AddressAbout 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
Based at our Brisbane office in the CBD, this position will lead the finance team and the local IT Operations team. This includes responsibility for ensuring alignment of the business strategy, finance strategy, information systems strategy and Company strategy and plans; whilst delivering shareholder value.
The role reports to the Executive Vice President Eastern Australia & Papua New Guinea (EA&PNG) and functionally to the CFO function.
The key deliverable is providing business partnering insight, which in our business means working with the business to support the right decisions on a timely manner. This includes advice and detailed analysis on financial risks and opportunities, including forecasting, and advice on ad-hoc financial decisions. This advice will be provided at the C-suite level, so the ability to present, influence and communicate at the highest level is essential.
In addition, having the ability to effectively and efficiently lead the team including coaching and developing to deliver high quality outcomes. This includes ensuring a highly engaged team, by ensuring team purpose and role accountabilities are clearly communicated and understood. As part of this, the ability to maintain a strong and cohesive connection built on communication to the CFO function in Adelaide will be required.
Key accountabilities include:
- As a senior member of the Finance leadership team, proactively driving strategic change across the EA & PNG finance function, gaining momentum and resources to implement new approaches and creating a one-Finance team culture across Santos.
- Provide finance business partnering and decision-making support to EVP EA & PNG, their Leadership Team; ensure the level of financial support provided is appropriate, timely and targeted.
- Ensure accuracy in financial reporting and financial planning and analysis for the EA & PNG business unit.
- Apply critical thinking to advise the team on developing and delivering business asset plans aligned to the company’s strategy.
- Oversee delivery of analysis and reporting of monthly financial results to the EVP EA & PNG, their Leadership team and Group Finance, based on Corporate timelines. This includes identification of risks and improvements and delivering appropriate solutions
- Oversight, delivery, and reporting of the corporate budget process for EA & PNG, ensuring support of the business strategy, key business decisions and scenario analysis in accordance with corporate portfolio guidelines. This includes directing the finance team to deliver realistic and meaningful forward financial forecasts and budgets.
- Provide day-to-day supervision to the Brisbane & PNG IT Operations team.
About You
The successful applicant will be a degree qualified Accountant (ICAA or CPA or equivalent) and have the relevant work/industry background, with significant demonstration of the above activities in their experience. A breadth of experience within both a business and corporate finance unit will be highly desirable. Experience in Oil and Gas and an MBA qualification will be highly regarded but not essential.
In addition, you will have proven experience in a senior management role (leading teams of professionals and leaders of teams) along with a track record of driving high performance business outcomes through business partnering and financial analysis; ideally in an ASX listed Company. Demonstrable experience with Executive/Board level reporting and presentation skills will be required.
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 COB 1 March 2024.
Relocation to Brisbane is a part of the package for this role if applicable.
A requirement of this role is that you will need to have in place the legal work rights for Australia to apply.
Potential Scams
There are a number of fake adverts that are impersonating Santos Limited, in these instances you will receive an e-mail from a generic e-mail address. We do not make offers without interviews or due diligence taking place. You will know if an advert is genuine if you are directed to the Santos company careers page to apply which is https://recruitment.santos.com/
