Principal Finance Business Partnership Capital

**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**:

- Your role will be to provide direction and leadership to Western Australia Iron Ore (WAIO) driving the effective prioritisation and allocation of capital to maximise value and returns. This is achieved by leveraging capital planning processes, and continuously seeking to develop and implement improvements to capital productivity and portfolio management.
- This full time position is based in the BHP Perth CBD office with occasional site travel. Flexible work options are also available.- Drive engagement between Project Sponsors and Delivery Groups to align stakeholders on the project scope, breadth of required studies, level of governance activities, execution timeframes and operations readiness priorities.
- Lead the implementation of the capital planning and management process
- Asset technical and strategic gatekeeper to the capital portfolio via continual portfolio management and prioritisation
- Provide an independent lens of capital efficiency, portfolio intensity, assumption challenge and governance.
- Develop project prioritisation and decision-making tools to improve portfolio maturity.
- Identify and implement initiatives and capital metrics to drive improvement in capital efficiency and productivity
- Coordinate with Finance, Business Planning, and Project Delivery Groups to provide corporate alignment planning deliverables.

**About You**:

- Are you action orientated and like to be challenged?
- Can you work autonomously and navigate complexity in decision making?
- Can you Identify, engage, and manage a range of diverse stakeholders?
- Are you someone who likes to influence key decisions?- Experienced in engaging with and influencing those outside direct line responsibility including peers, team members, superiors and senior management.
- Technical and engineering acumen to challenge investment case, influence project framing and prioritise capital requirements in support of business outcomes.
- Proficient in identifying and implementing improvement opportunities / efficiencies to enhance productivity.
- Competent at summarising complex data and presenting outcomes clearly and concisely to senior stakeholders.
- Capable of analysing large volumes of data through statistical and predictive methods.
- Strong attention to detail, with the ability to problem solve on complex issues, and work in an integrated team environment effectively
- Undergraduate degree or equivalent qualification in commerce/business, project management, engineering or similar discipline

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**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.

**Supporting a Diverse Workforce***:
The size and magnitude of our business not only provides significant opportunity for professional development, but also attractive salary packages with performance-based bonuses and a unique BHP employee share program.

At BHP, we recognise that we are strengthened by diversity. We are committed to providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect.

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.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran