Senior Adviser - Closing & Reporting

Senior Advisor – Closing & Reporting, Finance & Accounting Services

Employment Type: Permanent | Location: Gurugram

Shifts: Day/ Night - shift allocation determined by business requirements and the time zones supported.

Reporting line:Manager, Closing & Reporting

Join our global Closing and Reporting team as a Senior Advisor within Finance Service Delivery, combining hands-on accounting, technical leadership and internal finance projects across international operations. You will deliver assigned accounting and reporting work, oversee close quality and deadlines within your scope, and lead agreed projects and improvements. Where assigned a small team, you will guide colleagues alongside your own responsibilities.

Based in Gurugram, you will support global operations across time zones. You must be flexible to work in either a day or a night shift, based on business requirements and the time zones supported. You will bring strong stakeholder engagement and compliance skills, enthusiasm for your work, and the agility to respond to a rapidly evolving business environment.

Key accountabilities

1. Hands-on accounting and period-end close

• Coordinate month-end, quarter-end and year-end close across assigned entities, taking accountability for overall close quality and timeliness within scope, alongside your own accounting delivery.
• Prepare and post journals, accruals and adjustments in SAP and Tagetik, supported by evidence and independent approvals.
• Maintain substantiated general ledger and balance sheet balances, resolving aged, unusual and intercompany differences and supporting timely settlement.
• Deliver reliable balance sheets, profit and loss statements, cash flow statements and variance analysis, with aligned accounting and consolidation records and clear explanations of significant movements.
• Review journals, reconciliations and reports within delegated authority. Challenge assumptions, resolve review findings, and maintain separation between preparation, review, and approval

2. Technical judgement, review and financial reporting

• Interpret applicable group accounting policies and accounting standards for non-routine transactions, document accounting conclusions, and engage relevant controllership or technical accounting teams on material or judgemental matters.

3. Financial controls and audit support

• Deliver assigned financial controls with supporting evidence, oversee control completion within scope, and resolve failures with responsible teams while escalating exceptions.
• Coordinate and oversee timely responses to internal and external audit requests, ensuring complete, accurate information and supporting documentation from relevant teams

4. Collaboration and team guidance

• Align inputs, responsibilities and deadlines across finance, operations and management to deliver close, reporting and business initiatives.
• Resolve dependencies and escalate unresolved issues or risks to the Manager Closing & Reporting early, with recommended actions.
• Where assigned a small team, drive accurate and timely delivery alongside your own work, maintaining backup cover through handovers, knowledge sharing and cross-training.
• Support initiatives that bring Care, Courage and Curiosity to life through open communication, collaboration and shared learning.

5. Internal finance projects and global programmes

• Propose and lead approved internal finance projects and deliver assigned global programme workstreams alongside close responsibilities, managing agreed scope, milestones, resources, risks and dependencies.
• Deliver validated accounting, reporting and control outcomes against agreed requirements and acceptance criteria, with approved changes, documentation, training, handover and post-implementation support.

6. Process improvement and documentation

• Reduce recurring errors, delays and manual work through root-cause analysis, team brainstorming, active feedback-seeking, standardised templates and automation with technical teams.
• Improve quality, timeliness and efficiency without weakening controls.
• Maintain and update current process documentation and control instructions in the Global Process Library to support consistent delivery.

The expertise that drives excellence

Qualifications

• CA, CPA or equivalent qualification, with strong accounting and finance knowledge.

Relevant experience

• 9–14 years of accounting and reporting experience, including hands-on period-end close across multiple entities, review of accounting outputs, resolution of complex issues, and finance project delivery.
• Experience in managing reporting dashboards, presenting financial insights to management, and guiding colleagues and coordinating small-team work alongside individual responsibilities.
• Understanding of large-scale finance shared services processes and how they connect across teams.

Systems and technical skills

• Strong SAP FI/CO skills are mandatory. Experience with SAP S/4HANA is preferred.
• Experience with Tagetik or a similar consolidation tool and Blackline or a similar reconciliation tool.
• Strong Excel skills are required. Experience with Power BI, Power Apps, Microsoft Lists and Power Query is preferred.
• Experience developing reports using power query or supporting automation and data integration through APIs or database connections would be an advantage

Professional capabilities

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify business problems and develop practical solutions.
• Clear written and verbal communication and presentation skills, with the ability to explain financial issues and recommendations.
• A continuous improvement mindset and the ability to put ideas into practice.
• Ability to adapt to change, work independently, and contribute effectively to a team.
• Ability to guide colleagues and coordinate small-team delivery, where assigned, together with strong stakeholder management skills.

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.