Lead Finance Accounting

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

Reporting to the Manager Finance Accounting, you will be responsible for being a trusted advisor to a broad range of Finance and non-Finance stakeholders to ensure that accounting outcomes best reflect underlying commercial aspects and comply with BHP accounting interpretations.

You will be responsible for delivering accounting advice to the Business and managing relationships with key stakeholders. You will coordinate accounting deliverables across Local, Regional, and Group levels, ensuring governance and stewardship of accounting activities to uphold the integrity of financial results. In collaboration with the Manager of Finance Accounting, you will be responsible for preparing technical accounting papers for complex issues and ensuring compliance with BHP’s accounting policies and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).

Additionally, you will take responsibility for coaching peers and stakeholders to enhance their accounting skills through targeted training and practical application. You will also ensure that key accounting processes align with BHP governance, internal controls, and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) requirements while fostering open communication and collaboration within the Global Accounting team.

Key Accountabilities:

• Lead as the subject matter expert in accounting interpretations for the Business, Functions and BHP Group, assist with analysis and query resolution

• Provide technical accounting guidance to stakeholders to ensure transactions and projects are recognised in accordance with accounting standards

• Investigate and analyse Business initiatives or proposals to identify accounting requirements and risks to address prior to implementation

• Review of complex and high-risk accounting areas such as closure and rehabilitation, deferred stripping, inventory valuation and impairment assessment

• Manage the preparation of high quality and timely accounting treatment papers to support complex and judgmental accounting matters in the Business

• Coordinate and review reporting deliverables including financial statements, external briefing papers and statutory accounts for lodgement with ASIC

• Manage the timely delivery of monthly cost sign off and trial balance review processes by working closely with the Global Business Services team

• Assist with assurance related activities including the operation of internal controls and compliance with Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) requirements

• Coordinate the annual stewardship review to ensure the integrity of financial results, governance of accounting activities and improvement opportunities

• Liaise with internal and external auditors for review of financial results, testing of internal controls, providing information, and addressing queries

• Support and build relationships with Global Business Services, Finance Business Partners, Planning and Reporting, Mine Sites and Operations

• Assist the Manager with the review of proposals and financial results, planning and coordination of projects and deliverables to meet business requirements

• Provide coaching and guidance to the Specialists in the team, supporting them with deliverables, especially on technical or contentious areas

• Identify and implement process improvement opportunities, including the simplification and standardisation of accounting policy application

• Support open communication, collaboration, sharing of ideas and information within the Global Accounting team and Finance in general

About You

• Tertiary qualification in Accounting, Finance or Commerce
• Professional qualification (CA/CPA or equivalent) completion
• Substantial years of working experience in a large corporate or professional environment
• Good attention to detail, analytical and investigative skills, ability to manage deadlines
• Strong communication and leadership skills, and strong stakeholder engagement
• Business acumen, commercial mindset and ability to understand operational aspects
• Demonstrated strong technical financial accounting experience, including IFRS knowledge
• Reporting experience including management or external reporting and statutory accounts
• Accounting experience within the mining and resources or oil and gas industries beneficial
• Big four audit firm background and large corporate audit experience would be desirable
• Accounting policy application and accounting standards implementation experience
• Knowledge and experience of finance modules in SAP and MS Excel functionality is highly desirable
• Strong governance focus, with previous SOX and internal or external audit experience desired
• Fluent English, both verbal and written

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. 

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.