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Lead Principal Finance BP Pampa Norte

Date:  19 Dec 2025
Job Posting End Date: 
Job Country: 

Chile

Job State/Province:  Santiago
Job Location/Region: 


About BHP  

We are a leading natural resources company dedicated to connecting resources and people to create a better world. Our focus is on responsibly developing essential resources for global decarbonization, such as iron ore, metallurgical coal, and copper, which are vital for modern infrastructure. 

We excel in operations and asset acquisition, fostering innovative technologies to enhance safety, productivity, and sustainability while upholding our social commitments. 


What we offer  

Because we care about our people, we offer a strong value preposition that includes:  

  • Market competitive salary plus an annual incentive program  

  • Development and growth opportunities together with education assistance and support  

  • Exceptional benefits program, including Dental and Vision care    

  • Attractive share matching plan  

  • Employee Assistance program for you and your family  

  • And more…  
     

About the Role

 
Lead Principal Finance Business partner Pampa Norte, will engage and influence the Operations/Functions on the delivery of Business plans, helping better manage the cost base (both capex and opex) and other aspects of the asset from a financial perspective to maximize business value. We are seeking a talented and motivated individual with excellent business acumen and financial knowledge. This is a great opportunity to demonstrate your capabilities to develop and support improvement initiatives and develop key competencies on capital portfolio management, problem solving and influencing stakeholders.

 

Key Accountabilities:

 

  • Shifting and breaking paradigms within the business.
  • Able to hunt for value 100% of the time, working with all levels of the business and across functions to design and implement these changes.
  • Building financial acumen within line leadership, using all the information generated by P&R to coach and influence the team on how they can monitor their activities based on cost and value.
  • Providing critical and accurate financial analysis to support decisions on tactical and strtegic business challenge in terms of Capex and Opex.
  • Uses their technical and leadership background and expertise to coach and mentor peers and colleagues across Finance to ensure delivery against performance targets.
  • Leads the implementation and monitors effectiveness of Finance BP improvement initiatives.
  • Reviews financial analysis performed in the assessment of improvement projects, cost savings initiatives and cost drivers and shares insights with local management teams.
  • Lead Capex process for the asset ( LoA, CashPri, Month End reports, 2YB, Asset Investment Committee).
  • Work collaboratively within the larger data analytics team.
  • Uses analytics models, systems and tools to ensure an optimal approach in delivering business requests that drives process efficiency and standardisation.
  • Works with Ops and projects teams to collect and process all inputs to 2-Year Budget and quarterly forecasts, focusing on driving performance to benchmarks.
  • Analyses output of 2-Year Budget and quarterly forecasts for variability and improvement opportunities.

 

 

About You

 

  • Degree qualification in Business, Engineering, or related discipline.
  • Availability to travel two weeks a month to Spence mining site.
  • At least 10 years of relevant experience, ideally in mining companies.
  • Advanced Spanish and English proficiency.
  • Working in and navigating stakeholders in a highly complex, global and dynamic organization, requiring indirect influence.
  • Operational Commercial and Financial background.
  • Highly developed negotiation and decision-making skills.
  • The role is based in Santiago.

 


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 several 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.   

We are committed to a selection process that is fair, equitable and accessible to all. If you have a disability, we know that it may be necessary to adjust our selection process to suit 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  

If you are already employed directly by BHP, please log in using your BHP email address or apply via our internal jobs portal.

Supporting a Diverse Workforce   

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.  

Join us to make a difference.  

Why not you? Why not BHP? 

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