Senior Manager Performance Reporting at Anglo American

Job responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

• Maintain a clear understanding of external events which may impact business performance, e.g. competitor industry economics.
• Provide meaningful budgets, forecasts and scenarios, integrated with core business processes such as strategy and Life of Mine where appropriate
• Act as an advocate and role model for understanding cost drivers and cost control.
• Foster best practice processes and sharing within the Performance Reporting team and wider Group
• Provide valuable performance analysis and reporting to senior stakeholders on a timely basis.
• Provide integrated business performance management framework to ensure management understanding and regular review and challenge.
• Ensure key business performance risks, issues and opportunities are highlighted to management.
• Support delivery of the relevant sustainability activities on a Business Unit level
• Input into cross-functional integration on sustainability
• Contribute to building relationships with key stakeholders relevant to the discipline
• Implement a purpose-driven, high-performing culture that is aligned with the company values, is inclusive and promotes diversity, supports engagement and fosters continuous improvement to work processes
• Set clear and consistent expectations, encourage individuals and teams to challenge the status quo and strive for improvements; embed expectations through Team+ tool
• Ensure individuals and team have the knowledge, skills, authorities and resources to deliver against expectations and accountability (time, people and budget)
• Hold individuals to account in line with their role authority and accountability structures
• Ensure that systems, symbols and behaviours reinforce desired culture and align with Anglo American values
• Ensure compliance of the discipline with external (legislative, regulatory, permitting) requirements
• Ensure compliance of the discipline with Anglo American compliance requirements
• Develop required compliance governance in the context of the discipline on a Business Unit level

Qualifications:

• BCom Accounting or relevant financial degree/qualification
• CA or CIMA qualification beneficial

Experience:

• Proven experience in a senior commercial/financial analysis and management role in a large mining/resources company
• Analysis and benchmarking of financial/business data in a mining/heavy industry environment

Knowledge and Skills:

Operations: 

• New technologies and their impact on operational activities within scope of role
• Business improvement tools and techniques
• Project management fundamentals
• Sets “best in class” organisational reporting standards, processes and financial targets to improve efficiency and meet strategic goals)
• Understands the interactions between systems and the key factors that lead to effective, efficient financial systems)

Commercial:

• Commercial/business drivers in discipline, business performance variability and underlying causes that define subsequent actions
• Basic financial metrics, cost and value management & budgeting tools
• Applies investment valuation approaches and interprets findings and other information)
• Understands and applies relevant accounting principles, IFRS, policies and processes)

Management:

• Leadership tools for creating a culture of purpose–led high performance and change
• Risk management techniques and critical controls
• Applies project management techniques to manage large and complex projects and ensures changes are embedded into business as usual process)

Compliance:

• Safety, health and environment, legislative, statutory, regulatory and permitting requirements
• Applies Governance and Compliance knowledge to organisational processes and procedures and understands how governance, risk and compliance processes impact on the business)