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• The Refinery Operations Engineer has the primary responsibility of ensuring that the refinery is operated in alignment with the agreed operating plan provided by the White/Black Oil Optimisation Engineers and within safe and reliable operating constraints.
• The operations engineer agrees the short-term refinery plan and refinery blending and shipping plan is operationally feasible1 by maintaining real-time knowledge of the operational constraints and conveying these to the EVCO organization.
• The operations engineer is also responsible for the technical development of the overall refinery by identifying and relieving operating constraints; and capturing and actioning short- and medium-term opportunities that deliver incremental value.
• Operations Engineers lead the closure of operational and capacity gaps, including those identified through the monthly backcasting process.

Key Accountabilities

• The North and B&S Operations Engineer will be responsible for all the accountabilities below as it pertains to the North and B&S areas within the refinery, this includes the wharf and shipping operations, Crude Unit and related planning and optimization, and product blending. Lead the process by which refinery constraints are provided to the Enterprise Planning team for use in developing optimised plans.
• Works directly with Process Engineers to understand constraints and the ability to remove or mitigate these constraints. Works closely with the ST Planner and Refinery Planning Team (white/black oil optimisation engineers and schedulers) to agree the refinery production plan is operationally feasible.
• Communicate and drive execution of the production plan through daily interaction with BTMs, RSLs, and panel operators to hit production targets in real time as to maximize value for Astron, minimising deviation from agreed operational targets. Provide timely feedback on production deviations to EVCO Optimisation Engineers (White/Black) to enable replanning decisions.
• Work closely with shift organization and EVCO to identify, evaluate and execute optimal alternative solutions during transient situations or when unknown constraints encountered i.e. pump failures etc.
• Work directly with the refinery process engineers to identify and remove technical constraints, opening up sources of value. Work with refinery (operators & process engineers) to enhance understanding of financial drivers, production optimisation opportunities, and key decision points, fostering a culture focused on maximising value.
• Develops, owns and maintains the refinery optimization KPI’s and parameters as well as the dashboard that visualizes key optimization parameters to the organization. Development and execution of business improvement actions including those found in the backcasting analysis
• Support EVCO Optimisation Engineers with short-term business continuity planning, leading on refinery-side production optimisation options during unit upsets or force majeure scenarios, ensuring commercial impacts are minimised.​
• Supports development of optimal tank strategy including Tank T&I and tankage allocation. Supports the development of optimal turnaround refinery posturing including the planning integration with EVCO Responsible for ensuring optimisation of refinery fuels usage strategy by coordinating requirements between EVCO, Energy optimization and refinery short term needs.
• Understands and conveys crude variations or risks to refinery operations early to ensure early preparations and minimization of impacts. Relays strategic focus areas, concerns or support requirements from EVCO to the refinery to ensure consistent and focused response.
• The Refinery Operations Engineer North and B&S will be responsible and carry the DoA of the Refinery Operations Engineer South as required due to annual leave or illness to ensure continuity.

Professional Qualifications & Certifications

• Bachelor’s degree in chemical, process or mechanical engineering degree.

Work Experience

• 7+ years of experience in refinery operations/process engineering roles in a refinery Familiarity with start-up, shutdown, and upset conditions, and how these impact plant safety, reliability and performance Experience working alongside Process Engineers to translate technical performance into operational actions (i.e. setting operating constraints, recommending maintenance actions)
• Experience working with refinery optimisation and production teams. Knowledge & Skills Strong understanding of refinery process units, operational constraints, and commercial drivers Understanding of refinery safety standards, hazard identification, and risk mitigation practices, including environmental regulations and compliance requirements for refinery operations
• Understanding of production planning concepts and how operational constraints impact the refinery LP Knowledge/Experience with running and interpreting the LP will be advantageous
• Ability to troubleshoot production deviations and implement corrective actions in collaboration with planning and technical teams Strong analytical skills to assess optimisation opportunities and identify efficiency improvements Ability to communicate to, and influence, all levels of the organization including operators and technicians to take action
• Collaborative mindset to work across multiple teams, ensuring alignment between planning and execution Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills to respond quickly to operational challenges Bias for action and ability to resolve issues under pressure to maintain production and safety targets

Application deadline:

• 08 October 2026

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• The Senior Credit Analyst - Credit Risk, Forecasting & Analytics Lead is responsible for managing customer credit risk, commercial risk analysis, customer receipts forecasting, portfolio analytics, and strategic market intelligence.
• The role provides independent risk assessment and decision support to management, ensuring that customer and counterparty exposures remain within approved risk appetite while supporting sustainable business growth.
• The incumbent will lead the assessment and periodic review of significant customer credit exposures, including all facilities and credit reviews of R100 million and above, and maintain a strong understanding of market, industry, and economic developments that may impact customer payment performance, creditworthiness, and portfolio risk.

