Principal Finance Business Partner (Port and Rail) | FIFO Perth-Port Hedland
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
In this position you will be guiding WAIO’s strategy of value creation and protection. You will work closely with the Site Leadership Team to provide financial advice, develop working relationships with stakeholders and build financial acumen in the operations. You will create value by improving the quality of business decisions, through analysing financial data and valuing opportunities to enhance business outcomes. The role will be Fly-in Fly-out (FIFO) based out of Perth to our operations in Port Hedland.
Key Responsibilities
- 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 A&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 strategic business challenge
- Uses their technical 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.
- Works with Ops 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
- Able to travel to site as this will be a FIFO role
- Able to deal with competing priorities with a strong attention to detail
- Degree qualification in Accounting, Finance or Engineering (or MBA)
- Substantial experience working in a similar field with preferred exposure to the mining and resources industry
- Proficiency in SAP and experience working with financial models in Microsoft Excel
- Ability to effectively communicate financial results to a variety of stakeholders
- Highly developed negotiation and decision making skills
- Strong analytical mindset to translate insights into strategic decisions
- Ability to build relationships and influence key stakeholders
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.
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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.