Principal Adviser Business Integration

• 12 month contract shaping end‑to‑end business processes across a global SAP S/4HANA transformation
• Partner with multiple Global Process Owner (GPO) domains, working at the intersection of design, delivery and readiness
• High‑impact, senior delivery role with visibility across business, technology and delivery partners

About the role

The Principal Adviser Business Integration is a key contributor within the Modern ERP program, supporting the Business Integration team to drive cross‑program process alignment, consistency and business readiness.

This role sits at the intersection of business process, technology and stakeholder engagement, ensuring that end‑to‑end processes are clearly defined, validated and translated into solution design and delivery.

You will work closely with Global Process Owners (GPOs), business stakeholders and cross‑functional teams including Testing, Security, User Experience (UX), Architecture, Change Management and the System Integrator, playing a critical role in shaping how the business operates in the future SAP environment.

What you’ll be doing

• Drive end‑to‑end process integration across the eight GPO domains

• Facilitate alignment across GPOs to ensure processes are consistent, scalable, and fit‑for‑purpose

• Lead and support validation of end‑to‑end processes , ensuring process integrity (e.g. maintenance through to procurement)

• Use Signavio to model, validate and document processes, ensuring design integrity that directly supports build and implementation

• Support with developing program approaches /

• 12 month contract shaping end‑to‑end business processes across a global SAP S/4HANA transformation

• Partner with multiple Global Process Owner (GPO) domains, working at the intersection of design, delivery and readiness

• High‑impact, senior delivery role with visibility across business, technology and delivery partners

About the role

The Principal Adviser Business Integration is a key contributor within the Modern ERP program, supporting the Business Integration team to drive cross‑program process alignment, consistency and business readiness.

This role sits at the intersection of business process, technology and stakeholder engagement, ensuring that end‑to‑end processes are clearly defined, validated and translated into solution design and delivery.

You will work closely with Global Process Owners (GPOs), business stakeholders and cross‑functional teams including Testing, Security, User Experience (UX), Architecture, Change Management and the System Integrator, playing a critical role in shaping how the business operates in the future SAP environment.

What you’ll be doing

• Drive end‑to‑end process integration across the eight GPO domains
• Facilitate alignment across GPOs to ensure processes are consistent, scalable, and fit‑for‑purpose
• Lead and support validation of end‑to‑end processes , ensuring process integrity (e.g. maintenance through to procurement)
• Use Signavio to model, validate and document processes, ensuring design integrity that directly supports build and implementation
• Support with developing program approaches / frameworks to subsequently coordinate and drive key Business Integration scope including User Acceptance Testing, Climb 1 preparation, citizen development, and process readiness
• Provide strong oversight of the System Integrator and third party vendors, ensuring outcomes are delivered as agreed and effectively co‑delivered with internal teams
• Act as a senior integrator across business and technology, driving clarity, alignment and progress in complex environments

About you

You are a confident professional who thrives in complex, fast‑moving transformation environments and brings a strong balance of structure, influence and pragmatism.

You will bring:

• Proven experience in business integration, transformation, process improvement and process management roles within large‑scale programs
• Strong capability in process modelling, re‑engineering and improvement
• Experience working across multiple stakeholders and domains, including senior leaders
• High‑impact facilitation and influencing skills, with the ability to build buy‑in and alignment
• Comfort operating with ambiguity, evolving and competing priorities
• A background in technology, digital, and/or consulting

What We Offer

• Attractive compensation that is aligned to the specialist nature and impact of the role.
• Flexible working arrangements.
• A safety-focused and inclusive working environment.
• Career development to further your ambitions.
• Ongoing individual wellbeing support.
• 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.
• High‑impact contract role where your expertise helps shape the future of Planning & Reporting across a global enterprise.

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.

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