Principal Advisor - Trade Working Capital (Commercial Finance) Fixed Term
Why explore
An opportunity to work on shaping and delivering the key priorities for one of the worlds largest companies - finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs
Work in a collaborative and fast paced environment
Engage and influence senior leaders
Fixed term 12-month
Location flexible across Singapore Perth Brisbane London.
About the role
We are looking for an experienced Principal Advisor - Trade Working Capital on a fixed term basis to join the Commercial Finance team. This role is a great opportunity for an experienced professional to drive a high impact project as part of a large dynamic and complex business. Proven engagement and influencing skills project management experience and demonstrated ability to run financial analysis are crucial to be successful in this role.
Reporting to the Senior Manager Finance Business Partner Iron Ore & Copper you will drive the coordination and execution of the Trade Working Capital (TWC) improvement program for the Copper and Iron Ore Product Groups. Key responsibilities include:
Coordinate the endtoend rhythm of the TWC Working Group ensuring clear preparation alignment followthrough on actions and governance.
Partner with the business on the TWC analysis and evolution to understand the underlying trends and drivers and aligning on optimal levels of TWC
Drive initiative pipeline management by supporting ideation shaping proposals trade-off reviews and tracking progress across streams.
Ensure initiative visibility and escalation pathways to maintain high ambition and contribution towards the Product Groups TWC targets.
Facilitate deep dives and crossstream problemsolving to remove roadblocks and maintain momentum on value delivery.
Proactively partner with key stakeholders and initiative owners across the Product Groups to ensure high-quality inputs prioritisation and robust value cases.
Lead TWC analysis insights identify risks and trends.
Maintain strong governance by coordinating templates communication and weekly drumbeats.
Proactively identify opportunities and recommend areas of improvement.
Key interfaces / works closely with:
Product Group GMs across various streams such as Finance Sales & Marketing Operations Procurement
Various Product Group stakeholders
Finance Business Partners
Project Sponsors Copper and Iron Ore PG CFO Commercial CFO VP Copper Sales & Marketing VP Iron Ore Sales & Marketing
About you
To be successfully considered for this role you will have:
Bachelor and/or professional qualifications.
10 years significant finance experience within a global organisation.
Project Management and/or strategy consulting expertise.
Experience effectively managing and influencing a diverse range of stakeholders.
Strong acumen for analysis commercial and business improvement.
Demonstrated analytical thinking capability.
Capacity to work autonomously.
Ability to simplify complex problems and present in written and oral modes to senior management.
What we offer
A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
A competitive salary package with annual cash incentive awards for eligible employees
Access top tier family-friendly health and medical programs and pension plan
Generous Rio Tinto employee share program
Employee Assistance Program
Career development & education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions
Leave for all of lifes reasons (vacation/annual paid parental sick leave)
Where you will be working
Our Commercial function at Rio Tinto connects our product groups customers and suppliers from mine to market. We bring together Sales & Marketing and Trading (Sell) Global Procurement (Buy) and Marine & Logistics (Move) to buy sell and move the materials the world needs by partnering across the value chain to optimise outcomes for our customers and the Group. Headquartered in our global Commercial hub in Singapore and with a strong presence in Chicago Frankfurt Antwerp and across Asia in Beijing Shanghai Tokyo and Seoul we work as one team to deliver customer centric value safely and sustainably.
Work at the heart of our global Commercial hub in Singapore partnering crossfunctionally across Buy Sell and Move to shape strategy and deliver minetomarket value around the world.
Application Deadline: 5th Feb 2026 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove job postings prior to the stated closing date)
Please note in order to be successfully considered for this role you must complete all pre-screening questions.
Rio Tinto does not accept unsolicited CVs or candidate profiles from recruiters or employment agencies. Rio Tinto will not consider or agree to payment of any referral compensation or recruiter fee relating to unsolicited CVs or candidate profiles. Rio Tinto reserves the right to hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited CVs or candidate profiles including those submitted to hiring managers are deemed to be the property of Rio Tinto.
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 cant do it on our own so were 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 Indigenous Peoples women the LGBTQIA 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.
Required Experience:
Staff IC
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