Senior Manager Ethics & Compliance Assurance | Governance and Reporting / gestionnaire principal(e), Éthique et conformité | Assurance, gouvernance et production de rapports
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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.
About the role
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.
What you’ll be doing
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.
About you
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.
Required for Success
- 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.
Helpful for Success
- 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.
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)
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- Façonner une nouvelle capacité d’assurance de deuxième ligne à l’échelle du Groupe, reliant les risques en matière d’éthique et de conformité, les contrôles, la gouvernance, les données et la production de rapports afin d’offrir une vision d’ensemble claire de l’entreprise.
- Diriger une équipe mondiale et multidisciplinaire, et exercer une influence auprès des instances de gouvernance de haut niveau, tout en renforçant le rôle des analyses en matière d’éthique et de conformité dans la prise de décision et l’amélioration continue.
- Occuper un rôle de leadership mondial avec un lieu de travail flexible dans un carrefour de Rio Tinto ou sur un site d’exploitation majeur, en collaborant avec différentes régions et différents fuseaux horaires internationaux.
Nous trouvons de meilleures façons™ de fournir les matériaux dont le monde a besoin, aujourd’hui et demain. Nos valeurs, soit l’attention, le courage et la curiosité, orientent notre façon de travailler et nos relations avec les autres.
À propos du poste
Nous sommes à la recherche d’un(e) gestionnaire principal(e), Éthique et conformité | Assurance, gouvernance et production de rapports pour diriger la conception centrale et l’encadrement de ce nouveau domaine d’expertise. Ce poste nouvellement créé établira une capacité d’assurance de deuxième ligne clairement définie, harmonisée avec le modèle opérationnel de Rio Tinto, le système de gestion opérationnelle et la norme de gestion des risques du Groupe, dans le cadre du programme d’éthique et de conformité.
Relevant de la direction de l’éthique et de la conformité, vous réunirez la conception et l’exécution du programme d’assurance, la gouvernance du programme, les analyses et la production de rapports, ainsi que la formation et les communications à l’échelle du Groupe. Vous serez responsable de la cohérence et de l’efficacité du cadre d’éthique et de conformité au sein de la deuxième ligne, tandis que la responsabilité des risques de première ligne demeurera au sein de l’entreprise et que l’assurance indépendante demeurera sous la responsabilité de l’Audit interne du Groupe.
Ce que vous ferez
Relevant de la direction de l’éthique et de la conformité et collaborant avec les domaines d’expertise en éthique et conformité ainsi qu’avec des partenaires de l’ensemble du Groupe, vous aurez les responsabilités suivantes :
- Définir la stratégie, les priorités et le modèle opérationnel de l’Assurance, de la gouvernance et de la production de rapports en matière d’éthique et de conformité, y compris la stratégie de formation et de communication du Groupe, en mettant clairement l’accent sur l’amélioration continue.
- Concevoir, planifier et exécuter un programme et un cadre intégrés d’assurance de deuxième ligne en matière d’éthique et de conformité, assurant une couverture appropriée des profils de risques matériels en collaboration avec Risques et assurances du Groupe et l’Audit interne du Groupe.
- Diriger l’approche d’éthique et de conformité relative à la conception des diagrammes Bowtie du Groupe, aux mesures de surveillance des contrôles critiques, ainsi qu’à la documentation et à la gestion des contrôles, en collaboration avec les domaines d’expertise en éthique et conformité et les Contrôles internes du Groupe.
- Élaborer des approches de surveillance et d’analyse fondées sur les risques, et collaborer avec Risques et assurances d’entreprise afin d’évaluer, de surveiller et de communiquer les risques principaux pertinents, et...