Senior Management Accountant
Our Opportunity
Work Location: Perth. Fortescue’s Perth office is located on the traditional lands of the Whadjuk people.
Roster: Monday to Friday.
We are seeking a commercially astute and strategic Senior Management Accountant (Senior Finance Business Partner) to join our finance team. This role combines strong technical management accounting capability with high-level business partnering across operational and leadership teams.
You will play a critical role in driving financial performance, leading budgeting and forecasting processes, and providing strategic insight to support informed decision-making. This position offers the opportunity to influence operational outcomes, identify value-creation opportunities, and serve as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders across the business.
Key Responsibilities
• Lead the preparation of monthly management accounts, including detailed variance analysis and performance insights
• Drive budgeting, forecasting, and long-range financial planning processes
• Partner with senior operational leaders to influence financial and commercial outcomes
• Provide strategic financial modelling, scenario analysis, and business case evaluation
• Identify risks, opportunities, and cost optimisation initiatives to improve business performance
• Support capital investment appraisal and major project financial oversight
• Strengthen financial governance, controls, and reporting frameworks
• Mentor and support junior finance team members where applicable
• Build and maintain strong relationships with site-based teams, including periodic travel to operational sites
Qualifications and Experience
In order to be successful in this role, you will need to be commercially driven, confident in engaging with senior stakeholders, and capable of translating complex financial data into clear and actionable insights. You'll bring strong leadership presence and enjoy operating in a dynamic, operationally focused environment.
Essential:
• CA / CPA / ACCA qualified
• 5+ years’ experience in management accounting, commercial finance, or business partnering
• Strong financial modelling and analytical capability
• Advanced Excel skills (experience with BI tools highly regarded)
• Demonstrated experience partnering with senior operational stakeholders
• Excellent communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills
Desirable:
• Experience in [industry – e.g., mining, infrastructure, energy, manufacturing]
• Experience in capital-intensive or complex operational environments
• ERP system experience (e.g., SAP, Oracle, Pronto, etc.)
About Us
Be part of something big. Fortescue is leading the world with our plan to decarbonise our iron ore operations, projects that harness renewable energy and the development of technology that will change our planet forever.
Our Commitment
Fortescue celebrates individual strengths and team members 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. Diverse backgrounds include First Nations Peoples, people with disabilities, LGBTQ+ 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. Fortescue will never contact you to ask for payment of any kind, whether directly or through a third party.