Cost Controller – Careers

Santos provides reliable, affordable energy for progress and seeks to provide lower carbon energy over time.

Santos is a global energy company with operations across Australia, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste and the United States.

At Santos, our goal is to be a global leader in the energy evolution to low-carbon fuels that help the world decarbonise and continue to provide the reliable, affordable energy the world needs for modern life and human progress.

Santos is an important Australian domestic gas supplier and LNG supplier in Asia. We are committed to supplying critical fuels such as oil and gas, and abating emissions through carbon capture and storage, energy efficiency projects, use of renewables in our operations and high-quality offsets. Santos will also seek to develop low-carbon fuels as customer demand evolves.

For 70 years, Santos has been working in partnership with local communities, providing jobs and business opportunities, safely developing natural gas resources and from there powering industries and households.

Santos seeks to deliver long-term value to shareholders through our diverse portfolio of high-quality, long-life, low-cost oil and gas assets, carbon storage resources and infrastructure. 

The Santos portfolio is value accretive and resilient across a range of decarbonisation scenarios. Santos has a climate transition action plan that will continue to evolve for the global energy evolution.

Santos has a regional operating model with a strong local focus. The Company’s operating structure comprises three regional business units focused on enabling and executing corporate strategy. Two divisions – Santos Energy Solutions and Santos Upstream Gas and Liquids – are accountable for global portfolio management and strategy.

About the Role

Our Cost Controller will play a pivotal role within Drilling and Completion Team, with the primary objective to effectively manage drilling and completions expenditure by implementing stringent controls, continuous monitoring, and proactive adjustments that will ensure maximum efficiency and budget adherence throughout the full project life cycle.

We are looking for an individual with sharp business acumen and a good eye for detail. You will be responsible for supporting the delivery of all cost control activities including cost book management, cost variance analysis, accruals, trending, ETC/EAC analysis, commitment management, cost pool management and clearing.

As part of the role, you will directly contribute to the maintenance, development and improvement of cost control processes and procedures. This is a great opportunity which will expose you to a complex and fast paced way of working, where no two days are the same. You will enjoy collaboration and interaction with both corporate and operational stakeholders across the business while seeing your work have a direct impact on outcomes. 

• Project creation, set up and closure, ensuring alignment with the Company Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and Basis of Estimate (BOE);

• Monitoring of compliance between approved schedules of rates and resource cost tracking, with a focus on alignment and improvement; 

• Providing direct support and administration for the procure to pay process; 

• Ensuring the integrity of financial data for resources supported, enabling timely and accurate cost recognition, allocation, and reporting;

• Ad-hoc analysis (including campaign reviews and performance overviews) and reporting as required for resources supported;

• Compliance with the Santos Management System (SMS);

• Compliance with the Santos Delegation of Authority (DOA);

• Compliance with the Santos Corporate Governance and Safety requirements.

Essential experience required for this position includes:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, finance, or a similar field;

• 3 – 5 years’ experience in a similar position;

• Proficiency in the use of the Microsoft Office suite (advanced excel);

• Ability to engage in effective communication with a wide range of stakeholders;

• Ability to consistently meet timelines and deliver on commitments;

• Experience in managing and distilling large, complex data sets with a strong attention to detail;

• Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment; 

• Demonstrated ability to work in a team-based environment.

• Experience servicing an execution team in the resources industry would be preferable;

• Experience using Wellview and SAP would be highly regarded.

Supporting a Diverse Workforce

Santos acknowledges that we operate on the traditional lands of Aboriginal people. We recognise the traditional rights to maintain the culture, identities, traditions, and customs on their country. We are committed to an inclusive environment where people feel comfortable to be themselves. We want our people to feel that all voices are heard, all cultures respected and that a variety of perspectives are not only welcome – they are essential to our ongoing success.  

We treat each other fairly and with dignity regardless of race, gender, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, age, sexual orientation, or anything else that makes us different.  

Australian Aboriginal and / or Torres Strait Islander jobseekers are strongly encouraged to apply. 

Applications must be submitted via the online recruitment system before 11th April 2024

A requirement of this role is that you will need to have in place the legal work rights for Australia to apply. 

There are a number of fake adverts that are impersonating Santos Limited, in these instances you will receive an e-mail from a generic e-mail address. We do not make offers without interviews or due diligence taking place.  You will know if an advert is genuine if you are directed to the Santos company careers page to apply which is https://recruitment.santos.com/