Specialist Portfolio Strategy & Development - #4843377

Do you want to influence key business decisions? Is being challenged by new ideas and perspectives in an environment where you are valued and respected important to you? Do you thrive on learning and collaborating with a broad range of stakeholders? Are you interested in joining a world leader in the resource sector? 

Then this is an excellent opportunity for you to join BHP's Portfolio Strategy & Development (PS&D) function, which brings together Decision Evaluation, Business Development, Mergers & Acquisitions and Strategy & Market Intelligence work into one team.  We have opportunities in Santiago, with flexible working conditions.

This role will focus on Decision Evaluation activities, whose purpose is lead evaluation activities for decisions related to capital investments, planning, transactions and commercial opportunities across the Company so that the value of every business decision is clear and well informed.  We achieve this by providing independent, robust and high quality economic evaluations of proposed portfolio level decisions and investment opportunities taking in to account risks and uncertainties. To maximize our influence we operate in a collaborative and commercially astute way.

Suited to someone from a diverse range of backgrounds including consulting, investment banking, corporate finance, law, planning, geology or engineering. Irrespective of background, and leveraging strong financial modelling capabilities, they will be able to offer commercial insight, analytical expertise and strategic thinking and have strong communication and influencing skills. Their primary accountabilities will be to create shareholder value by framing, evaluating and clearly communicating the risks and returns for capital allocation decisions, global functional initiatives and transactions to senior decision-makers. Working either independently or in cross-functional project, planning or transaction teams, they will be required to influence and challenge thinking, prepare concisely written reports and clearly articulate outputs and insights to senior management and other key stakeholders.