Job Description

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

This role will be responsible in ensuring that all Specialist - Accounts Receivable & Payable activities are performed in a timely, accurate & efficient manner and in accordance with Group and International Accounting standards.

This would be a good opportunity to enhance your career development and widen your finance knowledge.

Accountabilities

In this role, you will be responsible for:

• Preparation and processing of accounts payable journals and manage accounts payable clearing, including investigation and follow up with stakeholders to ensure accurate and timely resolution
• Preparation of CJE to reclassify out Capital Creditors from Trade Creditors on monthly basis for reporting purposes
• Preparation and processing of third party sundry invoices
• Identify emerging trends or problems regarding outstanding balances, process payments received from customers and contribute to the resolution of customer queries and disputes
• Manage trade/sundry customer receipts clearing, including investigation and follow up with stakeholders to ensure accurate and timely allocations
• Manage and report against the sundry debtor ageing
• Review and reconciliation of relevant general ledgers to ensure transactions are recorded accurately, follow up with stakeholders and clear reconciling items
• Liaise with third party debt collection agent regarding aged debts
• Preparation of briefing papers and Stewardship Review at financial reporting dates
• Assist with internal and external audit queries
• Contribute to and support global process standardization
• Assist with analysis and query resolution as appropriate
• Support and build relationships with co-located accounting and reporting, finance business partners, asset and operations stakeholders based in various locations globally
• Support SOX compliance and testing by ensuring the internal controls in place are performed effectively and address the associated risks
• Provide assistance to other team members and stakeholders where required, act as backup and assist with other ad hoc tasks in their absence
• Continuous drive for process improvement by assisting with the identification and implementation of process improvement initiatives within the team and processes
• Support the open communication, collaboration, sharing of ideas and information within the GBS R2A Finance and co-located accounting and reporting teams.

About You

Qualifications

• Bachelor\'s degree in Accounting or Finance
• CA or CPA accounting qualification

Experience & Technical Competencies

• Experience in SAP application
• Competent in Microsoft excel
• Knowledge of accounting principles for application to tasks and processes
• Problem solving - uses logic and methods to solve difficult problems with effective solutions
• Exposure to compliance / governance related activities, i.e., SOX

Language

• Fluent in English (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.

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.

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