Principal Adviser Ethics and Compliance Asia

Rio Tinto; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual cash incentive

Education assistance

Health and pension programs

Employee share plan

Employee Assistance Program

Parental leave

Job summary

Rio Tinto seeks a Principal Adviser Ethics and Compliance Asia to provide senior advisory support from Singapore. You will partner with Commercial Procurement, HR, Finance and Group Services India to identify risks, implement controls and strengthen governance.

The role focuses on complex, high-risk issues, design of effective controls and capability building across locations. You will report to the Senior Manager Ethics and Compliance Asia and work with leaders to ensure risk insight and timely

Qualifications

• Strong experience in Ethics & Compliance, regulatory risk, assurance or related fields within a complex organization.
• Five years practical experience in integrity risks and controls including anti-bribery, third-party risk and speak-up processes.
• Ability to assess control design and operating effectiveness and prepare clear findings.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior, practical Ethics & Compliance advice to Asia leaders and second-line monitoring.
• Identify and manage integrity and regulatory risks across Commercial Procurement, HR, Finance and Group Services India.
• Support risk-based monitoring, assurance activities and remediation through to closure.
• Collaborate with Legal, Risk & Insurance and Internal Audit to coordinate advice.
• Develop targeted guidance and learning to strengthen business capability while preserving first-line accountability.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Facilitation

Analytical thinking

Written communication

Education

Tertiary qualification in compliance/risk/law/finance/audit/business

Professional accreditation desirable

Job description

Principal Adviser Ethics and Compliance Asia
Why explore

• Provide senior, practical Ethics & Compliance advice to Asia leaders in Commercial functional areas and Group Services-India.

• Enable first-line ownership and deliver targeted second line monitoring and assurance.

• Based in Singapore, a global commercial hub for Rio Tinto

About the role

We are seeking a Principal Adviser Ethics and Compliance Asia based in Singapore to provide senior advisory support across Rio Tinto’s Commercial operations. The role will principally support Commercial Procurement, Human Resources, Finance, and Group Services India.

Reporting to the Senior Manager Ethics and Compliance Asia, you will work directly with business and functional leaders to identify and manage integrity and regulatory risks, implement Group requirements and strengthen the design and operation of material controls.

The role is designed as an expert advisory position. It will focus on complex and higher risk work, control effectiveness, risk insight and capability building rather than routine transactional processing.

Key accountabilities

Risk advice and business partnership

• Provide independent, practical advice on material Ethics & Compliance risks, high risk transactions and business decisions.
• Build trusted relationships with leaders, risk and control owners and local subject matter experts while maintaining the objectivity required of a second line function.
• Monitor changes in the local operating and regulatory environment and translate them into clear risk implications and actions.

Programme implementation and first-line capability

• Support implementation of The Way We Work, the E&C Group Standard, supporting procedures and approved systems.
• Help first-line teams identify applicable risks, appoint accountable owners, implement proportionate controls and retain complete, accurate evidence.
• Develop targeted guidance, briefings and learning that strengthen business capability without displacing first-line accountability.

Monitoring and assurance

• Execute risk based second line monitoring and assurance across priority risks, controls and locations.
• Support Material Risk Reviews, bowtie or health checks, Business Integrity risk assessments and other control effectiveness reviews.
• Document evidence based findings, agree actions with accountable leaders and follow remediation through to sustainable closure.

Response, remediation and insight

• Support triage, investigations and incident response where local knowledge or subject matter input is required, preserving confidentiality and appropriate legal privilege.
• Analyse incidents, assurance findings and recurring issues to identify root causes, emerging risks and opportunities to improve controls, processes and learning.
• Prepare concise risk insights and recommendations for Commercial and Group Services governance forums.

Collaboration and improvement

• Work across central Areas of Expertise, Legal, Risk & Insurance, Group Internal Audit, People, Commercial and operational teams to coordinate advice and assurance.
• Contribute to global simplification, technology enablement, data quality and continuous-improvement initiatives.
• Share practice and support consistent application of the E&C framework across the team.

About you

To be successfully considered for this role, you will have:

• A commitment to the safety and wellbeing of yourself and your colleagues, and conduct aligned with Rio Tinto’s values.
• A relevant tertiary qualification in compliance, risk, law, finance, audit, business or a related discipline; relevant professional accreditation is desirable.
• Strong experience in Ethics & Compliance, regulatory risk, assurance, investigations, legal risk or a related field within a complex organisation.
• Five years practical experience and working knowledge of business integrity risks and controls, including anti-bribery and corruption, third-party risk, conflicts, benefits, fraud, sanctions and speak-up processes.
• Experience assessing control design and operating effectiveness and preparing clear findings and remediation actions.
• Sound judgement, personal integrity and the confidence to provide constructive challenge on sensitive issues.
• Strong stakeholder management, facilitation, analytical and written communication skills.
• The ability to work independently across multiple priorities, locations and time zones.

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 salary package with annual cash incentive awards for eligible employees
• Career development & education assistance to further your ambitions
• Access top tier family-friendly health and medical programs and pension plan
• Wellbeing benefits
• Generous Rio Tinto employee share program
• Employee Assistance Program
• Ongoing individual wellbeing support for you and your family for personal and professional matter
• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)

Where you will be working

Our Commercial function at Rio Tinto connects our product groups, customers and suppliers from mine to market. We bring together Sales & Marketing and Trading (Sell), Global Procurement (Buy), and Marine & Logistics (Move) to buy, sell and move the materials the world needs, by partnering across the value chain to optimise outcomes for our customers and the Group. Headquartered in our global Commercial hub in Singapore, and with a strong presence in Chicago, Frankfurt, Antwerp and across Asia in Beijing, Shanghai, Tokyo and Seoul, we work as one team to deliver customer centric value, safely and sustainably.

About the team

Ethics & Compliance is an independent second line function within Legal, Governance & Corporate Affairs. The function sets Group requirements, provides specialist expertise and challenge, monitors risk and control performance, and performs proportionate second line assurance.

Product Groups, Functions, Business Units, assets and projects remain accountable for owning and managing the Ethics & Compliance risks arising from their activities and decisions. The team works closely with Legal, Risk & Insurance, Group Internal Audit, People, Group Services, Commercial, Procurement and Information Systems & Technology.

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 Indigenous Peoples, women, the LGBTQ+ 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.