Overview
The opportunity is for an Advisor – Global Treasury Services within Finance and Accounting Services. The person will be responsible for the delivery of Group Services GSL Global Treasury Operations and Bank Account Management from the India delivery center. Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, such as Group Treasury, PTP, Payroll, Tax Team, and legal teams, to ensure alignment and efficient treasury and cash management processes. This role combines day-to-day Treasury back office activities, cash and liquidity management, and bank account management while managing customers and stakeholders. The role is based in Gurgaon, India.
Responsibilities
- Demonstrate extensive knowledge and deliver on treasury activities like daily Treasury bank reconciliation in Treasury Management System, daily cash positioning, cash forecasting, funding and repatriation, liquidity management, cash pooling, payments and settlements, and intercompany settlements via in-house banking structure.
- Monitor the organisation’s daily cash position to cover cash commitments, coordinate with Front Office teams in daily cash management duties, execute FX trades, assist with short-term borrowing or investments.
- Experience in back-office confirmations of MMF, Reverse Repo, FX, and other financial instruments.
- Prepare periodic and monthly reports on the global cash position (Actual vs Controllers Forecast) and update the wider Group Treasury teams.
- Assist with periodic hedging programs and coordinate with Banks, FX traders, Company Secretaries, and other teams to ensure confirmation and settlement of trades using various FX trading tools and TMS.
- Support FX front office teams including loading of FX trades and rates in TMS, maintain standard settlement instructions/static data in TMS, and update FX mandates with counterparty banks.
- Perform month-end checks for the team and resolve accounting queries (Notional/Mirror checks) within agreed deadlines.
- Execute payments on behalf of participating group companies in the Treasury Management System through a single Treasury header account and recharge/booking on originating entity’s IC account.
- Knowledge of POBO/ROBO and Netting; perform these for group companies to reduce cross-border transaction volumes, FX costs, and optimize bank accounts using the IHB structure where possible.
- Ensure funding, wires payments, and cash calls are validated before approval with respect to authorized source documents in the payment/transfer process.
- Understand banking-related projects to establish new host-to-host connections, MT940 setups, APIs, virtual accounts, onboarding new banks, and opening/closing accounts.
- E-banking portal administration for various global cash management banks.
- Assist with documentation related to bank facilities (Letter of Credit/Bank Guarantees/SLA agreements/bank mandates/other queries from banks).
- Strong bank guarantee management of the assigned regions, including processing issuance/reception/cancellation and KPI monitoring and maintenance of the Bank Guarantee Database.
- Maintain repository of bank accounts, bank mandates, and bank signatory information for reproducible access.
- Adhere to banking compliances, including ACB, AML, KYC, cross-border restrictions, sanctions, and regulated markets; understand internal banking controls and SOX controls with experience in audits.
- Participate in global projects and continuous improvement initiatives; contribute to global improvements including knowledge management, desk-top procedures standardization, process risk and control matrices, automation, and resolving inefficiencies.
Educational qualification
- CTP / ACT / MBA / CIMA / Management Graduates, or equivalent qualification from professional business schools / accounting / treasury bodies
Professional Experience & Technical Skills
- Minimum 7 to 10 years of experience in a similar role
- Extensive knowledge of Treasury Management Systems (Quantum TMS or similar); core treasury and cash/FX management experience with general accounting knowledge
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills (written and verbal)
- Expertise in a Treasury Management Tool (e.g., Quantum TTMS or similar)
- Strong MS Office skills (Excel, Teams, SharePoint, Power BI)
- Sound knowledge of SAP/ERP
- Strong presentation skills with MS PowerPoint proficiency
- Analytical and problem-solving mindset; project experience with reporting/MIS skills
- Ability to handle sensitive information appropriately
Soft Skills
- Partnership and collaborative mindset
- Problem-solving with relevant information gathering and effective solutions
- Business improvement mindset; adaptability and ability to work autonomously or in a team
- Team player with strong communication and coordination across multiple parties
- Time management and ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment
- Organised, detail-oriented, and with strong analytical thinking
- Customer service focus (internal and external)
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.
Every Voice Matters At 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 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.