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Burgersfort, South Africa De Beers Group of Companies Full time

Company Description
- Join us as a Commercial Finance Specialist where you will be accountable for outstanding up-date on key performance and financial matters at the operations and for developing a deep emphasis of the KPIs and cost drivers that impact business performance.

**Finances are vital. You’ll help us see where we’re going.**

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.

**Anglo American Platinum**

Our Platinum business mines, processes, and refines the entire range of platinum group metals (PGMs): platinum, palladium, rhodium, ruthenium, iridium and osmium.

Mototolo Complex, fully owned mechanized by Anglo American Platinum has two-underground mines, Lebowa Mine and Borwa Mine with a concentrator located on the Far-Eastern limb of the Bushveld mineral complex. Mototolo also has the Der Brochen project.

**Job Description**:

- As a Commercial Advisor, you will be responsible for leading a shaft Commercial Analyst for a key shaft at the Mototolo Complex and supporting the Mototolo Complex Senior Commercial Specialist and Commercial Finance Specialist. You will be responsible for not only the coordination and management of key deliverables, but also for driving key business improvement and commercial strategic initiatives. The Commercial Advisor will need to provide commercial insights to support decision making and ensuring adherence to governance policies. Some of the specific tasks that are also required include:

- Preparing Anglo American Platinum weekly, monthly, quarterly, interim, and year-end (or as required) management reports ensuring key issues are highlighted with focus on key value drivers and trend analysis.:

- Assist and advise discipline Managers & Superintendents to develop budgets, e.g., by providing insights into financial data and consolidating inputs
- Provide business case modelling support for on-site SIB capital, make recommendations on capital expenditure decisions to the disciplines
- Support preparation of financial forecasts that includes forward looking risks and opportunities
- Collaborate with discipline to develop risk register, proactively providing financial evaluation (cost/capital) of risk mitigation strategies
- Provide discipline-specific financial reports and analysis
- Drive delivery the sustainability activities as relevant to discipline and set out in the Life of Asset Plan to improve sustainability performance over time
- Analyse performance, research, anticipate and resolve issues. Includes identifying the impact of operating anomalies, adverse financial trends, changes in policies and reporting requirements, and evaluating the impact on reported results
- Manage compliance of the teams within work area with external (legislative, regulatory, permitting) local requirements as a minimum level of site performance
- Participate in Anglo American Platinum led performance and diagnostic reviews and provide supporting analysis as required by mine management and corporate teams
- Liaise effectively with key business contacts and build up strong working relationships

**This position is in the Finance Department at a Band 6/10, and will be reporting to the Commercial Finance Specialist**

**Qualifications**:

- Bachelor / Postgraduate qualifications within Business Accounting, Finance, Economics or related field
- CIMA / CA(SA) / CFA (advantageous)

**Experience, **Knowledge & Skills**:

- 2-3 years management experience, 2 years of which should be in a Mining/PGMs environment
- Experience in Financial Management systems, Essbase and SAP
- Experience in Capital and Project Appraisals
- Excellent financial acumen
- Advanced data analysis and management
- Proficient in mine financial systems and related legislation
- Advanced computer literacy (PowerPoint, Advanced excel, Word)
- Proficient in budgeting and forecasting, Actuals, data submissions, financial modelling
- Strong verbal and written communication in English
- Medically fit

**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’re a large, successful multinational company - and we’re 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 inn