Project Finanace Analyst | Carrapateena

About The Role:

Carrapateena is a large-scale, world class modern mine operated by world class people. This exciting role is now available, and we want the very best of the best on deck to lead the team and collectively deliver exceptional results.

At Carrapateena, we believe our greatest asset is our people and we are working hard to provide a wonderful mix of age, cultural and geographical backgrounds to further enrich our inclusive workplace culture. We truly value your ideas and encourage you to champion innovation and collaboration, we are here to unlock your value and offer opportunities that supercharge your career to go beyond what is possible.

The Project Finance Analyst is required to support the Carrapateena Expansion Program (CXP).  The role will work across the three scope areas (block cave mine development, underground infrastructure, and surface infrastructure) and delivery groups (Carrapateena operations, Major Projects, CCAP) to ensure a wholistic view of project costs.

Term is 12 months initially, but possibly to be extended beyond this ahead of all elements of the CXP gating into execution.

Location: Adelaide Office-based (City Office or Export Park (Adelaide Airport))
Roster: 5 days on; 2 days off
Department: Commercial & ICT
Manager: Lead – Project Delivery
Employment Type: 12 Month Fixed-Term 

Applications close: June 27 2025

In The Role You Will:

• Support the on-going development and refinement of the capital and operating cost models for the CXP mine, underground and surface infrastructure investment cases as identified in Opportunity Framing.
• Work with the project teams to ensure that the project key value drivers (KVD) are well understood and clearly articulated in the cost models.
• Support the risk  ranging of the KVDs, along with development of cost models to support the risk ranging cases as required for the CXP and CopperSA program valuation activities.
• Work closely with the Risk teams to ensure that the project risk and value drivers are aligned, and project and program risks are adequately modelled.
• Align and harmonise cost models across other projects in the CopperSA growth program (e.g. OD Mine and Concentrator Growth project) to support analysis at the growth program level.
• Support the project cost benchmarking activities.  
• Perform period on period analysis and reporting of changes in cost estimates over the life of the project phases.
• Support the development of project costs reporting and forecasting.
• Work with the Carrapateena Finance Business Partner to ensure that budget and life of asset (LoA) capital and operating costs are aligned with the project estimates.

About You:

• Tertiary qualifications within Finance and/or an aligning field.
• Previous experience within mining or similar industry will be highly regarded.
• Ability to independently problem solve.
• Strong analytical skills to identify emerging trends, understand drivers, highlight performance improvement opportunities and influence key decisions which deliver value.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, allowing you to build strong relationships, communicate and influence at all levels of the organisation to drive the right value outcomes for BHP
• Advanced excel skills.
• Ability to manage multiple business priorities simultaneously with strong attention to detail.
• A passion for displaying financial data in an impactful way to drive action/facilitate understanding.

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.

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:

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