Joint Venture Manager

Excited to grow your career?We value our talented workforce, and whenever possible strive to help our employees grow professionally. If you think this position is right for you, we encourage you to speak to your Leader and go ahead and apply!Our people make all the difference in our success.

Excited to grow your career?We value our talented workforce, and whenever possible strive to help our employees grow professionally. If you think this position is right for you, we encourage you to speak to your Leader and go ahead and apply!Our people make all the difference in our success.

Joint Venture Manager

We encourage women and Indigenous Peoples to apply, as we advance our business to more accurately reflect the o world around us.

• Lead a multi-disciplinary group that is safety driven and values inclusion
• Key leadership role within Joint Ventures and Agreements team - deliver value
• Perth based role offering great work/life balance

Where we’re all welcome

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 who we are.  

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 acknowledge that all people are different and believe that our differences are our strength. The diversity of skills, life experiences and perspectives within our team enhances our way of working and our ability to achieve success together.  

About the role

We are looking for a Joint Venture Manager to develop and maintain trusted and strategic relationships with JV partners, supporting the business to meet JV obligations and deliver value for all parties.

Reporting to the GM Joint Ventures and working in a diverse team within the Finance stream, you will:

• Develop and maintain trusted and strategic  relationships with JV participants.
• Key point of contact  with external JV Participants on all aspects of the JV relationship including planning, reporting, reserve development and agreement governance processes.
• Working closely with the JV Governance and Compliance team to ensure internal stakeholders are engaged to support inclusion of JV context and obligations within business processes.
• Develops, maintains and delivers against the JV strategy, including dedicated JV risk registers.
• Undertakes appropriate QA/QC review of JV specific information prior to release.
• Ensures timely execution of information request and actions from JV partners.
• Coordinates major capital / studies approval process, including significant sustaining capital approvals.
• Project manage approval and implementation of business changes / new requirements impacting existing JV arrangements.
• Provides advice, guidance and support to Iron Ore & other RT teams in relation to JV.
• Maintains and continuously improves the internal JV MOS to support ensure good working relationships with relevant internal stakeholders and works across multiple functions and disciplines (JV MOS).
• Represents JV interests at internal forums and discussions as needed.
• Works with other JV Managers to continuously improve JV management within RTIO (JV Playbook). 

What you’ll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Bachelor Degree or relevant tertiary qualifications
• Demonstrated experience in Finance or related area
• Ability to inspire collaboration and alignment
• Highly effective communication and stakeholder engagement skills
• The ability to juggle multiple tasks and meet deadlines
• Exceptional organisation skills with a high level of accuracy

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 permanent position working directly for Rio Tinto
• Full relocation provided to Western Australia from elsewhere in Australia
• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive bonus
• 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 to family-friendly health and medical wellbeing support
• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave, cultural leave)
• To better suit different family needs, our paid parental leave approach gives all parents the option to take 18 weeks of paid leave after a new child arrives – at a time that suits them

Where you’ll be workingIn the Pilbara region of Western Australia, we own an integrated portfolio of iron ore assets: a world-class, integrated network of 16 mines, four independent port terminals, a 1,700 kilometre rail network and related infrastructure – all designed to respond rapidly to changes in demand. We are one of the world’s leading producers and exporters of iron ore.

This role will be Perth based in our Central Park head office.

Applications close on Tuesday 26th November, 2024 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).

Salary Band

Every Voice MattersAt 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.