Manager Treasury

Location: London
Salary: Competitive
Job type: Permanent
Posted on: 4 Feb 2010

Rio Tinto is a leading international mining group headquartered in the UK. Rio Tinto's business is finding, mining and processing mineral resources. Major products are aluminium, copper, diamonds, energy (coal and uranium), gold, industrial minerals (borax, titanium dioxide, salt) and iron ore.

Rio Tinto Treasury is a centralised support and service function, acting as central banker to the Group. Treasury is responsible for the capital structure, the efficient financing and the financial risk management of the Group. Treasury is organised into two functional teams - Corporate Finance and Operations.

Corporate Finance is principally responsible for external bank and capital markets activities, internal business unit/JV funding and setting and implementing the capital structure and financial risk management policies of the group.

The Role

The role is currently one of three covering the London corporate finance area. Specific responsibilities are divided among the team members but all are expected to have a broad working knowledge of the entire area. The role reports directly to the Global Head of Corporate Finance. This role will liaise with a large panel of banks, lawyers and auditors, as well as internal stakeholders, to achieve Rio Tinto's financing and risk management requirements.

Responsibilities

• performing financial analysis and developing specific recommendations impacting the Group's long term Finance Plan, including: cash flow forecasts, identifying funding or liquidity management requirements, capital structure and credit rating metrics and dividend payments/return of capital;
• providing assistance, coordinating and/or leading debt issuances. Establishing new and/or updating existing debt issuance and credit facility programmes and ensuring compliance with these;
• developing and implementing the Group's liquidity and financial risk management policies (including interest rate, foreign exchange, pensions, commodities);
• advising Product and Functional Groups on external (discrete project) and/or inter-company financing arrangements, risk assessment and pricing, particularly in the European region;
• preparing market briefing presentations and other papers for the Board of Directors and Finance Committee;

A successful candidate will be able to demonstrate

• Graduate level degree (or higher e.g. MBA) in finance or accounting and/or appropriate professional membership (ACA or CPA (public accounting), AMCT or MCT, or CFA)
• Ideally proven experience in international corporate treasury, corporate finance or financial risk management roles with exposure to financing in global capital markets and operating in financial markets generally
• Advanced financial modelling skills
• Good knowledge of financial markets (commodity market experience an advantage)
• Sound general understanding of accounting standards and tax legislation
• Strong leadership and motivational skills
• Strong communication and presentation skills showing confidence and persuasiveness in dealing with senior management.

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