Specialist Governance | Australia
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
The Specialist Group Governance is a member of the Group Governance team based in Melbourne, supporting the Group Company Secretary, Head of Governance Regulatory and Principal Group Governance.
This role has responsibility for managing BHP Group Limited’s compliance with key legal and regulatory requirements, including disclosure and reporting requirements, the Annual General Meeting, Annual Reporting and Annual Results. The role will also support on transactions and governance projects.
Accountabilities
Disclosure and regulatory requirements
- Provide support with respect to BHP’s ongoing requirements associated with its current listing on the ASX.
- Provide support on periodic disclosure and reporting processes including full year and half year results and Annual Report.
- Provide support on continuous disclosure and securities dealing obligations including monitoring legal and regulatory requirements related to disclosure.
Annual General Meeting
- Provide support on preparation of BHP’s Notice of Meeting and other meeting related documents.
- Provide support in relation to the management of the Annual General Meeting, including legal and regulatory requirements, briefing notes and Q&A materials.
Transactions and Projects
- Provide legal and governance support for key transactions and major projects, including M&A transactions, investments and new country entry.
Research / Board Committees
- Assist with research, briefing notes and Board Committee papers required on various topics such as updates to regulatory requirements, market practice and emerging governance related issues.
Support the Group Governance team on improvement projects and initiatives.
Group Entities
- Assist with corporate regulatory requirements and subsidiary management for the BHP Group.
Provide governance advice and support to subsidiary company secretaries and directors.
About You
- Prior experience working as a Corporate Lawyer with technical knowledge of listed corporates, Corporations Act and governance of listed Groups.
- Experience of Australian legal and regulatory requirements including disclosure and securities compliance.
- Experience working with Australian listed clients and global corporate structures.
- Communication: Strong verbal and written communication at all levels.
- Organisational skills: Strong organisational skills and ability to prioritise competing tasks.
- Stakeholder Management: Demonstrated ability to win the trust and confidence of senior stakeholders and operate as a trusted adviser.
- Adaptable: Adaptable to change; works well with ambiguity; ability to prioritise multiple critical tasks, and flexibility to alter priorities.
- High Performance: High achieving, motivated, positive outlook, enthusiastic and performance driven including demonstrates the ability to give attention to detail under time pressure.
- Step Up: Indicates a willingness to speak up, take responsibility and proactively lead outcomes.
- Team Player: Ability to work autonomously but also works effectively within a team and is a positive contributor to the team.
- Continuous Improvement: Demonstrates an ability and commitment to continuously improve goals at all levels.
Open for applications until 9-Mar.
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.