Specialist Compliance Due Diligence

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.

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About The Role

We are seeking several Specialists Compliance Due Diligence to undertake due diligence (“DD”) on BHP third parties. DD is a critical control covering corruption, sanctions, modern slavery, and money laundering risks within the BHP value chain. These roles form part of the Ethics, Compliance and Human Rights sub function within External Affairs and will be co located within the GBS office in Manila. The roles are important in ensuring BHP is working in ways consistent with our Charter Values and in meeting its regulatory obligations and public commitments.

Key Relationships: (Internal and External Stakeholders)

• Internal
• Ethics, Compliance and Human Rights sub functional leaders and other team members
• GBS Demand to Pay and Commerical function team members
• Contract owners within BHP globally
• Group Risk and Internal Audit

• External
• BHP commercial third parties including suppliers and customers
• External advisors and auditors
  

Responsibilities

As Specialist Compliance DD, your primary purpose is to provide judgement and expertise through the execution of DD processes and controls. The DD is focused on financial crime (corruption, sanctions, money laundering, counter terrorist financing) and modern slavery risk mitigation. You will perform the following:

• Undertaking DD assessments on a variety of Commerical third parties to assess their ability to comply with relevant laws, regulations, and BHPs internal policies drawing on a variety of sources
• Applying sound judgement and expertise in financial crime and modern slavery risk assessments within the third party review process
• Acting as the key DD interface for internal stakeholders, including the GBS Master Data team and Commerical team members on DD related matters
• Supports ad hoc due diligence research projects and / or investigations
• Providing ad hoc compliance advice to the broader Compliance and Commercial teams
• Identifies and reports to line management issues or improvement opportunities in DD systems
• DD performance board reporting
• Monitoring any outstanding conditions of approval and follow through until closure
• Assist in the development and implementation of due diligence procedures and best practices.
• Tracks and assesses emerging trends and capabilities in data, technology, and DD (including AI-related developments) to drive continuous improvement and efficiency.
• Conducts review of sanctions-related blocks and DD and unblocks as appropriate.
  
  

About You

The successful candidate will ideally possess work experience in due diligence or related role (including legal counsel, auditor, or investigator) with a focus on corruption, sanctions, money laundering, counter terrorist financing and modern slavery risk mitigation. Other important skills are outlined below:

• Excellent judgment and analytical capability including the ability to assimilate data from a variety of sources and make sense of the content.
• Effective work planning skills and interpersonal skills.
• A genuine interest in developing a long-term career with BHP.
• Commercial acumen and some knowledge of the value chains of BHP.
• Ability to assess data, follow leads and ask questions and learn about new industry sectors. 
• Experience in a law firm, accounting firm or large foreign corporate is preferred.
• Business level fluency in a second language other than English (for example Spanish or Chinese) would be an advantage.
  
  

The person must be comfortable in applying judgement in new / ambiguous situations sometimes with limited or conflicting data.

BHP is willing to consider a range of academic backgrounds for this role.

This role is not suited to hybrid work arrangements for the first 12-18 months.

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.

If you are already employed directly by BHP, please log in using your BHP email address or apply via our internal jobs portal.

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].