Principal Finance Systems

• Annual short-term incentive bonus recognising individual and business performance
• PLS employee share scheme
• 18 weeks parental leave for primary carers and 4 weeks for secondary carers
• Flexible working arrangements, including work from home options
• Health and wellbeing allowance
• Novated leasing through salary sacrifice
• Paid community leave
• Access to our Employee Assistance Program and Company Chaplains
• Monthly employee recognition awards
• Access to PLS’ KidsCo School Holiday Program

The opportunity

Reporting to the Group Manager Finance Corporate and Reporting you will play a pivotal role in shaping the strategic direction, governance and operational excellence of our finance technology ecosystem, combining technical expertise with business partnership and long-term strategic thinking.

This foundational role sits at the intersection of finance planning, technology strategy and capability building. You will lead the design and delivery of a modern finance technology capability - establishing standards, architecture and governance across enterprise platforms - while enabling finance to operate at scale, speed and quality.

With a relentless focus on process improvement and continuous optimisation, you’ll be the trusted advisor to finance leadership on system priorities and technology investments. Beyond technical stewardship, you will champion a broader process improvement and AI adoption mindset across the finance function, translating emerging technologies into measurable efficiency gains and enhanced decision-making capability., * Own Anaplan governance, configuration management and oversight across opex, capex and workforce planning domains (with support for builds)

• Lead financial systems architecture and governance across Anaplan, Power BI, Power Apps and adjacent platforms
• Define finance technology standards, documentation frameworks and reusable design patterns
• Design and oversee automated integrations between ERP, Anaplan, Snowflake and reporting platforms
• Implement data validation, reconciliation and audit controls across finance platforms
• Act as technical escalation point for complex system issues and lead troubleshooting
• Drive process improvement and automation across finance operations
• Define and own the longer-term financial technology roadmap with the Group Manager, FP&A
• Present platform capability and roadmap progress to finance leadership and business stakeholders
• Mentor finance technology builders and analysts in platform best practice

• Tertiary qualified in finance, accounting, commerce or related field
• 10+ years’ experience with enterprise finance platforms (Anaplan, Adaptive Insights, OneStream) and systems architecture
• Demonstrated capability with Microsoft Power BI and Power Apps
• Experience governing, configuring and maintaining Anaplan models across multiple planning domains
• Experience designing integrations between finance platforms, ERP systems and data warehouses
• Anaplan Model Builder certifications (Level 1 & 2) or Solution Architect certification highly regarded
• An open approach to AI-enabled analytics, process automation and experience with cloud data integration tools and AWS environment also highly regarded

Supporting an inclusive and diverse workforce, Accounting, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Automation, Background Investigation, Best Practices, Capital Expenditure (CAPEX), Cloud Computing, Configuration Management, Data Quality, Data Warehousing, Design Patterns Programming Methodologies, Diversity, Documentation, Due Diligence, ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), Ecosystems, Emerging Technology, Employee Assistance Plan, Finance, Financial Operations, Financial Planning, Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A), Financial Systems, Hard Rock Mining, Identify Issues, Leadership, Mentoring, Microsoft Product Family, Multiplatform/Cross-Platform, Operational Expenditure (OPEX), Power BI, Process Improvement, Reconciliation, Reference Verification, Standards Development, Stewardship, Strategic Planning, System Architecture, Team Lead/Manager, Technical Strategy, Work From Home, Workforce Planning

This is a newly created permanent full-time role based at our Corporate Perth office which offers genuine influence over how finance technology evolves at PLS.

PLS is delivering on its vision to be a leading global producer of lithium, a mineral critical to enabling the world’s transition to a more sustainably powered future.

As the owner and operator of the Pilgangoora Operation, the world’s largest independent hard-rock lithium mine, we are expanding fast, investing boldly, and building a global portfolio that positions us at the forefront of the energy transition.

Most recently, we acquired Latin Resources, adding the Colina Project in Brazil to our portfolio - strengthening our international footprint and creating new pathways for growth.

With more than 900 people employed globally, we’re building a future-focused business where talented people can create real impact. At PLS, our Values aren’t just words on a wall, they drive how we work, how we lead, and how we grow: Safety First. Great People. We Deliver. One Team. Shaping Tomorrow.

If you want to be part of an organisation that is ambitious, innovative and shaping the next era of battery minerals, this is a once in a lifetime opportunity to join us., PLS respectfully acknowledges the Nyamal and Kariyarra People of the Pilbara, the Whadjuk Noongar People of the Perth region and all the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples who are the Traditional Owners and First Nations peoples of these lands.