Company Description
Anglo American has a portfolio of world-class mining operations. We mine, process, move and market the essential ingredients that enable a cleaner, more connected world and that meet fast growing consumer-driven demands for products from smartphones to electric cars. Our basic materials build homes, offices, railways and airports, and our diamonds fulfil people's dreams.
Platinum
Our Platinum business mines, processes, and refines the entire range of platinum group metals (PGMs): platinum, palladium, rhodium, ruthenium, iridium and osmium. We are the world’s leading primary producer of PGMs, which have a range of specialised applications that improve lives across the world – from vehicle fuel cells to jewellery; dentistry to glassmaking; pacemakers to petroleum refining.
Job Description
Finances are vital. You’ll help us see where we’re going. Join us as a Senior Commercial Manager where you will be responsible for the commercial finance team as a financial partner advising the Site Leadership Team to drive sustainable business performance through the integration of operational processes with financial acumen.
As a Commercial Manager you will play an integral part in the decision making for the Mototolo Mine Complex through fulfilling some of the below key activities.
Planning & Budgeting
- Provide management with valuable analysis of Operations performance, ensuring key risks and issues and opportunities are highlighted to senior stakeholders on a timely basis.
- Drive site financial performance as per OMS and budget, track delivery against plan using effective cost control mechanisms, and challenge outcomes, ensuring budget holders do not exceed allocated spend.
- Cascade site financial targets down to work areas on site, for consideration and approval by GM, incorporating BU and Group provided benchmarks and proposing appropriate level of stretch.
- Manage risk management process on site, consolidating the risk/opportunity register across disciplines as well as review and analyse discipline service strategies to ensure cost/capital is appropriately considered in risk mitigation.
Risk Management
- Manage risk management process on site, consolidating the risk/opportunity register across disciplines.
- Review and analyse discipline service strategies to ensure cost/capital is appropriately considered in risk mitigation.
- Drive accountability on site by supporting both financial and operational risk audits on site and follow up audit outcomes.
- Monitor key controls for priority risks, and provide visibility to GM.
Reporting & Controls
- Act as first point of contact for business information, cost accounting and ad-hoc reporting for SLT, BU, Group, and external auditors.
- Drive site financial performance as per OMS and budget, track delivery against plan using effective cost control mechanisms, and challenge outcomes, ensuring budget holders do not exceed allocated spend.
- Manage and ensure adherence to site capital expenditure plans, monitor execution of activities and Capex spend, and control utilisation of any contingencies.
- Proactively provide site financial data insights to site leadership to inform operational decision making.
Commercial Continuous Improvement
- Continuously identify and assess improvement opportunities within Commercial.
- Leverage Commercial Manager Community of Practice to share and identify best practices to be applied on site.
- Provide feedback on Finance system requirements developed at BU and Group level and support implementation of standard tools.
Site Performance Improvement
- Identify key value drivers and operational cost drivers across the value chain, to facilitate value-based steering of operational decisions.
- Support working capital management and optimisation initiatives (e.g., stockpile transparency) in close cooperation with planning roles.
On-site Integration
- Guide formulation and management of site-specific, non-standardised contracts with value below minimum threshold.
This role is in the Finance Department at a Band 5 level and reports to the General Manager.
Qualifications
- Postgraduate/Tertiary qualifications within Business Accounting, Finance, Economics.
Experience:
- Detailed understanding of the Platinum value chain and operational trends and risks.
- Minimum of 5 years relevant operational mining, processing, and engineering related experience.
- An understanding of the operational aspects associated with mining and mineral processing operations.
- Demonstrated understanding of risk management within a technical environment.
- Knowledge and experience with risk assessment techniques such as WRAC, Bow-tie Analysis, HAZOP/HAZAN and other industry recognised techniques and tools.
- Track record of interfacing with and influencing colleagues and coordinating disciplines relevant to risk management.
Additional Requirements:
Additional Information
What we offer: When you join Anglo American, you can expect to enjoy a competitive salary and benefits package, but more than this, you’ll find yourself in an environment where the opportunities for learning and growth are second to none. From technical training to leadership programmes, we bring out the best in our people. There are plenty of opportunities to move onwards and upwards too. We are a large, successful multinational company – and we are still growing all the time.
Who we are?
Anglo American is a global diversified mining business. Our portfolio of world-class mining operations provides the metals and minerals that make modern life possible. We use innovative practices and the latest technologies to discover new resources and mine. We work together with our key partners and stakeholders to unlock the sustainable value that those resources represent for our shareholders, the communities and countries in which we operate and for society at large. Anglo American is re-imagining mining to improve people’s lives.
How we are committed to your safety:
Nothing is more important to us than ensuring you return home safely after a day’s work. To make that happen, we have the most rigorous safety standards in the industry. Not only that, we’re also continually investing in new technologies – from drones to data analytics – that are helping to make mining safer.
Inclusion and Diversity:
Anglo American is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to promoting an inclusive and diverse workplace where we value and respect every colleague for who they are and provide equality of opportunity so that everyone can fulfill their potential.
Anglo American Platinum has a zero tolerance to dignity harms, these include all acts of gender based violence, bullying, harassment and victimisation. Ensuring the safety of our employees extends beyond physical safety and includes the eradication of harmful behaviours from our workplace. This responsibility extends to everyone at Anglo American Platinum both during work hours and outside of work. We are unconditional in creating a respectful, inclusive, and safe working environment to ensure that no colleague will be violated or harassed under our watch.
Background checks:
Successful candidates will be required to complete background screening which may include a criminal check and validation of qualifications.
How to apply:
To apply for this role, please complete our online application. You will have the opportunity to upload your CV and other relevant documentation as part of this process.
Closing Date: 26/09/2024
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