Jobs at Anglo American

Reporting to the Planning and Analysis Manager, with a strong working relationship with the De Beers Technical & Sustainability and Group Finance teams, the incumbent will be required to contribute to delivery of the group business planning process, with a particular focus on the mining and midstream businesses together with group consolidation as well as the assessment and analysis of both current operational performance and future project investments. There will be a focus on ensuring that there is a cohesive strategic plan across the Group and that both investment opportunities and operational performance align to this plan and deliver the bottom-line benefits as expected.
Your key responsibilities will include:

• Participate in the preparation of the joined up De Beers consolidated Business plan (5-year focus and life of mine).
• Prepare presentation materials and reports in support of Investment Cases, De Beers Group Capital Plan, Business Plan and Budget.
• Analyse and evaluate proposed changes to operational plans and provide recommendations to the Planning and Analysis.
• Ensure that the mining leading indicators are joined up with the holistic plan and integrate with the financial numbers.
• Provide insightful analysis of BU / Group results which can be used to facilitate conversations with both Business Unit and Anglo American senior management.
• Together with Technical and Sustainability, conduct reviews as required by Business Units and shareholders.
• Review the business case for major investments (capital or otherwise) and dis-investments as it pertains to the upstream business.
• Analyse the monthly operational performance against plan in the Mining businesses, identify trends and clearly articulate potential upside or risk to the business.
• Analyse the monthly spend against the approved capital plan for the Mining business, identify trends, investigate variances and indenting and clearly articulate risks and opportunities.

What We’re Looking For
Formal qualifications:

• Degree in a relevant technical discipline or other appropriate financial qualification.
• Higher technical degree or CA/CIMA would be advantageous.
• Due to the nature of the work, your employment application is subject to a police clearance and it is a condition of employment that you be cleared by the Security Department of De Beers and that you retain this security clearance.

Role-specific knowledge:

• 5 years’ experience within a financial analyst role or within a business planning environment
• In addition, experience in the following areas would be advantageous:
• Operational experience preferably on a mining operation, alternatively experience within a financial role providing a service to a mining client.
• Experience in compilation of strategic business plans.
• Interest in understanding mining economics and accounting.
• Knowledge of investment appraisal techniques of examining, questioning, evaluating reports.
• Good report writing skills, with the ability to clearly and succinctly summarising business cases, risks and key success factors.
• Ability to motivate and work with all staff across organisational/cultural boundaries.
• Knowledge of managing projects and with the ability to work independently.
• Capacity for detailed work but with the ability to discern and communicate key trends, risks and critical success factors behind the business or project.
• Appetite for change and continuous improvement.
• Corporate environment experience.

Additional Information:

• Extensive travelling involved (locally and internationally)

Safety:

• Provides a consistent outstanding role model in relation to safety practices with a deep understanding of the importance of safety.

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• Anglo American Platinum shall apply the Employment Equity principles as set out in Anglo Platinum’s Employment Equity Policy.
• Incomplete CV’s and /or applications will not be considered.
• Application will not be considered without a valid copy of the qualification and/or the license required for this role.
• Interested internal candidates can apply as follows: click on EUREKA! / Tools / Job Opportunities / Click on “Search Here”/ Enter the reference number or job title and continue to apply
• If you do not hear from the Company within 21 days after the closing of the advert, please consider your application to be unsuccessful.

Job Description

The Senior Patrolperson will be responsible for the application of security procedures within an Anglo Platinum Operation to ensure that employees and assets are protected. Investigation support and emergency protection duties will be part of the activities of this role

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The Payroll Execution Specialist administers and processes all payroll data activities on the specified ERP system or supporting technologies which includes off cycle and month end payroll processes, tax midyear and yearend reconciliation and submission processes ad hoc payroll finance and general query resolution.

KEY TASKS:
Operational delivery

• Performs Payroll Reconciliations
• Responsible for costing creation to business units
• Resolving of queries and reconciliation on accounts
• Balancing of IRP5’s and distribution on time
• Creating bank files after controls have run successfully
• Responsible for provision accounts analysis and balancing
• Balance and submit the pension schedules electronically
• Compiling of vendor requests for the Coordinator on a timorously fashion
• Investigate and resolve vendor queries received from Tier 2, Resolution Team
• Generate remuneration statements and management of the distribution thereof
• Escalate system issues and complex payroll queries to Payroll and Data Coordinator
• Execute transaction data, including direct deposits, general deductions, and additional pay
• Ensure all mappings of SARS codes to wage types are aligned as per SARS requirements
• Processes adjustment cycle checks, salary reversals, escalate salary corrections to EDM Team Leads, and manual salaries
• Delivery of day to day payroll execution processes within agreed SLAs and performance measures

Service Management

• Compile service management reports
• Support Service Manager in the standardisation of delivery to the business and the Service Management Framework

Customer Relationship Building

• Ensure streamlined integration to GSS AS and business FI departments
• Support customer relationship structure as set by Payroll & Data Manager
• Execute Business Partner Relationships as set out by the Payroll & Data Manager to facilitate the optimal functioning of their functional area

People Interaction

• Networking with other teams once a month
• Client feedback in operational meetings positive
• Articulate, adopt, embrace and live Anglo American’s values
• Timeous and appropriate escalation of system issues and payroll queries
• Team Interaction (Encouraging collaboration in direct team and wider ES Organisation)
• Compile vendor requests according to agreed timelines accurately, efficiently and timeously
• Execute transaction data according to agreed timelines accurately, efficiently and timeously
• Solve payroll reconciliations according to agreed timelines accurately, efficiently and timeously
• Submit pension schedules according to agreed timelines accurately, efficiently and timeously
• Solve queries and reconciliations according to agreed timelines accurately, efficiently and timeously
• Execute according to agreed timelines and performance standards accurately, efficiently and timeously
• Process adjustments and appropriate escalation of salary corrections accurately, efficiently and timeously
• Investigate and solve queries received according to agreed timelines accurately, efficiently and timeously
• Map SARS codes to wage types according to agreed timelines and standards accurately, efficiently and timeously
• Analyse and balance the provision accounts according to agreed timelines accurately, efficiently and timeously
• Create bank files after controls have been successfully run according to agreed timelines accurately, efficiently and timeously.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Grade 12
• Payroll diploma
• SAP HR R3 end-to-end training and experience
• Extensive experience in payroll processing and execution
• Payroll accounting experience is highly advantageous.
• Basic payroll accounting understanding.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word and Outlook).
• Strong work ethic
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Communication
• Planning, Coordinating & Prioritising
• Problem Analysis
• Decision Making
• Initiative