application of financial controls and risk management.
- Provide reporting for incorporated and unincorporated entities and joint ventures.
- Lead local SAP implementations (where relevant) and alignment to the wider Rio Tinto processes.
About You
- A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team.
- Bachelor’s degree in a financial discipline.
- Professional qualification MBA, ACA, CPA, CMA.
- Demonstrated ability to positively influence and engage with a diverse range of stakeholders, and to navigate and solve complex financial issues.
- Credibility to provide considered commercial, strategic and tactical advice to senior leaders.
- Relevant experience in management reporting, budgeting and forecasting.
- Genuine curiosity for understanding detailed business performance and using that understanding to develop insights and improvement initiatives.
- Proven ability to lead, coach and develop the FBP team, improving skill sets and effectiveness.
- Experience in governance, compliance, and risk management (highly beneficial).
What We Offer
- 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 programmes and pension plan.
- Wellbeing benefits.
- Generous Rio Tinto employee share programme.
- Employee Assistance Programme.
- Ongoing individual wellbeing support for you and your family for personal and professional matters.
- Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave).
Location
Role based in Reading, United Kingdom. The role will directly support the Africa and Eurasia Exploration team and be a member of the dedicated Safety, Development & Technical FBP team that reports through to the Group CFO. Work across multiple global locations including North and South America, Eurasia, Africa, and Australia.
Equal Opportunity Statement
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 and 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.
