Job Description

• Oversee the Group’s activities in foreign exchange, interest rate, and liquidity markets
• Develop, maintain and oversee execution and performance of financial market strategies
• Lead engagement with relationship banks on financial markets
• Lead financial market product development innovation, assessment, internal business case approval and commercial implementation
• Oversee all dealing activities and adherence to commercial mandates and performance benchmarks
• Lead the dealing function and team development
• Lead engagement with Assets and Group Functions on financial market risks and solutions
• Play a key role in the Treasury Lead Team supporting the Group Treasurer

Close internal and external relationships are key to your success in this role, and helping to shape the strategic decisions we take across Financial Markets. In these ever-changing and volatile times, certainly an exhilarating leadership role at the world’s largest resources company!

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

You are a deep subject matter expert across financial markets, foreign exchange, interest rates and liquidity markets – and able to apply that expertise to the world of physical commodities. You will have knowledge of financial instruments and current market dynamics encompassing foreign exchange, interest rates, basis markets, credit/XVA and investment products. You are an inclusive and inquisitive leader, whose teams achieve outstanding outcomes solving large, complex issues.

In this role, you will cultivate trusting relationships through effective communication, active listening, and consultation, positively influencing teams across BHP, as well as external stakeholders. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate their ability to develop and work within team-centric delivery mechanisms holding to the highest values of integrity, courage and care for others. You will be a strategic thinker with the ability to focus and prioritize critical deliverables to provide clear direction to your team and broader stakeholders. The successful candidate will be sharp in exercising sound judgment, leveraging from relevant experience and working effectively within complex projects.

We value diversity in thinking and your career to date will testify to your ability to get the best from a globally diverse and inclusive team culture. You will be able to demonstrate strong business acumen drawing from your exceptional understanding of the key drivers of risk and value in our commodities markets.

You are able to establish credibility through your demonstrated success, leadership and excellent communication skills; bringing extensive commodities and financial markets experience to the role. You relate well with people with an engaging style allowing you to communicate enthusiastically and build strong working relationships. Minimum requirements that this candidate will bring are:

• Tertiary qualification (Bachelor’s Degree) in relevant fields, including: Finance, Commerce, Economics, or Science; CFA or Masters in Applied/Quantitative Finance degree is preferred
• Substantial global experience across financial markets with a track record of delivery in active funds management, international corporate treasuries, commodity trading or wholesale banking (ideally within natural resources)
• Treasury Management Systems knowledge and experience with Bloomberg/Reuters and electronic execution platforms is preferred
• High degree of agility to adapt risk appetite and underlying frameworks, systems and processes to enable Commercial strategies and respond to both long-term market evolution and short-term market impacts
• Distinctive, demonstrated leadership and influencing skills to engage across a diverse range of stakeholders
• Ability to lead change and develop the team to support continued world class performance and outcomes
• Focus on achieving results, learning and adapting to solve problems
• Judgment and decision making skills and an appreciation of strategic and business critical objectives
• Experience building, managing, and sustaining strong relationships with cross-functional internal customers as well as building trusting partnerships with external partners and stakeholders
• Proven experience shaping inclusive, diverse, dynamic, and highly-performing global teams