Lead Accounting Policy Advisor – 12-Month Fixed-Term (City …, City of Perth

Select how often (in days) to receive an alert: All BHP employees and contractors please apply using your BHP credentials / email address. Please click on 'BHP Employee / Contractor Login' button on thetop right of this page to apply. Principal Accounting Policy (12-Month Fixed-Term) | Brisbane or Perth Date: 23 May 2026 Job Posting End Date: Job Country: Australia Job State/Province: Various Locations Job Location/Region: 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 Responsible for the proactive delivery of timely and accurate accounting advice, including the preparation of technical accounting papers as necessary, to support complex issues and transactions arising across the BHP Group. The role is also responsible for coordinating high-quality Risk and Audit Committee papers and representing Accounting & Reporting in key Group initiatives and processes, including the Group’s impairment process, updates to the Group’s accounting policies, and the analysis of developments in relevant financial reporting frameworks. Reporting to the Head of Accounting Policy and Sustainability Controllership, this role is critical to ensuring that consistent accounting advice and methodologies are applied to complex accounting matters across the BHP Group. Key Accountabilities
- Responsible for:
- Delivering high-quality, critically reviewed Risk and Audit Committee papers to the Head of Accounting Policy & Sustainability Controllership, together with appropriate supporting documentation.
- Representing Accounting & Reporting / Accounting Policy on Group-wide initiatives.
- Coordinating the Group-wide Accounting Policy processes in collaboration with other members of the Group Policy team. This includes the periodic impairment indicator assessment process, requiring interaction with the Portfolio Strategy and Development team.
- Coordinating periodic updates to the Group’s accounting policies, including facilitation of necessary review and approval processes.
- Working closely with Group Reporting to ensure accurate and relevant disclosures are included in the Group’s annual and half-year financial statements.
- Overseeing regular reviews of developments in financial reporting requirements across relevant jurisdictions, including assessment of potential impacts to the Group, preparation of position papers, and drafting of response or comment letters where appropriate.
- Provide proactive, timely, and accurate accounting advice across the Group, including the preparation of technical accounting papers to support complex issues and transactions. Stakeholders may include Accounting & Reporting teams, Finance Business Partners, associated Global Functions where there is a flow-on impact, Portfolio Strategy and Development, Group Executive Management, the Risk and Audit Committee, external regulators, and external auditors. About You
- Bachelor’s degree in Commerce, Management, Finance, or Accounting, and a qualified accounting designation (both required).
- CA or CPA qualified with several years of experience within a large, complex, global organisation.
- Strong understanding of IFRS and external reporting requirements.
- Experience working within an accounting policy or technical team at a Big Four firm, providing technical advice to audit teams and external clients.
- Superior communication, facilitation, influencing, and interpersonal skills, essential for building constructive relationships and credibility with diverse stakeholders and cross-functional teams.
- Significant post-qualification experience within a multi-entity, large international corporate environment. Experience in mining, heavy manufacturing, and/or industrial industry work environments is preferred.
- Strong understanding of relevant legislation and internal and external compliance requirements.
- Demonstrated leadership capability in global, multi-cultural environments, with the ability to lead and manage change. 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 includesgender,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 . Apply on Kit Job: kitjobau.com/job/3r2y6r