Senior Specialist Cost Control
Job Summary
Drive smart budgeting and forecasting to keep projects financially on track.
Based in Brisbane or Perth
Partner with key players to power financial success and streamline delivery.
About this role
We are looking for a Senior Advisor Cost Control to join our Modern ERP Program.
Responsible for ensuring project financial performance by managing budgets forecasts and cost controls. This includes monitoring variances supporting change and risk management and allocating resources effectively. The role also involves producing financial reports liaising with stakeholders and vendors and ensuring compliance with standardized systems and procedures.
An exciting chance to shape best practices and lead the way as Rio Tinto launches its global Modern ERP programan impactful and rewarding opportunity to make your mark.
What youll be doing
Develop and maintain project forecasts budgets and financial reports
Support cost control structures including budgeting and cost centre allocation
Monitor and analyse cost variances recommending corrective actions
Generate and maintain cost reports cost curves and financial dashboards
Support Final Forecast Cost (FFC) updates including risk and contingency inputs
Assess the financial impact of scope changes and update forecasts and budgets
Oversee thirdparty vendor and contractor cost management
Ensure compliance with standardised financial processes tools and systems
What youll bring
Proven experience in financial management within large complex multinational environments
Demonstrated ability to manage costs and budgets ideally within IT or ERP programs
Strong capability to analyse complex financial data and drive informed decisions
Solid understanding of project management principles and financial controls
Experience supporting forecasting cost reporting and variance analysis
Strong stakeholder management skills across internal and external partners
High attention to detail with strong governance and compliance focus
A proactive mindset with the ability to identify risks and improvement opportunities
What we offer
Be recognised for your contribution your thinking and your hard work and go home knowing youve helped the world progress
A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
A Fixed Term position working directly for Rio Tinto
A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive program
Comprehensive medical benefits including subsidised private health insurance for employees and immediate family
Attractive share ownership plan
Company provided insurance cover
Extensive salary sacrifice & salary packaging options
Career development & education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions
Ongoing access tofamily-friendly health and medical wellbeingsupport
Leave for all of lifes reasons (vacation/annual paid parental sick leave)
Exclusive employee discounts (banking accommodation cars retail and more)
Where youll be working
Youll join the Modern ERP Program within our Group Finance function a multidisciplinary team bringing together technology process data and change specialists to reshape how work happens across Rio Tinto. Were modernising a 20yearold ERP system and redesigning core business processes to improve safety efficiency and innovation.
This work will make it easier for people across our global operations to spend less time on transactional tasks and more time on the 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 decisionmaking and AIenabled transformation across the business
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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 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 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.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
About Company
Rio Tinto is a leading global mining group that focuses on finding, mining and processing the Earth’s mineral resources. Discover more about Rio Tinto's mining operations today.