Senior Analyst - Market Analysis

Why explore

• Key role supporting our Copper sales team and broader Rio Tinto organisation

• Opportunity to influence commercial decisions globally

• Work in a collaborative and fast paced environment

• Based in Singapore, a global commercial hub for Rio Tinto

About the role

We are looking for a Senior Analyst to join our Copper Market Analysis team in Singapore. In this role, you will help shape Rio Tinto’s understanding of copper markets by building and maintaining models used to deliver high-quality analysis, market intelligence and forecasts that support commercial decision-making.

The Copper Market Analysis team sits within Rio Tinto’s Copper Sales & Marketing team. It is responsible for providing insight and analysis to support commercial, operational and strategic decisions related to Rio Tinto’s copper business. To support this analysis the team maintains models forecasting supply, demand and prices.

Reporting to the Senior Manager, Copper Market Analysis, you will:

• Maintain and develop excel-based models in collaboration with the wider Copper Market Analysis team.

• Analyse competitor, customer and end-user data to identify trends and commercial opportunities.

• Deliver insight to support commercial, operational and strategic decisions.

• Develop market narrative to present views internally, both in written form and verbally.

• Support projects and conduct detailed analysis into niche market segments based on business need.

• Proactively identify commercial needs and analytical improvements to deliver high quality insights.

• Collaborate with Sales and Market Analysis teams to solve commercial problems.

• Look for better, simpler, ways to deliver our analysis.

About you

To be successfully considered for this role, you will have:

• Desire become an expert in the copper industry and curiosity to understand what is driving the market.

• Demonstrable experience in a research or analysis focused role.

• Ability to critically analyse data, identify trends and key market drivers.

• High attention to detail and a proactive, curious approach to problem solving.

• Ability to synthesise quantitative and qualitative information into clear insights.

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to convey complex concepts clearly.

• Advanced Excel skills with experience in modelling and data analysis. Willingness to learn new tools and platforms to improve process flows.

• Good team-player who can work on independent projects and collaboratively as part of a global team.

It will also be beneficial if you have:

• Commodity market analysis experience at a producer, consumer, trader or consultant.

• Copper industry knowledge/experience gained in an operational or corporate role.

• Experience building and managing supply-demand models and forecasting tools.

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)

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.

Application Deadline: 1 July 2026 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove job postings prior to the stated closing date)

Please note, in order to be successfully considered for this role you must complete all pre-screening questions.

Rio Tinto does not accept unsolicited CVs or candidate profiles from recruiters or employment agencies. Rio Tinto will not consider or agree to payment of any referral compensation or recruiter fee relating to unsolicited CVs or candidate profiles. Rio Tinto reserves the right to hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited CVs or candidate profiles, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Rio Tinto.”

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 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.