Date: 19 Jul 2025
Job Posting End Date:
Job Country:
Australia
Job State/Province: Victoria
Job Location/Region: Melbourne
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
Principal, Subsidiary Management and Governance is a member of the Melbourne based Group Governance team with responsibility for supporting the Group Company Secretary and Head of ESG Governance to oversee the governance of BHP’s Australian subsidiaries and provide legal and governance advice on key transactions, growth projects and other global corporate activities.
The role also includes responsibility for monitoring emerging governance trends and assisting the Group Governance team with key governance projects and initiatives.
Group Entities
- Assist with corporate regulatory requirements and subsidiary management for the BHP Group.
- Develop and implement enhanced governance processes and support for BHP Group subsidiaries, including for new country entry and governance of minority investments and non-controlled entities.
- Draft governance approvals and corporate documents including statutory filings and regulatory notices.
- Ensure regulatory filings are prepared and lodged on time and that Australian subsidiaries comply with regulatory requirements and maintain good standing.
- Act as a company secretary and director of BHP subsidiaries as required.
- Manage subsidiary board processes, including meeting scheduling, agenda preparation and minutes. · Provide governance advice and support to subsidiary directors.
Corporate transactions and projects
- Provide legal and governance support on corporate transactions, including M&A transactions, investments and major projects.
- Lead the governance workstreams of corporate transactions and key projects and work closely with internal stakeholders including Group Legal, Investor Relations, Corporate Affairs and Tax.
Governance
- Support the Group Governance team on improvement projects and initiatives.
- Support a knowledge sharing culture within the Group Governance team.
- Provide analysis and briefing notes on emerging governance related issues, market practice and regulatory requirements and their impact on BHP
About You
- Degree in Law
- Prior experience as a Corporate Lawyer with technical knowledge of listed corporates, Corporations Act and Corporate Governance Codes
- Experience advising on Australian regulatory and governance requirements
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].
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