Senior Manager – Tax Operations, Southern Hemisphere

• A senior leadership role shaping how Rio Tinto delivers its income tax obligations across the Southern Hemisphere.
• Lead a team of around 20 tax professionals and own the operational delivery, people development and stakeholder relationships for the region.
• Brisbane or Perth based, driving meaningful transformation through new processes, systems and ways of working.

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About the role:

We are looking for a Senior Manager – Global Tax Transformation & Operations to lead the Southern Hemisphere operations stream within Rio Tinto’s Global Tax Transformation & Operations team. This role is accountable for the planning, resourcing and delivery of income tax compliance and reporting outcomes across Australia, New Zealand, Pacific and Asia, with quality and process oversight for Mongolia and South Africa.

This is a great opportunity for a delivery-driven senior tax leader who is passionate about building high-performing teams, developing people and owning the operational heartbeat of Rio Tinto’s income tax compliance and reporting across the Southern Hemisphere. Working in close partnership with the Northern Hemisphere Operations Lead, the Technology & Transformation Lead and the Reporting Policy & Governance Lead, you will play a critical role in embedding new processes, systems and ways of working into day-to-day operations.

Reporting to the General Manager, Global Tax Transformation & Operations and working in a global and highly collaborative tax environment, you will be:

• Owning the annual compliance and reporting delivery plan for the Southern Hemisphere, including direct management for APAC and quality and process oversight for Mongolia and South Africa, liaising with local teams as needed.
• Delivering critical decision support by partnering with regional tax advisors and key business leaders, while monitoring legislative and regulatory developments across all jurisdictions and assessing their impact on compliance and reporting obligations, including Pillar Two / global minimum tax requirements.
• Maintaining a robust governance and control environment across the region, including consistent application of tax policies, procedures and best practices, development of jurisdictional standards and guidelines for core income tax processes, and support for internal and external audit, governance reviews and risk assessments.
• Resourcing and embedding GTTO technology and transformation initiatives into operational delivery, leading regional change management and driving continuous improvement to simplify workflows, reduce manual effort, improve accuracy and build sustainable, repeatable practices.
• Leading, coaching and developing a diverse team of around 20 tax professionals across Brisbane, Perth, Mongolia and India, setting clear expectations, building technical depth and delivery discipline, and fostering a values-led culture of accountability, collaboration and continuous learning.
• Acting as the primary relationship owner for tax operations across the Southern Hemisphere, building trusted partnerships with finance, commercial and operational leaders, external auditors and tax authorities, and collaborating closely with Regional General Managers and GTTO stream leads to deliver joined-up outcomes for the function.

About you:

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team.
• 12+ years’ post-qualification experience in a professional services firm and/or multinational in-house tax environment, with significant leadership and operational delivery responsibility, together with a professional accounting designation (CA, CPA or equivalent).
• Deep knowledge of Australian corporate income tax and advanced understanding of tax effect accounting (IAS 12) and related accounting standards, with demonstrated ability to plan, resource and manage complex, multi-jurisdictional compliance and reporting programs to deadline and quality standards.
• Proven experience leading and developing high-performing teams, including a coaching-led leadership style and experience supporting people through change with clear expectations, regular feedback, empowerment and deliberate stretch.
• Experience embedding process or technology change into operational teams, including change management, training and adoption support, together with a track record of identifying and delivering continuous improvements to operational processes.
• Excellent communication, collaboration and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to translate complex tax issues into clear messages, influence across cultures and functions, and build trusted relationships with senior leaders, external auditors, advisors and tax authorities; experience in the resources, mining or energy sector, knowledge of regional tax regimes, Pillar Two / global minimum tax, tax technology platforms and complex tax reporting will be highly regarded.

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 competitive base salary reflective of your experience and skills, with annual incentive program and Rio Tinto share plan participation.
• Flexible and hybrid working arrangements, based in Brisbane or Perth, with the autonomy to manage your schedule.
• Comprehensive leave policies including 18 weeks’ paid parental leave for all carers regardless of gender, and leave loading.
• Subsidized private health insurance and contribution to medical costs.
• Salary sacrifice and salary packaging options.
• Career development and education assistance to support your professional growth.
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program, wellbeing support and Rio Discounts Program.
• Exposure to a genuinely global, complex and high-impact portfolio — this role shapes how Rio Tinto delivers its tax obligations across multiple jurisdictions and contributes directly to our public reporting and transparency commitments.

Where you’ll be working

You’ll be part of Rio Tinto’s Group Tax function, one of the largest and most complex in-house tax teams in the Australian resources sector. The team manages Rio Tinto’s global tax obligations across more than 35 countries. This role sits within Global Tax Transformation & Operations and can be based in either our Brisbane or Perth office.

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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.