Commercial Analyst at Anglo American

Job Description:

As our Commercial Analystof your responsibilities will include but not limited to:

• Adhere to the Safety & Health principles during all team interactions and take personal responsibility for the safety of yourself and others, ensuring zero harm and eliminating any possibility of fatalities.
• Function as a role model and support a workplace culture where safety and health for the site are paramount.
• Support an environment for team members to challenge and act on unsafe behaviours without repercussions.
• Active participation in SLAMs, HPHs, relevant Risk Assessments and close-out of Safety Actions.
• Assist Specialist Operational Finance with breaking financial targets down to site work areas.
• Provide operational support to the budgeting process on-site, collating budget inputs and supplying analyses on behalf of CM and Specialist Operational Finance.
• Support business case modelling for on-site SIB capital, facilitating decision-making.
• Collate financial forecasts by the discipline.
• Supply “over cost” expenditure information as Finance requires in a timely and justified manner through the analyses of monthly cost reports to eliminate deviation from the budget.
• Provide financial calculations to facilitate cost/capital consideration in service strategies.
• Supply reports to facilitate transparent communication of financial and business risks.
• Provide operational support for site financial audits.
• Collate discipline financial inputs across disciplines on behalf of the Specialist Operational Finance.
• Draft effective financial reports (supported by GSS) & analyses in line with AA standards.
• Monitor site financial. Performance, highlighting deviations to Specialist Operational Finance.
• Track execution of capital projects on site and monitor Capex spending against budget.
• Support post-investment reviews by CM.
• Ensure financial evaluation of business initiatives (cost and revenue ideas) to avoid deviations.
• Conduct project evaluations as and when initiated by business to project profitability.
• Responsible for Financial Analysis and evaluation of business drivers to ensure alignment with business objectives.
• Commercial Continuous Improvement:
• Support implementation of Commercial improvement initiatives (e.g., dashboard roll-out).
• Feedback improvement needs and ideas (e.g., in financial systems) to CM.
• Site Performance Improvement:
• Supply data analyses & insights for Specialist Operational Finance discussions with disciplines.
• Prepare business cases and sensitivity analyses for improvement opportunities.
• Support quantification of the financial impact of improvement measures On-site Integration.
• Supply required information/input data to GSS / Financial CoE.
• Validate received output from GSS (e.g., standard reports) before further processing.
• Supply required information/input data to GSS / Financial CoE.
• Validate received output from GSS (e.g., standard reports) before further processing.

This role is in Commercial (CML) NC department on a band 7.9 level reporting to the Specialist Operational Finance

Qualifications:

• Grade 12
• Higer National Qualification in Business Accounting, Finance, Economics on an NQF5-level
• A diploma in Business Accounting, Finance, or Economics (NQF6) - Advantageous
• SA Drivers Licence.

Technical Knowledge

• 3-5 years of experience in Financial Planning and Analysis.
• Thorough understanding of Governance and Compliance practices.
• Expertise in Project Management and Execution.
• Strong grasp of Financial Control techniques.
• Sound knowledge of accounting principles.
• In-depth knowledge of GAAP, IFRS, King III.
• Exceptional Analytical thinking skills.
• Proficiency in Computer Literacy: MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint); SAP; Hyperion.
• At least six years of experience in accounting at an operational level.
• Comprehensive knowledge of Safety, health and environment, legislative, statutory, and regulatory requirements.