Senior Ethics & Compliance Leader – Australasia

Rio Tinto; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 170,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary

Annual incentive program

Private health insurance

Share ownership plan

Insurance cover

Salary packaging options

Career development & education

Family-friendly wellbeing support

Job summary

Rio Tinto is seeking a Principal Adviser Ethics & Compliance – Australasia to provide senior advisory support across Australia. You will work with leaders to manage integrity and regulatory risks, strengthening first-line capability and material controls while maintaining second-line independence.

You will report to the Manager Ethics & Compliance – Australasia and collaborate with Legal, Risk, Internal Audit and operations to drive practical remediation and risk-based monitoring across a large

Qualifications

• Experience in Ethics & Compliance, regulatory risk, assurance or investigations.
• Ability to influence senior leaders and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Strong analytical and concise communication, with evidence-based insights.
• Proven ability to develop remediation actions for control gaps.
• Experience across large, complex organisations with second-line oversight.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership-facing Ethics & Compliance advice on material risks and high-risk decisions.
• Develop guidance, briefings and learning to strengthen first-line ownership and capability.
• Deliver risk-based monitoring and assurance across priority risks and locations.
• Document evidence-based findings and track remediation to closure.
• Support investigations and root cause analysis, identifying recurring issues.
• Collaborate with Legal, Risk, Internal Audit and operations to ensure consistent application of requirements.

Skills

Influence senior leaders

Ethics & Compliance

Regulatory risk

Investigations

Communication

Job description

Rio Tinto is seeking a Principal Adviser Ethics & Compliance – Australasia to provide senior advisory support across Australia. You will work with leaders to manage integrity and regulatory risks, strengthening first-line capability and material controls while maintaining second-line independence.

You will report to the Manager Ethics & Compliance – Australasia and collaborate with Legal, Risk, Internal Audit and operations to drive practical remediation and risk-based monitoring across a large