Principal Accountant

About Us

Be part of something big. Fortescue is leading the world with our plan to decarbonise our iron ore operations, projects that harness renewable energy and the development of technology that will change our planet forever.

Our Opportunity

In this role you will be responsible for the financial and management accounting activities of the Fortescue Zero Hydrogen Systems (FZHS) business unit as part of a dynamic and exciting team supporting the global energy transition. You will be responsible for ensuring compliance with accounting standards and regulations and managing internal controls with a focus on project accounting, budgeting and forecasting and consolidated management reporting. To be successful in this role, you will need to be a quick but critical thinker, with the ability to adapt to changing priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Permanent Full-Time
Work Roster: Monday to Friday
 

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee the month-end financial statement close (FSC) process for activities within the FZHS business, with responsibility for consolidated FZHS reporting.
• Provide finance support to the project managers and business leads, including insightful driver-based analysis using inputs from various stakeholders.
• Deliver accurate, robust and timely financial and management reporting to stakeholders, including provision of insightful analytical commentary.
• Manage the quarterly and annual forecasting processes across FZHS.
• Ensure the accuracy of accounting in accordance with Group Accounting Policies under IFRS.
• Design, implement and maintain an efficient system of internal controls over finance-related processes.
• Continually identify and deliver finance process improvement initiatives working in close collaboration with the wider finance team. This includes ERP & Anaplan system improvements.
• Actively promote a safe working environment.

Qualifications and Experience

• Minimum of 7 years’ finance business partnering experience, including financial accounting, management reporting and project accounting.
• Advanced Excel skills are essential.
• SAP and PIMs experience preferred. Experience with PowerBI and/or Anaplan would be highly regarded.
• Excellent understanding of IFRS.
• Strong communication skills and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work on multiple priorities within tight deadlines with a high degree of autonomy and flexibility
• CA or CPA qualification

Our Commitment

Fortescue celebrates individual strengths and team members are encouraged to bring their whole selves to work. Our global workforce drives and promotes an inclusive culture, both within our organisation and throughout the communities we interact with. Diverse backgrounds include First Nations Peoples, people with disabilities, LGBTQ+ community, gender, neurodiverse, cultural diversity, all age groups, and those with an intersectional or multiple diverse characteristics. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.

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Internal Candidates / Current Contractors please apply via Success Factors Careers Portal. For further information on how to apply please visit the Fortescue Hub. 

Fortescue reserves the right to close applications early should a suitable pool of candidates be identified. Fortescue will never contact you to ask for payment of any kind, whether directly or through a third party.