Lead Finance Business Partner
Australia
About BHP
At BHP we support our people to grow, learn, develop their skills and reach their potential. With a global portfolio of operations, we offer a diverse and inclusive environment with extraordinary career opportunities. Our strategy is to focus on creating a safe work environment where our employees feel strongly connected to our values and objectives, and where the capability of our people is key to our success.
Come and be a part of this success.
About the Role
Two exciting opportunities have arisen for proactive, dynamic and highly astute professionals to join our BMA Finance Business Partnership team. These roles are permanent positions based in our Brisbane office, with regular site travel.
We partner with the business to create and protect value.
As Lead Finance Business Partner, you will lead a team of Specialists who are strategic partners to the business (GM and Site Lead Team), guiding our strategy of value creation and protection. You will also be a member of a Site Leadership Team where you will provide financial advice, develop relationships and build financial acumen in the asset. You will create value by improving the quality of business decisions, through analysing financial data, options and valuing opportunities to enhance business outcomes. These roles are enablers to success of BMAs large open cut operations by navigating multiple interfaces.
Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Influence and challenge the site teams in cost control, productivity, capital allocation and continuous improvement
- Manage, mentor and guide a team in providing financial insight, value coaching and business acumen to decision making
- Coach and build finance capability with key stakeholders and the use of information systems to determine cost and budget outcomes
- Support core planning deliverables for the site, including input into 2-year business plans, quarterly forecasts, and capital portfolio prioritisation
- Identify, engage, and manage a range of diverse internal and external stakeholders
- Apply an understanding of the business context and end-to-end value chain to deliver value maximising opportunities
- Translates corporate objectives into actionable plans, communicating, managing, and analysing the implementation of those plans, and reporting back on their progress to facilitate the delivery of our strategy
- Make evidence based and strategic decisions in alignment with longer term business objectives
About You
To be successful in this role, you will be able to deal with multiple, competing priorities and delegate effectively whilst maintaining ownership of the overall outcomes. Strong attention to detail, your ability to achieve deadlines, manage ambiguity and problem solve will be critical to your success. You will have the ability to proactively identify and resolve complex problems, think outside the box and drive change. You will have great communication, influencing and interpersonal skills, essential to building constructive relationships and credibility with diverse stakeholders and cross functional teams.
To be considered for the role you will be degree qualified with +7yrs of experience in resources, manufacturing, finance business partnership, consulting, or engineering. Operational finance experience is preferred but not essential.
About Our Process
At BHP, we are committed to employing individuals who align with the BHP Charter Values and meet the requirements of the role. As part of the recruitment process, there are a number of checks which may be conducted to demonstrate applicants suitability for a role including police / criminal background checks, medical, drug and alcohol testing, due diligence checks, right to work checks, and/or reference checks.
Please note as part of this recruitment process the successful applicant will need to conduct a Queensland legislated coal mine workers’ health assessment.
From 1 April 2023, ResHealth will be mandatory for the completion of coal mine workers’ health assessments, allowing you to submit, monitor and review the progress of your health assessment in a secure online environment. For more information please go to the ResHealth website.
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Supporting a Diverse Workforce
The size, stability and magnitude of our business not only provides significant opportunity for professional development, but also attractive salary packages with performance-based bonuses and a best-in-class employee share program. We know there are many aspects of our employees' lives that are important, and work is only one of these, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits include flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, other extended leave entitlements and parent rooms.
At BHP, we know that we are strengthened by diversity. We are an Equal Opportunity employer that is committed to making BHP a safe and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive and be at their best every day. We are focused on creating a workforce that’s more diverse and represents the communities where we work and live. providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. We are an Equal Opportunity employer and recognise that true diversity includes gender, age, race, disability status, sexual orientation, religion, neurodiversity, education levels, and many more aspects of your identity.
BHP is committed to providing a recruitment process that is fair, equitable and accessible for all. If you have a disability, we know that it may be helpful for us to adjust our process to make it equitable for your individual situation. If you would like to reach out to someone about your situation and our recruitment process, please email us at inclusion@bhp.com.