Fin Man: Corp Transactional Functions at AngloGold Ashanti

Education & Qualifications

• Relevant post-graduate degree(s) in Accounting and/or Chartered Accountant, or equivalent qualification.

General Knowledge & Experience

• Approximately 10 years in the mining industry and/or associated business fields, and which should include corporate reporting / financial accounting functions.
• Knowledge of US GAAP will be advantageous.
• Detailed understanding of complex commercial, accounting, and financial reporting issues (IFRS).
• Experience of working with cross-functional and geographical teams with significant senior level engagement.
• Managing high performance teams.

Legal Requirements:

• Clear security screening record.
• Be declared medically fit for the position and environment, as determined by a risk-based medical examination at the relevant AngloGold Ashanti Occupational Health Centre.

Role Accountabilities

Safety Accountabilities:

• Ensure that all staff, contractors, and suppliers under direction follow AngloGold Ashanti’s Health, Safety and Environment management systems, manuals and processes.
• Set the health, safety and environmental expectations for your team and monitor behaviour so that it meets the required standards.
• Participate in relevant safety audits, inspections and observations, and address issues as part of demonstrating safety leadership.

People Accountabilities:

• Demonstrate behaviour in line with the Group’s values, standards and a professional workplace.
• Provide leadership to, and develop the performance of, the team in line with the Group’s policies and systems (e.g., performance management, talent management) to achieve business goals. As part of this:
• Develop a clear and aligned work plan for the team.
• Foster a constructive and productive working environment.
• Monitor the work of each team member and provide regular and useful feedback to them on how they are performing.
• Drive delivery of objectives including holding team members to account for their work.
• Participate as an effective team member in working collaboratively with your leader, peers and relevant others (including from other teams) to achieve business goals.
• Monitor the activities of your team which involve other teams and appropriately intervene to address any cross-team issues.
• Support the definition of recruiting needs and hiring for the department.
• Ensure cohesion and common purpose by strong leadership, inspiration, and communication.
• Contribute to the broader business by working with others in such a way that it optimises the overall business results, rather than just the teams.

Work Accountabilities:

• Design and govern standard Group accounting policies, including accounting directives and non-GAAP reporting.
• Advise on application and interpretation of technical accounting requirements in terms of IFRS and US GAAP.
• Research and advise on non-routine transactions across the Group (finance and other functions).
• Participate in the implementation of US-GAAP reporting, changes to quarterly and annual reporting processes due to the change in primary listing, compliance with reporting requirements in the UK and future requirements from sustainability accounting and reporting.
• Research and advise on once-off transactions (acquisitions / disposals / group restructuring / new financing), including review of all regulatory filings and presentations.
• Identify and implement new or changed disclosure requirements including annual revision of the IFRS financial reporting skeleton and the UK annual report.
• Financial statement note reviews (from a disclosure perspective).
• Maintain relationships with external auditors.
• Maintain relationships with the US Securities’ lawyers and resolve queries and provide all requested information in response to their review processes.
• Completion of all disclosure and regulatory checklists for external reporting
• Responds on behalf of AGA, where warranted, to any new exposure drafts (IFRS, etc.) where public commentary is required.
• Support the SVP: Group Finance to address all ad-hoc regulatory comment letters received from SEC.
• Provide World Gold Council (WGC) guidance framework implementation, review and monitoring support to business units and sites.
• Maintain the growth capital assessment and classification process and supporting business units and sites in this regard.
• Maintain the exploration assessment and classification process and supporting business units and sites in this regard.
• Support the project management of the yearly overall annual reporting process. Drafting of Audit Committee Papers relating to new accounting developments and pronouncements, SEC rules and other regulatory developments.
• Co-ordinate SOX control changes in the finance team, liaise with SOX team on control weaknesses, new controls required.
• Participate in year-end SOX meetings to assist in assessing all identified SOX deficiencies and possible impacts with the SOX and external audit teams.
• Participation in combined assurance reviews.

Stakeholder Accountabilities:

Build relationships with key stakeholders.

• External and Internal Auditors
• Industry Forums
• Digital Technology team
• Investor Relations team
• Business Unit finance leadership teams
• All corporate functions