Snr Performance Analyst Refinery at Sasol

Purpose of Job

• This role supports the Natref JV business facing activities focusing on Refinery operational performance monitoring and management. The role supports the Performance Manager – Wholesale, Overland & Refining in business partnering with the Refining team to help drive performance and meet financial targets. The role provides Key performance Indicators (KPI) analysis and helps challenge the business on operational performance. It is responsible for the Refining and Supply Operation Review (RSO) with Refinery team and helps co-ordinate the roll-up of the below the line refinery processes. Furthermore, the incumbent will be responsible for the Refining operational and financial (income statement, finance KPI’s etc.) performance. The role also assists the Performance Supply Team, including the consolidation of the vulnerabilities and opportunities and tracking of Sasol 2.0 initiatives relating to Supply and Refining.

Key Accountabilities

• Calculation of the gross and net refining margins, analysis thereof against plan, budget and prior periods. Hold discussion with Planning and Trading team in analysing the refining margin and providing reasons for variance to Group and other stakeholders Manage month end processes and procedures relating to Refining including management of SAP system and ensuring the system reflects accurate and complete financial results. Manage the Refining Income statement and provide variance against budget and forecast. Responsible for robust forecasting and budgeting processes within refining and variance analysis to comparative periods. Co-ordination with Natref JV in understanding crude processing in actuals and obtain an understanding of deviations against budget and forecast. Finance representative in working groups (where applicable) for Natref Refinery scenario planning. Ad-hoc requests from internal and external auditors and external consultants. Prepare results presentation and present to VP JV Trading and JV Management. Monitoring of Refining related Sasol 2.0 initiatives and assessing actuals against targets. Support in the delivery of an optimised Refinery assessment to the business. Overall accountability for: Forms part and contributes to the monthly Natref JV refinery planning meeting (including helping set the agenda, developing meeting materials where applicable, etc.) Assists in identifying business risks and opportunities, in consultation with the business, ensuring that risks and opportunities are clearly understood and that actions are in place to mitigate and manage these. Leads analysis and makes suggestions for interventions on behalf of the business; appropriate optimisation kpi’s are tracked and reported, and ensure that performance dashboards are updated for the Natref JV & Trading meetings. Assists with ensuring that key business issues are reconciled, recommendations are proposed, and the information pack is prepared in order to support effective JV Trading and JV Management meetings Assist with the delivery of key projects within Refining (finance representative).

Minimum requirement: Formal Education and Experience

• University Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration or Finance or Engineering (Chemical) with a minimum 6 years of relevant finance experience in the refining oil and gas industry.