Group Manager - Shared Services

About The Company

We’re one of Australia’s leading coal producers and we’re proud of it. Coal is in our DNA and our work is critical for people, industries and communities both here in Australia and overseas.

ASX listed, we operate six mines across NSW and QLD, producing metallurgical coal that’s critical for steelmaking and thermal coal that will support the world’s energy security as we move through the energy transition.

Whitehaven Coal is poised for continued growth through the optimisation of existing assets and the assessment of future acquisition opportunities. Our people, values and performance culture underpin our success.

About The Role

We have recently created position as Group Manager – Shared Services to be accountable for the endtoend performance, governance, and continual improvement of Whitehaven’s Shared Services functions, including Payroll and Accounts Payable. This role is critical to ensuring strong governance, controls and compliance across highvolume, transactionintensive functions, while also driving performance, efficiency and continual improvement.

We are seeking a forwardthinking Shared Services leader who has successfully run large-scale transactional environments and who can balance operational excellence with futurefocused transformation. A key expectation of this role is to develop and execute a roadmap for AI, automation and systemenabled efficiencies, ensuring the Shared Services function is scalable, resilient and bestinclass.

This position reports to the Deputy Chief Financial Officer and partners closely with Finance, Operations, People & Culture and Technology.

What You'll Do

• Provide endtoend leadership of Payroll and Accounts Payable shared services operations
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders and operational stakeholders, balancing commercial outcomes with risk management
• Ensure accurate, compliant and timely delivery of payroll and payment outcomes across the Group
• Establish and maintain strong governance, risk and control frameworks
• Drive performance, productivity and cost efficiency across Shared Services
• Lead system enhancements, process standardisation and transformation initiatives
• Develop a clear AI and automation roadmap to support future operating models
• Build, lead and mentor a highperforming Shared Services leadership team

What You'll Bring

• Tertiary qualification in Finance, Accounting, Business or a related discipline
• Extensive experience (15+ years) within Shared Services or largescale transactional environments
• Senior leadership experience across Shared Services, Finance Operations or enterprisewide service functions within large, complex, multi-site organisation (mining, resources or heavy industry highly desirable)
• Strong technical expertise across payroll, accounts payable, procuretopay and financial control frameworks
• Proven experience operating within large ERP environments (e.g. SAP, Oracle or Workday)
• Highly developed stakeholder engagement, influencing and change leadership capability
• Forwardlooking mindset with a strong interest in AI, automation and future ways of working

Why Whitehaven?

• Executive leadership opportunity in a growing ASXlisted company
• Newly created role with scope to shape and mature the Shared Services model
• Attractive remuneration, performance incentives and longterm career opportunity