Indigenous Only | Specialist Tax - Minerals Australia | Perth

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.

We encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people looking to start or continue their career in mining to Think Big with BHP. At BHP we support our people to grow, learn, develop their skills and reach their potential. Indigenous Peoples are critical partners and stakeholders in many of BHP operations both within Australia and around the world. Many of our operations are located on or near lands traditionally owned by or under the customary use of Indigenous Peoples and the long-term nature of our operations allows us to establish long lasting relationships with these Indigenous communities.

Come and be a part of this success.

About the Role

The Minerals Australia Tax Team is responsible for providing tax advice and managing all of the tax compliance and reporting obligations for the Minerals Australia Portfolio.

An exciting new opportunity exists for you to apply your tax skills and experience to support the management of Minerals Australia tax matters by ensuring exceptional delivery of all tax compliance and reporting obligations and supporting relationships with our regulators. You will also play a key role in supporting our offshore Global Business Services team to deliver accurate and timely information and ensuring the highest standards of governance and control across all processes.

Reporting to the Tax Manager Minerals Australia (West), your key accountabilities will include:

• An overriding commitment to health, safety, environmental responsibility, and sustainable development.
• Working closely with the Tax Principal and other Tax team members to plan and execute the delivery of all local tax reporting and compliance obligations for direct and indirect taxes relating to the Iron Ore and Nickel companies, including and delivery of stewardship, and other key governance processes to key internal stakeholders.
• Collaborating on a day-to-day basis with the offshore Global Business Services teams (located in KL) to review all income tax, GST, royalty, and other tax outputs to ensure timely accurate lodgement of critical compliance obligations and payments.
• Developing and maintaining strong cooperative relationships with a wide range of internal stakeholders including the onshore and offshore Finance teams and Asset Business Partners to facilitate understanding and management of tax issues impacting the relevant assets.
• Developing and maintaining strong cooperative relationships with Joint Venture Participants to support their direct and indirect tax compliance and reporting obligations and assisting them to understand the key tax issues within the relevant joint ventures.
• Supporting relationships with Regional Tax Authorities including the management of queries and audits.
• Supporting the preparation of advice on the tax outcomes for material projects, including major capital expenditure investment cases; reviewing and analysing terms of commercial or other contracts with external parties.
• Assisting to maintain a robust governance and control environment in accordance with Group Tax standards & processes and Group Level Documents relevant to the area of responsibility.
• Supporting the broader continuous improvement objectives to drive process optimisation initiatives as well as the ongoing design and implementation BHP's digital strategy in the area of Tax.
• Supporting the culture of continual learning and development through training and sharing of knowledge.

As a successful candidate you will possess the following:

• CA/CPA or equivalent professional qualification required (CTA/tax masters or equivalent desirable).
• Demonstrated post qualification practical experience with delivering end to end tax reporting and compliance processes within a large multinational organisation.
• Specialist knowledge of income tax, goods and services tax, WA royalties, fringe benefits tax, fuel tax.
• Experience delivering process improvement and change projects in a complex system environment.
• Sound knowledge of IFRS and financial accounting principles.
• MS Office skills (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Power BI) and SAP S4 platform experience (desirable).

You will be based in Perth, Western Australia, in the multi award winning office tower - ‘City Square'. You will have stunning river views from your modern open plan office, state of the art facilities including virtual whiteboards and video conferencing facilities, 550 bicycle racks with ample lockers, showers and change room amenities and a large outdoor terrace with barbecues.

You will be working on Monday-Friday roster. Flexible work is also offered.

Application close on Thursday, 4 July 2024

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 are an Equal Opportunity employer, and this position will only be open to Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander applicants. The filling of this position/these positions is intended to constitute a special/equal opportunity measure under section 8(1) of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth), and s 51 of the Equal Opportunity Act 1984 (WA).

We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. In particular, BHP has a deep commitment to the traditional owners of the land upon which it operates. In Western Australia this includes, but is not limited to, the Njamal, Kariyarra, Palyku, Banjima, Nyiyaparli, Ngarla, Ngarlawangga, Yinhawangka, Thalanyji, , Tjiwarl, Tarlpa peoples, together with the traditional owners of Kalgoorlie. Providing employment opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is an important part of our 2017 - 2021 Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP). For more information about our RAP, please visit here.

This is a full time position. We are open to discussing flexible work arrangements that suit you - including varied roster arrangements.

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.

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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 *********@bhp.com.