Strategic Partnership Specialist

As a Senior Advisor, you will play a key role in supporting Joint Venture Managers in ensuring compliance with JV agreements and maintaining alignment with our strategic objectives.

You will serve as the central contact between Rio Tinto and JV partners for day-to-day matters, addressing routine issues and escalating complex challenges to the relevant JV Manager as needed.

You will oversee compliance with JV obligations, including problem solving, detailed analysis, and support to ensure adherence to frameworks.

You will prepare and review monthly reports, offering insights and recommendations to JV Managers to inform strategic decisions.

You will assist in the preparation of annual JV operating and capital budgets, ensuring alignment with broader RTIO budgets and providing necessary data for final approval.

You will deliver insights and analysis through clear, concise reporting to stakeholders, ensuring that JV Managers are equipped with accurate information for high-level discussions.

You will build and maintain strong relationships with JV participants, ensuring effective communication and timely resolution of routine issues.

You will foster communication and collaboration between various Rio Tinto departments to support the achievement of JV objectives, working closely with JV Managers to align on strategic goals.

You will assist in the coordination, preparation, and analysis of RTIO's insurance requirements.

• A commitment to safety.
• Holds a Bachelor's degree or equivalent.
• Preferably finance background with key commercial and operations expertise. Skills in Finance automation highly regarded.
• Collaborative approach to build strong ties with Legal, Business Development, and Joint Venture counterparts.
• Continuous Improvement mindset – ability to identify and implement governance process enhancements.
• A passion and interest to understand complex joint venture and infrastructure agreements.

• Be recognized for your contribution, thinking, and hard work, and go home knowing you've helped the world progress.
• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority.
• A permanent position working directly for Rio Tinto.
• Full relocation provided to Western Australia from elsewhere in Australia.
• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive bonus.
• Comprehensive medical benefits including subsidized 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, cultural leave).
• To better suit different family needs, our paid parental leave approach gives all parents the option to take 18 weeks of paid leave after a new child arrives – at a time that suits them.

Based in Perth, Western Australia. The role is principally Perth-based in our Central Park head office with flexible working arrangements on offer. Ad-hoc travel may be required.

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.