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Senior Manager Ethics & Compliance Assurance | Governance and Reporting
Remote, London·Full-time·Added 3 days ago (last checked 31 Oct)
Our summary
- Work mode
- Remote, with limits
- Contract
- Full-time
- Languages
- French
- Experience
- Senior level
Skills
This job advert was originally written in French.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team.
- Skills and Capabilities: Demonstrated capability designing and operating second-line assurance frameworks, assessing control design and operating effectiveness, and applying the Three Lines model, enterprise risk management and policy or standards governance.
- Experience: Senior leadership experience delivering governance, assurance, reporting or compliance programmes in complex multinational organisations, including evidence-based reporting for executive and Board-level governance forums.
- People Leadership: Proven experience leading global, multidisciplinary teams and integrating priorities across senior stakeholders, with an inclusive approach that supports wellbeing, psychological safety and accountability.
- Qualifications: A relevant qualification in compliance, risk, audit, law, finance, governance, data or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant professional experience.
- Data and Technology: Strong analytical and technology awareness, with experience using data and enabling systems to support assurance, reporting and continuous improvement while maintaining appropriate governance and human accountability.
- If you are applying for the role based in the province of Quebec, fluency in French and English, both written and spoken. Rio Tinto is a global company and the duties of this position may require collaboration with colleagues, teams, or partners based outside Quebec.
- Skills and abilities: Demonstrated ability to design and operate second-line assurance frameworks, to assess the design and operational effectiveness of controls, and to apply the three lines model, enterprise risk management and policy or standard governance.
- Experience: High-level leadership experience in implementing governance, assurance, reporting or compliance programmes within complex multinational organisations, including presenting evidence-based reports to senior management and board governance forums.
- Team leadership: Demonstrated experience in leading global and multidisciplinary teams and integrating high-level stakeholder priorities, adopting an inclusive approach that promotes wellbeing, psychological safety and empowerment.
- Qualifications: Relevant degree or qualification in compliance, risk management, audit, law, finance, governance, data or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant professional experience.
- Data and technology: Strong analytical capabilities and good understanding of technologies, with experience using data and enabling systems to support assurance, reporting and continuous improvement, while maintaining appropriate governance and human accountability.
- If you are applying for a position based in the province of Quebec, proficiency in French and English, both spoken and written, is required. Rio Tinto is a global company and the functions of this position may require collaboration with colleagues, teams, or partners based outside of Quebec.
Nice to have
- Relevant professional accreditation in compliance, risk, audit, law, finance, governance or a related discipline.
- Experience with enterprise assurance, process or reporting tools such as Signavio and Workiva, and with risk-based learning and communications programmes across regions and time zones.
- Relevant professional accreditation in compliance, risk management, audit, law, finance, governance or a related discipline.
- Experience with enterprise assurance, process management or reporting tools, such as Signavio and Workiva, as well as risk-based training and communication programmes across different regions and time zones.
Pay & benefits
What you'll get
- 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)
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- Shape a new Group-wide second-line assurance capability that connects ethics and compliance risk, controls, governance, data and reporting into one clear enterprise view.
- Lead a global, multidisciplinary team and influence senior governance forums while strengthening how ethics and compliance insight drives decisions and continuous improvement.
- Global leadership role with a flexible location across a Rio Tinto hub or major asset, working across regions and international time zones.
We're Finding Better Ways™ to provide materials the world needs, now and in the future. Our values - care, courage and curiosity - guide how we work and how we treat each other.
Get recognised for your contributions, your thinking and your hard work, and the satisfaction of knowing you've helped the world progress.
- Career development opportunities and training assistance to achieve your technical and leadership aspirations
- Competitive base salary established according to your skills and experience, and an annual incentive programme
- At all times access to family-friendly health/medical programs, and pension and savings plans
- Attractive share ownership scheme
- Leave for various reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental leave, sick leave)
- Employee discounts
The role
"French version follows"
- Shape a new Group-wide second-line assurance capability that connects ethics and compliance risk, controls, governance, data and reporting into one clear enterprise view.
- Lead a global, multidisciplinary team and influence senior governance forums while strengthening how ethics and compliance insight drives decisions and continuous improvement.
We are looking for a Senior Manager Ethics & Compliance | Assurance, Governance and Reporting to lead the central design and stewardship of this new Area of Expertise. This newly created role will establish a defined second-line assurance capability aligned with the Rio Tinto Operating Model, Management Operating System and Group Risk Management Standard, within the scope of the ethics and compliance programme.
Reporting to the Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer, you will bring together assurance programme design and execution, programme governance, analytics and reporting, and Group-wide learning and communications. You will be accountable for the coherence and effectiveness of the ethics and compliance framework within the second line, while first-line risk ownership remains with the business and independent assurance remains with Group Internal Audit.