Key Accountabilities

Credit Risk Management

Accountable for:

• Evaluating new customer credit applications and recommending appropriate credit limits.
• Conducting detailed financial statement analysis and creditworthiness assessments.
• Performing annual, interim, and event-driven credit reviews.
• Leading credit reviews for customers with facilities or exposure levels of R100 million and above.
• Assessing counterparty risk exposures and recommending mitigation strategies.
• Monitoring customer risk profiles and identifying deterioration in credit quality.
• Ensuring compliance with company credit policies, delegated authorities, and governance requirements.

Responsible for:

• Financial ratio analysis and cash flow assessments.
• Credit scoring and risk rating evaluations.
• Exposure trend monitoring and portfolio reviews.
• Collateral and security assessments.
• Identification of emerging risks within the customer portfolio.

Commercial and Sector Risk Analysis

Accountable for:

• Providing independent commercial risk assessments for significant customer and sector exposures.
• Identifying emerging industry, market, and economic risks that may affect customers and trading sectors.
• Supporting commercial decision-making through risk-based recommendations.
• Conducting industry concentration and portfolio risk assessments.
• Recommending risk mitigation strategies for high-risk sectors, customers, and counterparties.

Responsible for:

• Scenario and sensitivity analysis.
• Customer due diligence reviews.
• Competitive and market risk assessments.
• Monitoring industry developments that may impact customer performance.

Market Intelligence & Industry Insights

Accountable for:

• Developing and maintaining a strong understanding of the sectors in which the company trades.
• Monitoring macroeconomic, industry, regulatory, and competitive developments that may impact customer credit risk.
• Providing timely market intelligence and sector insights to management and Credit Committees.
• Identifying emerging threats and opportunities affecting customer portfolios.
• Supporting strategic credit decisions through informed market and industry analysis.

Responsible for:

• Monitoring market trends and sector performance indicators.
• Analysing economic and industry reports.
• Tracking insolvencies, business rescue proceedings, and industry distress indicators.
• Producing sector risk summaries and outlook assessments.

Customer Receipts Forecasting

Accountable for:

• Preparing short- and medium-term customer receipts forecasts.
• Supporting Treasury liquidity planning processes.
• Analysing forecast variances and identifying drivers.
• Implementing initiatives to improve forecasting accuracy.

Responsible for:

• Weekly forecasting updates.
• Cash collection trend analysis.
• Variance reporting and explanations.
• Maintenance of forecasting models and assumptions.

Portfolio Analytics & Reporting

Accountable for:

• Producing portfolio risk reporting and management dashboards.
• Preparing Credit Committee and executive reporting packs.
• Monitoring portfolio concentration risks and exposure trends.
• Providing analytics to support strategic credit decisions.
• Reporting significant risk events and material changes to customer risk profiles.

Responsible for:

• Exposure and limit reporting.
• Portfolio performance analytics.
• Bad debt trend analysis.
• Risk scoring and customer segmentation reporting.
• Data quality and reporting accuracy.

Governance, Controls & Risk Management

Accountable for:

• Maintaining an effective annual customer review programme.
• Ensuring timely completion of all high-value credit reviews.
• Monitoring compliance with approved credit limits and authority levels.
• Supporting internal and external audit requirements related to credit risk.
• Ensuring adequate documentation of credit decisions and recommendations.

Responsible for:

• Credit review tracking and reporting.
• Credit authority compliance.
• Risk exposure reporting.
• Documentation quality assurance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Commerce, Risk Management, or related field.

Preferred

• CFA, FRM, CA(SA), CIMA, MBA, or equivalent professional qualification.

Experience

• 7 to 10 years' experience in credit risk, commercial risk, or corporate credit management.
• Proven experience conducting financial statement analysis and credit assessments.
• Experience reviewing and managing large customer exposures, including facilities exceeding R100 million.
• Strong analytical and forecasting capabilities.
• Experience presenting credit recommendations to senior management and governance committees.'

Preferred

• Experience within the energy, petroleum, manufacturing, industrial, wholesale, or related sectors.
• Exposure to portfolio risk analytics and forecasting.
• Experience working with trade credit insurance and counterparty risk assessments.

