Project Overview
Bechtel Mining and Metals offers engineering, procurement, and construction services for customers in the mining sector across multiple commodities, including Iron Ore, Bauxite, Alumina, Aluminium, Copper, Gold, Coal, Lithium, and Rare Earths markets. The M&M global business unit also has offices in Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide in Australia, along with execution units in the United States, Peru, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, India and other project locations around the world. The Eva Copper Mine Project is a greenfield resource poised to become the largest new mine in Queensland, Australia. It is located in Cloncurry on the traditional lands of the Kalkadoon people. The project is owned by Harmony, a world‐class gold and copper mining and development company with assets in South Africa, Australia, and Papua New Guinea. Bechtel is delivering the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) scope for the Eva Copper Process Plant and Non‐Process Infrastructure and is providing these EPC services across all disciplines and functions for this exciting capital project.
Job Summary
The Project Accountant will lead the Accounts Payable processes for the project, reporting to the Project Accounting Manager. The position requires maintaining confidentiality, ethical behavior, a customer‐service orientation, a professional demeanor and communication style, flexibility, and a commitment to meeting deadlines. The position will be located at the project office in Brisbane, Australia and may require travel to other project office locations or the job site on occasion.
Major Responsibilities
* Process invoices, including entering and updating invoices related to complex project payables.
* Research, analyze, and resolve invoice hold issues with project team, contracts/procurement departments, customers, and suppliers.
* Initiate contact with project personnel on commitment documents, material receiving reports, approvals, and other issues to ensure timely payment of invoices.
* Ensure invoices are scheduled for payment in accordance with terms.
* Review invoices to ensure adherence to project and corporate policies and procedures.
* Participate in periodic meetings with key stakeholders, including organizing the hold report.
* Assist in resolving outstanding issues, monitor communications for quality control, and escalated unresolved issues to management.
* Perform reconciliations to ensure cost and commitments align between the accounting system and downstream dashboards.
* Identify process improvement opportunities, develop new solutions and documentation.
* Provide training to new and existing team members.
* Assist with audit queries (internal and external).
* Provide financial analysis and coordination on GBU projects.
* Extract and perform preliminary analysis of technical data.
* Ensure monthly billings are performed in accordance with contract terms.
Education And Experience Requirements
* Requires a University Hire with 1–2 years of experience or 5–6 years of relevant work experience.
Required Knowledge And Skills
* Strong customer service focus.
* Dependable, punctual, conscientious, and capable of working well in a team environment.
* Prior experience in an accounting operation using a major ERP (Oracle/SAP/etc.) system is highly desirable.
* Specific knowledge of accounts payable and billing cycles.
* Flexible and adaptable, maintaining a positive and professional attitude under stress.
* Self‐starter, capable of working independently, taking initiative, identifying and resolving issues, managing workload, and handling correspondence.
* Good organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to apply quality control over a heavy volume of work with tight deadlines.
* Must maintain confidentiality of all information entrusted to the position.
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Equal Opportunity Employer
Bechtel is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, national origin, disability, citizenship status (except as authorized by law), protected veteran status, genetic information, and any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. Applicants with a disability who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process may e–mail their request to acesstmt@bechtel.com.
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