Adviser, Indirect Tax

Rio Tinto • Salt Lake City, UT

7d • Onsite

About The Position

Play a key role in building data, automation, and tax compliance solutions that influence millions of dollars in business decisions. Join a high-impact Finance team where you’ll combine data engineering, analytics, and tax expertise to solve complex challenges. Help modernize a critical area of the business by creating scalable systems, improving processes, and delivering actionable insight. Permanent role based in Salt Lake City, Utah; candidates must be locally based. Relocation support is not provided. We’re Finding Better Ways™ to provide materials the world needs, now and in the future. Our values – care, courage and curiosity – guide how we work and how we treat each other. About the role We are looking for an Adviser, Indirect Tax, with a deep data focused skillset, to help build, design, and operate data systems that drive millions of dollars in tax decisions. This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys turning complex data into practical business value and wants to build scalable data, automation, and tax compliance solutions that directly influence high-impact financial decisions. Reporting to the Senior Adviser, Indirect Tax, and part of the Finance team, you will: Build and maintain data pipelines, models, and automation solutions that support indirect tax compliance and reporting. Develop tools and dashboards that improve visibility, accuracy, and efficiency across tax processes. Analyze large and complex datasets to identify issues, trends, risks, and opportunities for process improvement. Partner with teams across Finance, Operations, Property, AP, Banking, and IT to source, validate, and integrate data. Support the preparation and execution of complex indirect tax filings, including property, sales, and use tax returns. Review returns, reconciliations, workpapers, and supporting documentation to ensure quality and compliance. Monitor tax system outputs and investigate data or process issues that may impact filing accuracy. Maintain audit-ready records and support responses to tax notices, assessments, audits, and internal business inquiries.

Requirements

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, tax, data science, computer science, or a related field.
• Experience in a relevant role across tax, finance, accounting, data analytics, data engineering, or financial modeling.
• Strong hands-on experience with tools such as Alteryx, Python, SQL, Power BI, Power Query, or other automation and data visualization platforms.
• Ability to work with large, complex datasets and translate data into practical business insights and solutions.
• Experience building, improving, or maintaining data models, automated workflows, and reporting solutions.
• Strong analytical thinking, attention to detail, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify risks, issues, and process improvement opportunities.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional stakeholders and communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain data pipelines, models, and automation solutions that support indirect tax compliance and reporting.
• Develop tools and dashboards that improve visibility, accuracy, and efficiency across tax processes.
• Analyze large and complex datasets to identify issues, trends, risks, and opportunities for process improvement.
• Partner with teams across Finance, Operations, Property, AP, Banking, and IT to source, validate, and integrate data.
• Support the preparation and execution of complex indirect tax filings, including property, sales, and use tax returns.
• Review returns, reconciliations, workpapers, and supporting documentation to ensure quality and compliance.
• Monitor tax system outputs and investigate data or process issues that may impact filing accuracy.
• Maintain audit-ready records and support responses to tax notices, assessments, audits, and internal business inquiries.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with an annual incentive bonus.
• Access to top-tier family-friendly health programs including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, life insurance coverage, and various voluntary benefits.
• Excellent retirement plan including up to 6% defined company contribution; Generous 401k matching program.
• Attractive share ownership plan.
• Comprehensive leave policies which cover all the moments that matter in life: PTO (paid time off), paid holidays, and paid bereavement leave.
• A generous parental leave policy, which ensures you’re able to spend quality time with your new family.
• Discount programs for leisure purposes and access to Virgin Pulse with incentives supporting your wellbeing.
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP), which provides confidential counselling or expert guidance for you and your family to help get through life’s challenges.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior