Finance Advisor –6 Months Fixed Term Contract

Join a global network and diverse team where people are encouraged to offer unique perspectives and build knowledge and connections within Rio Tinto Exploration Africa.

Location: Johannesburg, South Africa

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

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.

Reporting to the Finance Business Partner (Rio Tinto Exploration Africa) and working in a collaborative community within the business, you will be responsible for:

1. 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.
2. Delivery of financial accounting processes throughout the monthly cycle; review of journals, reconciliations, and working papers prepared by local finance and tax service providers.
3. Review and analysis of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial results for external reporting.
4. Ensure correct and accurate reporting of all leases, in line with IFRS16.
5. 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.
6. 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).
7. Partner with Closing & Reporting (C&R) and Controllership teams to enhance financial services provided to the business.
8. Ensure compliance with adequate internal controls SOX standard and Rio Tinto’s accounting policies.
9. Review statutory financials and tax computations.
10. Lead & manage the statutory audits.
11. Support other internal and external audits.
12. Support the Africa – Eurasia Finance Business Partner team to standardize and optimise finance processes.
13. Manage requests to/from various stakeholders.
14. Review and approve vendor payments.
15. Support ad hoc projects or initiatives.

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

Rio Tinto is a leading global mining and materials company. We operate in 35 countries where we produce iron ore, copper, aluminum, critical minerals, and other materials needed for the global energy transition and for people, communities, and nations to thrive. We have been mining for almost 150 years and operate with knowledge built up across generations and continents. Our purpose is to find better ways to provide the materials the world needs – striving for innovation and continuous improvement to produce materials with low emissions and to the right environmental, social, and governance standards. But we can’t do it on our own, so we’re focused on creating partnerships to solve problems, create win-win, and meet opportunities.

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.

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, women, the LGBTQIA+ community, mature workers, and people with disabilities and people from different cultural backgrounds.