Senior Adviser Tax

• Partner with finance and operational leaders across Rio Tinto to deliver high-quality tax advisory, compliance and reporting outcomes
• Build broad exposure across tax effect accounting, income tax compliance, tax transformation and strategic business initiatives
• Join a high-performing global tax team driving process improvement, technology innovation and continuous improvement

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 a Senior Advisor – Global Tax Transformation & Operations (Southern Hemisphere) to support the delivery of income tax compliance, reporting and advisory activities across Rio Tinto's operations in Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Singapore.

This is a great opportunity for an experienced tax professional who enjoys business partnering with finance and operational stakeholders, solving complex tax challenges and driving process improvement. Working within a high-performing global tax team, you will play a key role in delivering high-quality tax outcomes while supporting transformation and continuous improvement initiatives across the function.

Reporting to the Manager – Global Tax Transformation & Operations (Southern Hemisphere), you will:

• Partner with finance and operational teams to provide advice on income tax matters and support business decision-making
• Deliver income tax compliance and reporting activities, including tax effect accounting calculations, income tax returns and tax disclosures
• Prepare technical tax advice, position papers and supporting documentation for transactions, projects and business initiatives
• Support relationships with tax authorities, including preparing responses to requests for information and regulatory enquiries
• Identify, manage and escalate tax risks while ensuring compliance with Rio Tinto tax policies, controls and governance requirements
• Lead process improvement initiatives that enhance efficiency, standardisation and risk management outcomes
• Collaborate across the Global Tax team to support projects, share knowledge and provide specialist tax expertise
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve tax processes through automation, technology and AI-enabled solutions

About you

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Significant experience in corporate tax gained within a professional services firm, commercial organisation, tax authority or a combination of these environments
• Strong technical knowledge of corporate income tax, tax compliance and tax effect accounting requirements
• Experience preparing tax advice, tax calculations, income tax returns and supporting governance documentation
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with the ability to explain complex tax matters to finance, commercial and operational stakeholders
• Professional qualification such as CA ANZ, CPA or CTA, together with a degree in Commerce, Taxation, Law or a related discipline

What we offer

• Be recognised for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work, and go home knowing you've helped the world progress
• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• A 12‑month fixed-term opportunity working directly for Rio Tinto
• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with an annual incentive program
• Comprehensive medical benefits including subsidised private health insurance for employees and immediate family
• Attractive share ownership plan and company-provided insurance cover
• Extensive salary sacrifice and salary packaging options
• Career development and 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
• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more)

Where you'll be working

You will be part of Rio Tinto's Global Tax Transformation & Operations team, which supports tax compliance, reporting and transformation activities across multiple jurisdictions. Based in Perth (preferred), with Brisbane considered, you will work closely with colleagues across the global tax function, finance teams, operational stakeholders and external advisers to deliver high-quality tax outcomes and continuous improvement initiatives.

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 LGBTQ+ 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.