Cost Administrator

**About Us**

Santos provides reliable, affordable energy for progress and seeks to provide lower carbon energy over time.

Santos is a global energy company with operations across Australia, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste and the United States.

At Santos, our goal is to be a global leader in the energy evolution to low-carbon fuels that help the world decarbonise and continue to provide the reliable, affordable energy the world needs for modern life and human progress.

Santos is an important Australian domestic gas supplier and LNG supplier in Asia. We are committed to supplying critical fuels such as oil and gas, and abating emissions through carbon capture and storage, energy efficiency projects, use of renewables in our operations and high-quality offsets. Santos will also seek to develop low-carbon fuels as customer demand evolves.

For 70 years, Santos has been working in partnership with local communities, providing jobs and business opportunities, safely developing natural gas resources and from there powering industries and households.

Santos seeks to deliver long-term value to shareholders through our diverse portfolio of high-quality, long-life, low-cost oil and gas assets, carbon storage resources and infrastructure.

The Santos portfolio is value accretive and resilient across a range of decarbonisation scenarios. Santos has a climate transition action plan that will continue to evolve for the global energy evolution.

Santos has a regional operating model with a strong local focus. The Company’s operating structure comprises three regional business units focused on enabling and executing corporate strategy. Two divisions - Santos Energy Solutions and Santos Upstream Gas and Liquids - are accountable for global portfolio management and strategy.

**About the Role**

As our Cost Administrator, your main goal is to directly support effective program and project control measures from fund approval to total investment and closure.

Key responsibilities for the role include:

- Budget Management: directly support the set-up and maintenance of program and project budgets and data within the cost management and ERP systems.
- Controls: support the delivery of key cost controls and procedures including, internal process and Joint Venture audits, commitment reviews and timely project closure.
- Major Claims: directly supporting the processing of major contractor claims, from point of claim approval through to payment.
- PO and Invoice Management: directly support the cost control team and broader stakeholders to actively manage purchase orders and transact invoices.
- Data Management: support the management of schedule, capital, and execution data in line with approved cost, operating and work breakdown structures to enable direct comparability across the EA Upstream portfolio.
- Month End Process: directly support and complete structured month end deliverables including ledger mapping, loading of actuals, running of commitment reports and schedule imports and reconciliations.
- Continuous Improvement: identify opportunities for process improvement within the cost control function, proposing and implementing solutions that enhance efficiency, accuracy, and effectiveness.

**About You**

You will be a self-starter who can work both autonomously and within a team environment, develop and maintain strong business relationships and partner with various stakeholders across the business.

Essential experience required for this position includes:

- Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office software (focused on Excel).
- Demonstrated ability to work in a team-based environment.
- Exposure managing and distilling large, complex data sets with a heightened attention to detail.
- Proficiency in the use of large project-based systems (PRISM and SAP highly regarded).
- Proficiency in the use of visualisation software (e.g., TIBCO Spotfire, Power BI) highly regarded.

**Qualifications**
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, commerce, engineering or equivalent (desired, not essential).

**Supporting a Diverse Workforce**

Santos acknowledges that we operate on the traditional lands of Aboriginal people. We recognise the traditional rights to maintain the culture, identities, traditions, and customs on their country. We are committed to an inclusive environment where people feel comfortable to be themselves. We want our people to feel that all voices are heard, all cultures respected and that a variety of perspectives are not only welcome - they are essential to our ongoing success.

We treat each other fairly and with dignity regardless of race, gender, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, age, sexual orientation, or anything else that makes us different.

Australian Aboriginal and / or Torres Strait Islander jobseekers are strongly encouraged to apply.

**How to Apply**

Applications must be submitted via the online recruitment system before **4th October 2024**
- A requirement of this role is that you will need