Principal Competition and Compliance Counsel (Minerals Australia) | Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth
BHP
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
Part of the Compliance team led by the Chief Compliance Officer, this role is accountable for providing legal advice on and managing competition law and compliance risk, with a particular focus on supporting our teams across Minerals Australia (MinAus). The role will also provide competition law advice and support more generally across our other global teams when required. In addition, the role will provide input into the Competition Law Compliance Framework, including the development of supporting materials, monitoring and other second line accountabilities.
Key accountabilities include but are not limited to:
- Lead competition law advice and compliance for MinAus teams, including managing engagements with senior leadership.
- Engage with external counsels and counterparties to manage competition law risk.
- Provide expert advice on all aspects of competition law compliance throughout the MinAus business and supporting teams, and other business regions where required from time to time.
- Provide updates and advice, including to senior management, on relevant developments in competition law enforcement and policy and the potential impact for BHP, including in respect of current priorities such as climate change and the growth strategy. Incorporate relevant developments into the Competition Law Compliance Framework and associated materials.
- Develop relationships with relevant competition law organisations, in particular the ACCC, as required to remain up-to-date on current enforcement practices.
- Provision and procurement of anti-corruption and trade controls compliance-related legal advice and guidance, including in relation to the management of risk, contractual protections and embedding compliance-related legal policies and procedures.
- Conduct (or oversee external counsel to conduct) internal investigations in response to potential competition law or compliance-related breaches.
About You
Our ideal candidate will have good commercial acumen and interpersonal skills.
To be successful in this role you must also possess the following:
- Strong leadership skills and ability to lead internal cross-functional working groups to deliver outcomes.
- Very strong ability to build, promote and maintain effective and collaborative working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving capability and strategic thinking. Ability to understand complex issues and identify and execute creative solutions.
- Ability to adopt a commercial, business focused approach in considering issues and implications of competition law enforcement policy.
- Very strong communication skills, including written communications skills, with an ability to inspire confidence and to explain (both orally and in writing) complex issues.
- Ability to work in a matrixed organisation, including navigating cross-functional relationships to build internal networks to successfully deliver outcomes.
- Project management skills and an ability to work cross-functionally to identify issues, solutions and importantly, outcomes.
- Ability to work with ambiguity and complexity and adapt and flex in line with changing business priorities.
It is expected that candidates possess the following experience and technical competencies:
- Functional expertise in competition law, including relevant domestic and, ideally, also international legal frameworks.
- Competition lawyer subject matter expert, with at least 8 years post qualification experience, with broad experience across all aspects of competition law and ideally (but not required) with some multi-jurisdictional experience.
- Deep understanding of the competition law enforcement landscape, including key soft law frameworks and emerging trends, in Australia
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.
Supporting a Diverse Workforce
The size and magnitude of our business not only provides significant opportunity for professional development, but also attractive salary packages with performance-based bonuses and a unique BHP employee share program.
At BHP, we recognise that we are strengthened by diversity. We are committed to providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. We are an Equal Opportunity employer and we encourage applications from women and Indigenous people. 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.