Advisor – Accounts Payable

Advisor – Accounts Payable

• Great opportunity to be a part of Rio Tinto’s Purchase to Pay (P2P) operations in Accounts Payable and related processes


• Work with outsource partner, manage stakeholders, resolve escalations and improve processes


• Work with a global and diverse team across Australia, Canada, Africa, & Asia


• The role is based in Gurgaon

About the role

All progress begins with pioneers. At Rio Tinto, it begins with you.

The role is a great opportunity for an experienced professional who has knowledge of Accounts Payable processes with extensive experience in Invoice Processing, Vendor Payments and Reconciliations in a shared service environment. The key success to this position will be the applicant’s ability to deliver consistent services, manage stakeholders, resolve escalations and improve processes.

Reporting line: Senior Advisor – Accounts Payable

Scope: Your scope will include (but not limited to) below:

• Deliver globally consistent invoice processing, vendor payment and reconciliation services with a focus to strengthen engagement and capability.



• Accountable for P2P KPI targets (Payment on Time, aged invoices, minimum volumes in GRIR recons); standard, simplified and automated processes


• Work with outsource partner with a focus on improving the quality-of-service delivery


• Manage potential risks and ensure plans are implemented to mitigate or remediate as necessary


• Making sure there are no failures in SOX audits and work with risk team to automate manual controls


• Balance sheet reconcile and review vendor reconciliations


• Manage/resolve issues and escalations


• Understand the business environment, stakeholder expectation and manage any change


• Support P2P Delivery partners in resolving issues raised by P2P Users

What you’ll bring

To succeed in this role, you will have:

• A graduate degree; with an accounting degree being a plus


• 6-8 years of work experience in P2P domain, with extensive experience in Invoice Processing, Vendor Payments and Reconciliation processes and outsourced model


• Strong experience working with SAP Purchase to Pay


• Proven experience in delivery of process standardization and implementing best practices


• Previous experience of leading teams


• A collaborative approach, ability to work across organizational lines, as a team.


• Strong exposure to global business environments and global roles

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• Effective interpersonal and communication skills


• Analytical and problem solving skills


• Be self-driven, proactive, result oriented, structured


• Proficiency in Microsoft Office products

About Rio Tinto

Every idea, every innovation, every little thing the world calls ‘progress’ begins with a first step, and someone willing to take it: explorers, inventors, entrepreneurs. Pioneers. For nearly 150 years, Rio Tinto has been a company of pioneers – generations of people spanning the globe, all with the grit and vision to produce materials essential to human progress.

Our iron ore has shaped skylines from Shanghai to Sydney. Our aluminium – the world’s first to be certified “responsible” – helps planes fly and makes cars lighter. Our copper helps wind turbines power cities and our boron helps feed the world, and explore the universe. Our diamonds help us celebrate the best parts of life.

Where you’ll be working

The Rio Tinto office in Gurgaon (India) is one of our corporate hubs and houses service and support functions, as well as a portfolio of product groups including; Copper, Iron Ore, Diamonds, Minerals, Exploration, Safety Technical & projects and IA Strategy & Development.

Every Voice Matters

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, women, the LGBTQIA+ 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.

So if this sounds like you and the opportunity you are looking for, apply now or before 11th July, 2022 .

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