The posting
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.
(Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove job postings prior to the stated closing date)
Please note, in order to be successfully considered for this role you must complete all pre-screening questions.
Rio Tinto does not accept unsolicited CVs or candidate profiles from recruiters or employment agencies. Rio Tinto will not consider or agree to payment of any referral compensation or recruiter fee relating to unsolicited CVs or candidate profiles. Rio Tinto reserves the right to hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited CVs or candidate profiles, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Rio Tinto.”
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.
