Principal 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**:
As a Principal Finance Accounting 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.
The role will require you to provide accounting advice to the Business, manage relationships with key stakeholders, coordinate Local, Regional and Group level accounting deliverables, provide governance and stewardship of accounting activities and internal controls to ensure the integrity of financial results. In addition to this, you will be assisting the Manager Finance Accounting with reviews, coordinating deliverables, and coaching Specialists in the team.

Core Accountabilities:

- 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
- Liaise with internal and external auditors for review of financial results, testing of internal controls, providing information, and addressing queries
- 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
- Support open communication, collaboration, sharing of ideas and information within the Global Accounting team and Finance in general

**About You**:

- Significant experience in a large corporate or professional environment
- Good attention to detail, analytical and investigative skills, ability to manage deadlines
- Strong communication skills, ability to work independently and provide coaching to others
- Collaboration skills, ability to build relationships and work with diverse stakeholders
- Demonstrated strong technical financial accounting experience, including IFRS knowledge
- Strong governance focus, with previous SOX and internal or external audit experience desired
- Tertiary qualification in Accounting, Finance or Commerce
- Professional qualification (CA/CPA or equivalent) completion

**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.