Senior Analyst - Business Analysis and Planning at Glencore

QUALIFICATION & SKILL REQUIREMENTS:

Minimum Qualifications:

• Post-graduate degree in Commerce or Accounts.
• CA(SA) or similar post-graduate honours degree (i.e., CIMA)

Competencies:

• Proficient computer literacy including Microsoft office
• Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, with both verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to adapt quickly to changing priorities and dynamics
• Delivery and service orientated
• Strategic/tactical long- and short-term outlook
• Problem solving and decision-making skills
• Technical knowledge of accounting principles and robust control environment
• Analytical
• Attention to detail
• Commercially astute
• Team player
• Accountability
• Self-motivated
• Ability to absorb and work under pressure

Work Experience:

• Minimum 3 years' post-article work experience, preferably in the mining/natural resources industry.
• Prior exposure to Reporting, Planning, Operational finance, and support services functions.
• Demonstrated prior exposure to financial modelling and financial scenario analysis.
• Demonstrated prior exposure to Xeras or similar planning systems.
• Prior SAP and/or Oracle experience beneficial.

GENERAL ACCOUNTABILITY:

• BAP activities and deliverables, such as supporting the Copper Africa Business Controller in executing these activities and deliverables, implementing, and maintaining related policies, procedures and controls to establish a rigorous control environment.
• Maintain relevant planning models and calculations and ensure accurate cost and capital planning.
• Support financial reporting and planning cycles through ensuring timely reporting of site financial and operational results, accurate, standardised, and meaningful information, and ensuring strict compliance with Group reporting requirements.
• Ensure strict compliance with Group reporting requirements and IFRS.
• Review, develop and maintain planning models to support planning cycles, ensuring architecture, calculation logic, layout, accuracy, and standardisation is met.
• Review planning model/system inputs, assumptions, and output, supporting technical and financial teams, ensuring structure and output is aligned with Group Chart of Accounts (CoA) and Cost Center structure.
• Perform corporate valuations and scenarios dependent on detailed cost, capital and physical assumptions.
• Support finance teams, remaining involved and in contact with finance teams on a regular basis, building and maintaining open and constructive relationships to execute on general accountabilities.
• Support finance and commercial teams with market intelligence, business insights and trend analysis.
• Design and maintain dashboards and reports to provide clear visibility of financial and operational performance metrics.
• Assist in the preparation and coordination of life of mine planning and annual budgets, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives and accurate forecasting.
• Track key performance indicators (KPIs) and provide regular updates to ensure alignment with financial goals and business strategies.
• Identify opportunities for process improvements within financial planning and reporting, implementing enhancements to improve efficiency and accuracy.
• Support business development activities by providing financial analysis, modelling, and insights to evaluate potential opportunities and support decision-making.