Senior Adviser Data & Analytics

• 12 month engagement in one of Rio Tinto's largest global business transformation programs as we transition to SAP S/4HANA.

• Partner with Finance, SAP and Data experts to deliver high-quality financial data that supports critical business outcomes.

• Influence how financial data is migrated, validated and trusted from day one of our future ERP landscape.

About the role

We are looking for an experienced Senior Adviser Data & Analytics - Finance to support the migration of Finance data from SAP ECC to SAP S/4HANA as part of Rio Tinto's global Modern ERP program.

Working within a collaborative Finance Data Migration team, you will help ensure financial data is accurate, complete and ready to support business operations, reporting and decision-making from day one. You will work closely with Finance subject matter experts, SAP functional consultants, technical teams and business stakeholders to support migration planning, validation, reconciliation and deployment activities across the program lifecycle.

This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to a large-scale transformation program while helping shape the future of Finance processes and data across Rio Tinto.

What you'll be doing

• Analyse Finance data to assess quality, completeness and readiness for migration to SAP S/4HANA.

• Support the development of migration rules, mappings and transformation requirements.

• Identify data quality issues and work with business and technical teams to coordinate remediation activities.

• Execute data validation and reconciliation activities to ensure migrated data is accurate and complete.

• Investigate reconciliation variances and support issue resolution with Finance and SAP stakeholders.

• Support mock migrations, testing cycles and deployment activities, including SIT and UAT phases.

• Contribute to cutover planning and deployment readiness activities to support successful go-live outcomes.

• Collaborate with Finance SMEs, SAP functional consultants and technical teams to continuously improve migration processes and governance.

What you'll bring

• Experience delivering SAP Finance data migration activities within large ERP transformation or SAP implementation programs.

• Strong understanding of SAP Finance (FI/CO) master data, transactional data and related business processes.

• Proven capability in financial data validation, reconciliation and issue investigation.

• Experience supporting testing, mock migrations, deployment activities and production cutovers.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret complex data and business rules.

• Experience working with data mappings, transformation logic and migration specifications.

• SQL querying skills and experience validating data across relational databases.

• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across Finance, functional and technical teams.

Desirable

• SAP S/4HANA implementation or transformation experience.

• Experience with SAP Migration Cockpit, DMLT or similar migration tools.

• Finance reporting, reconciliation or period-end process experience.

• Experience working within large, global organisations, ideally in mining, resources or other complex industries.

What We Offer

• Be recognised for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority

• Competitive base salary with annual incentive program

• Comprehensive medical benefits including subsidised private health insurance

• Attractive share ownership plan

• Career development & education assistance

• Flexible working arrangements

• Be part of Rio Tinto’s global Modern ERP transformation, contributing directly to one of the organisation’s most significant multi‑year programs

• Ongoing access to family-friendly health and medical wellbeing support

• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more

Where You’ll Be Working

You’ll join the Modern ERP Program — a multi‑disciplinary team bringing together technology, process, data and change specialists to reshape how work happens across Rio Tinto. We’re modernising a 20‑year‑old ERP system and redesigning core business processes to improve safety, efficiency and ignite innovation.

 This work supports our people across global operations to spend less time on transactional tasks and more time on work that really matters. By simplifying and digitising how the organisation runs, the Modern ERP Program is creating the foundation for future productivity gains, smarter decision‑making and AI‑enabled transformation.

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About Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto is a leading global mining and materials company. We operate in 35 countries where we produce iron ore, copper, aluminium, critical minerals, and other materials needed for the global energy transition and for people, communities, and nations to thrive.

We have been mining for 150 years and operate with knowledge built up across generations and continents. Our purpose is finding 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 situations and meet opportunities.

Respect and Inclusion

At Rio Tinto, 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. 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.