About this role
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
Group Treasury holds the Group-wide mandate to maintain a strong balance sheet and manage all financial market exposures. Within Group Treasury the Financial Markets team embeds strategic insight and best in class execution of creative, value-generating and proactive structuring solutions when managing the Group’s extensive foreign exchange, liquidity investment and interest rate hedging.
We are now seeking to fill the role of Principal Financial Markets, reporting to the Head of Financial Markets. We are looking for a commercial individual who can develop, optimise and execute the Group’s financial markets strategy, and manage relationship banks and key internal stakeholders.
In this role you will:
- Execute the Group’s dealing activities in liquidity, foreign exchange and interest rate derivatives with a focus on liquidity investments and interest rate derivatives optimization.
- Monitor liquidity, currency and rates markets, refine market intelligence and present strategies within the team and Group Treasury.
- Lead financial market product development innovation, from assessment to internal business case approval and commercial implementation.
- Support Copper market monitoring and hedging strategies execution in collaboration with commercial teams.
- Develop and maintain reporting and performance analytics.
- Engage and collaborate with stakeholders and relationship banks.
- Deliver against set performance targets, contributing to team efforts to maintain operational discipline and ensure quality of service.
- Promote a culture of innovation, knowledge sharing and continuous improvement.
Requirements
- Tertiary level qualification in Finance/Economics/Mathematics or related degree qualification. CFA or Masters in Applied/Quantitative Finance would be an advantage
- At least 6-8 years of financial markets experience with a track record of commercial execution in asset management, international corporate treasury, commodity trading or banking.
- Strong understanding of financial instruments and financial market dynamics.
- Advanced Excel modelling skills.
- Experience with Bloomberg/Reuters and electronic execution platforms is preferred.
- Desired 1SAP system and process knowledge.
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.
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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 [email protected].
Other facts
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What you'll do
- The Principal Financial Markets Dealer will execute the Group’s dealing activities in liquidity, foreign exchange, and interest rate derivatives while leading product development innovation. They will also monitor market conditions and collaborate with stakeholders to optimize financial strategies.
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