We are looking for a Senior Manager, Ethics & Compliance | Assurance, Governance and Reporting to lead the central design and oversight of this new area of expertise. This newly created position will establish a clearly defined second-line assurance capability, aligned with Rio Tinto's operating model, management system and Group risk management standard, within the ethics and compliance programme.
Reporting to the Ethics & Compliance leadership, you will combine the design and execution of the assurance programme, programme governance, analytics and reporting, as well as training and communications across the Group. You will be responsible for the consistency and effectiveness of the ethics and compliance framework within the second line, while first-line risk responsibility remains within the business and independent assurance remains under the responsibility of Group Internal Audit.
What you'll do
Reporting to the Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer and working with the Ethics & Compliance Areas of Expertise and partners across the Group, you will:
- Set the strategy, priorities and operating model for Ethics & Compliance Assurance, Governance and Reporting, including the Group learning and communications strategy, with a clear focus on continuous improvement.
- Design, plan and execute an integrated second-line ethics and compliance assurance programme and framework, providing appropriate coverage of Material Risk Profiles in collaboration with Group Risk & Insurance and Group Internal Audit.
- Lead the ethics and compliance approach to Group Bowtie design, Critical Controls monitoring measures, control documentation and management, working with the Ethics & Compliance Areas of Expertise and Group Internal Controls.
- Develop risk-based monitoring and analytics approaches, and work with Enterprise Risk & Insurance to evaluate, monitor and report relevant Principal Risks and support Mandatory Risk Governance Forums.
- Design and implement governance architecture for the ethics and compliance elements of the Enterprise Compliance Standard and contributions to the Code of Conduct.
- Deliver timely, evidence-based reporting and insight for the Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer, Ethics & Compliance leadership, Group Ethics & Compliance Committee, Executive Committee, Audit and Risk Committee and other governance forums, identifying trends, root causes and emerging risks.
- Build and lead a diverse global team, and shape risk-based, persona-led ethics and compliance learning and communications that strengthen first-line capability, support behaviour change and measure programme effectiveness beyond activity volumes and completion rates.
- Govern ethics and compliance data, reporting and enabling systems with process owners and Information Systems & Technology, promoting appropriate use of automation, analytics and approved artificial intelligence, and driving effective use of enterprise assurance tools including Signavio and Workiva.
We're looking for someone whose experience aligns with the key requirements below. You do not need to meet every "helpful for success" item to apply. If you bring relevant experience and are excited by the opportunity, we encourage you to submit an application.
Reporting to the Ethics & Compliance leadership and collaborating with Ethics & Compliance Areas of Expertise as well as partners across the Group, you will have the following responsibilities:
- Define the strategy, priorities and operating model for Ethics & Compliance Assurance, Governance and Reporting, including the Group training and communication strategy, with a clear focus on continuous improvement.
- Design, plan and execute an integrated second-line ethics and compliance assurance programme and framework, ensuring appropriate coverage of material risk profiles in collaboration with Group Risk and Assurance and Group Internal Audit.
- Lead the ethics and compliance approach relating to the design of Group Bowtie diagrams, critical control monitoring measures, as well as control documentation and management, in collaboration with Ethics & Compliance Areas of Expertise and Group Internal Controls.
- Develop risk-based monitoring and analytics approaches, and collaborate with Enterprise Risk and Assurance to assess, monitor and communicate key relevant risks, and to support mandatory risk governance forums.
- Design and implement the governance architecture for the ethics and compliance elements of the Enterprise Compliance Standard and contributions to the Code of Conduct.
- Provide timely, evidence-based reporting and analytics to the Ethics & Compliance leadership, the Ethics & Compliance leadership team, the Group Ethics & Compliance Committee, the Executive Committee, the Audit and Risk Committee and other governance forums, by identifying trends, root causes and emerging risks.
- Build and lead a diverse global team, and shape risk-based ethics and compliance training and communication programmes tailored to different profiles, in order to strengthen first-line capabilities, support behavioural change and measure programme effectiveness beyond activity volumes and completion rates.
- Govern ethics and compliance data, reporting and enabling systems with process owners and the Information Technology and Systems team, by promoting appropriate use of automation, analytics and approved artificial intelligence, and by optimizing the use of enterprise assurance tools, including Signavio and Workiva.
How you'll work
- Global leadership role with a flexible location across a Rio Tinto hub or major asset, working across regions and international time zones.
About you
We are looking for a person whose experience matches the key requirements below. You do not have to meet all the "Helpful for Success" criteria to apply. If you have relevant experience and are interested in this opportunity, we encourage you to submit your application.
About Rio Tinto
- Industry
- Metals and mining
In their own words
About the company & team
We're Finding Better Ways™ to provide materials the world needs, now and in the future. Our values - care, courage and curiosity - guide how we work and how we treat each other.
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.
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