Senior Advisor Finance Business Partner Underground

Rio Tinto • Salt Lake City, UT

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Advisor Finance Business Partner Underground position is responsible for building and embedding cost governance and financial systems and processes within the underground operations. This role will lead month-end, forecast, and annual planning cycles, and implement Rio Tinto cost leadership best practices. The position will provide financial insights for operational and strategic projects, deliver accurate cost reporting, forecasting, and variance analysis, and act as a trusted finance partner in Underground team meetings and workshops. Additionally, the role will support ad hoc analysis and business cases within defined authority limits.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Finance, Accounting, or related field.
• 8 years of related work experience in the mining industry and/or mining operations.
• 8 years of experience managing multiple concurrent projects, including scheduling, task prioritization, and meeting project deadlines.
• 8 years of experience using Microsoft Office, SAP, and Power BI.
• 5 years of experience in financial analysis and modeling of projects and/or operations in the mining, oil and gas, or energy industries.
• 5 years of experience aligning financial initiatives with the organization’s strategic objectives in the mining sector.
• 5 years of experience analyzing business and value chain data, including interpreting complex financial data and making recommendations to support business decisions.
• 5 years of experience applying data-driven analysis to support decision-making, including synthesizing technical findings and presenting recommendations to stakeholders to guide project or product direction.
• 5 years of experience presenting complex financial or operational data to internal stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Build and embed cost governance and financial systems and processes.
• Lead month-end, forecast, and annual planning cycles.
• Lead Rio Tinto cost leadership best practices at underground.
• Provide financial insights for operational and strategic projects.
• Deliver accurate cost reporting, forecasting, and variance analysis.
• Actively participate in Underground team meetings and workshops as a trusted finance partner.
• Support ad hoc analysis and business cases within defined authority limits.

What This Job Offers

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