Cost Controller and Purchasing Officer

Fortescue is both a proud West Australian company and a global green solutions business. We are recognised for our culture, innovation and industry-leading development of infrastructure, mining assets and green energy initiatives.

Cost Controller and Purchasing Officer

Work Location: 

Fortescue’s East Perth office is located on the traditional lands of the Whadjuk Noongar people.

Roster:

Monday to Friday

Fortescue is seeking an enthusiastic and committed, experienced Cost Controller and Purchasing Officer to join our Central Services Team.  Reporting to the Central Services Capital Area Manager, the successful candidate will be an individual who prides themselves on their proactiveness, attention to detail and organisational skills. This role is a permanent position for an individual with a high level of professional and efficient administration skills, with accounting and cost control, reporting, and scheduling experience and willingness to learn and can-do attitude.

Key responsibilities include:

• Efficient, proactive and excellent time management skills, manages priorities and adapts to changing and complex time frames.
• Liaising with site teams, corporate and site departments and external contractors relating to administrative duties and support
• Processing travel and accommodation requirements for site teams, new starters and visitors, including travel roster management and auditing/ reporting and coordinating mobilisation requirements. 
• Raising purchase requisitions, processing work orders and invoices 
• Request ad-hoc quotes when required.
• Estimate accruals before End of Month
• Allocate expenses to cost centres and WBSs
• Update and maintain cost control report.
• Monitoring project schedule and completing variance reporting
• Review invoices/claims against actuals and Terms and Conditions of the contracts
• Day to day general administration and general support tasks (e.g. coordinating meeting facilities, formatting of documentation, presentations, reports) as assigned
• Infrequent site based travel is a requirement for this position

Qualifications and Experience:

• Minimum 2 yrs experience in a similar role, experience within the mining industry is desirable.
• Intermediate to advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and SAP, experience with Serko or Workforce (or similar travel management system) is desirable.
• Demonstrated ability to be organised, self-driven and motivated and solutions-focused. 
• Excellent time management skills, strong attention to detail, with the ability to priorities work, managing competing deadlines to ensure tasks are completed with both accuracy and efficiency.
• Well-developed written and oral communication skills 
• A clear understanding of costing methodologies and budget control
• Demonstrated knowledge of MS Excel and SAP
• Knowledge in Acquire, Ariba and Visualisation tools like Tableau is highly desirable.
• Able to engage with end users at all levels of the organisation.

Fortescue is deeply committed to providing a safe culture that builds respect, fosters inclusiveness, and values diversity. We celebrate individual strengths and team members from all backgrounds 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 across the world. Diverse backgrounds include First Nations Peoples, people with differing abilities, LGBTIQ+ 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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Fortescue reserves the right to close applications early should a suitable pool of candidates be identified

We only accept applications via our official website at https://ffi.com.au/careers/ or https://www.fmgl.com.au/jobs-at-fortescue/browse-jobs. Fortescue will never contact you to ask for payment of any kind, whether directly or through a third party.