Senior Advisor - Market Risk at Rio Tinto in Singapore
- Company: Rio Tinto
- Location: Singapore
- Posted: Sep 17, 2026
- Type: Full-time
- Experience: 3+ years
- Visa sponsorship available
Overview
Why explore An opportunity to work on shaping and delivering the key strategic priorities for one of the world’s largest companies in new and exciting areas Support our global commercial business in Singapore Based in Singapore, a global commercial hub for Rio Tinto
Job description
- Why explore
- An opportunity to work on shaping and delivering the key strategic priorities for one of the world’s largest companies in new and exciting areas
- Support our global commercial business in Singapore
- Based in Singapore, a global commercial hub for Rio Tinto
- We're on the lookout for a Senior Advisor - Market Risk as part of operationalizing and building out the Market Risk Management Framework for Rio Tinto Commercial. The role will work very closely with the Sales & Marketing, Digital and Finance teams.
- Perform detailed data analytics to identify and explain risks and P&L drivers.
- Create and report daily mark-to-market based P&L.
- Support implementation of Risk Management Framework around VAR and Stress Test and other analysis applications.
- Work closely with Trading & Sales and Finance teams to report and analyses performance, trading risk positions and Value at Risk on a daily/weekly basis.
- Support due diligence, review and implementation on new transactions and/or trading activities.
- Continuous improvement / streamlining of the reporting processes.
- Active communication with the rest of Market Risk team in Singapore office.
Responsibilities
- Perform detailed data analytics to identify and explain risks and P&L drivers.
- Create and report daily mark-to-market based P&L.
- Support implementation of Risk Management Framework around VAR and Stress Test and other analysis applications.
- Work closely with Trading & Sales and Finance teams to report and analyses performance, trading risk positions and Value at Risk on a daily/weekly basis.
- Support due diligence, review and implementation on new transactions and/or trading activities.
- Continuous improvement / streamlining of the reporting processes.
- Active communication with the rest of Market Risk team in Singapore office.
Requirements
- About you
- Degree in Business, Finance, Mathematics, Economics, Engineering or equivalent.
- At least 3 years of relevant experience in physical commodity trading and risk management.
- Good understanding of VAR methodologies and risk measurement.
- Experience of programming/database languages in Python / VBA / SQL / R.
- Good understanding of Product Control and Risk Reporting.
- Good interpersonal skills and a team player.
- Contribute to the creation of trading performance analysis and implement/ operationalize this.
- Be part of transformation efforts to establish certain middle office processes, including with trading, as well as policies, procedures and support the build out the market risk management framework for commercial.
Skills
Required
- Good interpersonal skills
- Team player
- Python
- VBA
- SQL
- R
Benefits
- 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)
About Rio Tinto
Where you will be working Our Commercial function at Rio Tinto connects our product groups, customers and suppliers from mine to market. We bring together Sales & Marketing and Trading (Sell), Global Procurement (Buy), and Marine & Logistics (Move) to buy, sell and move the materials the world needs, by partnering across the value chain to optimise outcomes for our customers and the Group. Headquartered in our global Commercial hub in Singapore, and with a strong presence in Chicago, Frankfurt, Antwerp and across Asia in Beijing, Shanghai, Tokyo and Seoul, we work as one team to deliver customer centric value, safely and sustainably. Work at the heart of our global Commercial hub in Singapore, partnering cross‑functionally across Buy, Sell and Move to shape strategy and deliver mine‑to‑market value around the world. 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.