Commercial Advisor - Kroondal at Anglo American

Job responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

Safety, Health & Environment

• Consistently apply Safety & Health principles in all team interactions and take personal responsibility for safety of self and others to ensure zero harm and elimination of fatalities Act as a role model and reinforce a workplace culture where safety and health for the site is paramount
• Collect and summarise the specific risks within working area and implement plans/system to avoid these risks Review and assess impact of critical risks, and monitor effectiveness of critical controls relevant to work area

Performance & Delivery

• 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 and anticipate, research 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.

Sustainability & Social

• Drive delivery the sustainability activities as relevant to discipline and set out in the Life of Asset Plan to improve sustainability performance over time Manage compliance with environmental and social requirements as relevant to discipline, including commitments to stakeholders
• Identify environmental and social risks triggered by or impacting on discipline and propose mitigation techniques to be incorporated in the asset risk management approach
• Identify environmental and social opportunities relevant for work area and then introduce and monitor sustainability initiatives
• Foster awareness of environmental and social sustainability within team and consider full impact of decisions
• Participate in stakeholders’ engagements as relevant to discipline and act consistently with sustainability expectations

People & Teams

• Support the development of, and ultimately implement, a purpose-led, high-performing culture within the teams that is aligned with the company values, is inclusive and promotes diversity Act as a role model and actively engage as a team member in all team processes
• Implement effective team leader and team member processes. Set clear and consistent expectations, encourage teams to challenge the status quo and strive for improvements
• Ensure that the discipline specific systems, symbols and behaviours reinforce desired culture and align with Anglo American values
• Lead day to day communications with teams
• Provide input in to communication programmes, understand the operation's goals and directions
• Implement management processes for employee & contractor management within work area Effectively allocate authorities and resources (time, people and budget)
• Hold individuals to account, in line with their role authority and accountability structures
• Develop team members Ensure all members within the teams have the knowledge and skills to perform their roles
• Develop plans to address knowledge and skill gaps in the team through development and coaching
• Communicate performance requirements to teams and provide sight on employee achievements

Compliance

• Manage compliance of the teams within work area with external (legislative, regulatory, permitting) local requirements as a minimum level of site performance
• Adhere to Anglo American compliance requirements and ensure compliance of teams within work area
• Manage adherence to compliance governance within the teams
• Use systems to monitor compliance & manage non-compliance
• Participate in financial audit
• Participate in close-outs for audit findings within discipline, support audits
• Implement required actions in line with compliance procedures
• Follow appropriate process and establish root cause
• Investigate and escalate incidents in proper and timely fashion
• Close out incidents, capture and implement learnings
• Share learnings across teams

This role is at a GBF 6 level reporting to Commercial Manager

Qualifications:

• Undergraduate qualification (Bachelors / Honours degree or equivalent) in the relevant field
• Postgraduate qualifications within Business Accounting, Finance, Economics and CIMA/CA(SA)/CFA will be advantageous 

Experience:

• 3-5 years’ experience in similar role with at least 2-3 years of 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.

Technical Knowledge:

• Operations: Key value drivers within discipline's value chain and interdependence of key levers.
• Project management fundamentals.
• New technologies and their impact on operational activities within scope of role.
• Business improvement tools and techniques.
• Data & Analytics: Understanding and ensuring compliance with data policy for their teams.
• Appreciate privacy and safe handling of all kinds of data, sensitive or otherwise.
• Awareness of key digital tools and concepts that are present around the AA infrastructure, and how to use them effectively.
• Understand the digital challenges and opportunities that exist within operations.
• Align around a common taxonomy across sites and teams to ensure a common language.
• Commercial drivers of site performance
• Basic financial metrics & budgeting tools.
• Leadership tools for implementing a culture of purpose–led high performance and change.
• AA Organisation model concepts and principles.
• Safety, health and environment, legislative, statutory and regulatory requirements.