Key Competencies

• Advanced financial analysis
• Corporate credit assessment
• Commercial judgement
• Risk identification and mitigation
• Portfolio analytics
• Forecasting and modelling
• Market and industry analysis
• Strategic thinking
• Stakeholder management
• Business acumen
• Written and verbal communication
• Presentation and influencing skills

End Date: October 7, 2026 

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• The Internal Controls Specialist is responsible for coordinating and monitoring remediation activities arising from Internal Audit, External Audit, Internal Control Reviews, compliance assessments, and investigations.
• The role provides oversight of management action plans, tracks progress against agreed commitments, facilitates stakeholder accountability, and provides governance reporting to management.
• The position serves as a central point of coordination between business stakeholders, audit functions, and management to ensure that control deficiencies, audit findings, and process improvement initiatives are effectively managed and resolved within agreed timelines.
• Validation of remediation effectiveness and closure of findings remains the responsibility of the relevant assurance function (Internal Audit, External Audit, or other designated review body).

Key Responsibilities

Governance & Remediation Oversight

Accountable for:

• Maintaining the enterprise remediation action register.

Tracking findings and actions arising from:

• Internal Audit reviews.
• External Audit reviews.
• Internal Control Reviews.
• Compliance assessments.
• Investigations and special reviews.
• Monitoring progress against remediation plans and agreed target dates.
• Ensuring accurate and current status reporting on all open actions.
• Escalating overdue or high-risk actions to management.

Responsible for:

• Coordinating follow-ups with action owners.
• Challenging delays and driving accountability for closure commitments.
• Maintaining supporting documentation and audit trails.
• Preparing evidence packages for review by assurance providers.
• Facilitating remediation governance meetings.

Governance Reporting

Accountable for:

• Preparing monthly governance and remediation dashboards.
• Providing regular reporting to Finance Leadership.
• Supporting reporting to management committees and governance forums.
• Tracking remediation performance metrics and trends.

Responsible for:

• Overdue action reporting.
• Trend analysis and root cause reporting.
• Preparation of executive summaries and status updates.
• Maintaining governance records and reporting packs.

Segregation of Duties Oversight

Accountable for:

• Coordinating periodic Segregation of Duties reviews.
• Maintaining records of identified access conflicts and mitigating controls.
• Tracking remediation actions relating to SoD conflicts.
• Reporting unresolved conflicts and associated risks to management.

Responsible for:

• Liaising with system owners and business stakeholders.
• Monitoring progress of agreed remediation actions.
• Maintaining SoD risk registers and reporting.

Continuous Improvement

Accountable for:

• Identifying opportunities to strengthen governance and control processes.
• Supporting the implementation of sustainable corrective actions.
• Driving process standardisation and governance improvements.
• Supporting automation and reporting enhancements.

Responsible for:

• Performing root cause analysis of recurring findings.
• Monitoring recurring audit observations and emerging risks.
• Recommending process improvements to management.
• Supporting cross-functional improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in:

• Accounting
• Finance
• Internal Audit
• Risk Management
• Business Management or related field

Preferred

• CIA
• CA(SA)
• CISA
• CRMA
• ACC

Experience

• Minimum 5 years' experience in:
• Internal Audit
• Governance
• Internal Controls
• Risk Management
• Compliance or related fields
• Experience coordinating audit remediation activities.
• Experience preparing governance and executive-level reporting.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.

Advantageous

• Experience in a large corporate or multinational environment.
• Experience with SAP and governance reporting tools.
• Exposure to controls frameworks such as SOX, ICFR, or COSO.

Key Competencies

Technical

• Governance and Compliance Management
• Audit Finding Remediation Tracking
• Risk Management
• Segregation of Duties Oversight
• Process Improvement
• Reporting and Dashboard Development
• Data Analysis
• SAP and Microsoft Office

Behavioural

• Strong organisational skills
• Attention to detail
• Accountability and ownership
• Influencing and stakeholder engagement
• Effective communication
• Problem solving
• Continuous improvement mindset

End Date: October 7, 2026 

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• The Credit Analyst is responsible for assessing, monitoring, and managing customer credit risk across Astron Energy's customer portfolios. The role supports profitable business growth by ensuring that customer credit exposure is appropriately evaluated, secured, and managed within Astron Energy's credit policy, trade credit insurance requirements, and Delegation of Authority (DOA) framework.
• The incumbent conducts detailed credit assessments, recommends and reviews credit limits, monitors customer financial performance and payment behaviour, and works closely with Sales, Commercial and Finance teams to ensure that credit decisions support both risk management and customer service objectives.

Key Responsibilities

Credit Assessment and Approval

• Evaluate new customer credit applications in accordance with Astron Energy's Credit Policy and established service level agreements.
• Analyse financial statements, management accounts, cash flow information, credit bureau reports, bank references, and trade references.
• Assess customer creditworthiness, financial stability, liquidity, and repayment capacity.
• Prepare comprehensive credit assessment reports and recommendations for approval.
• Recommend appropriate credit limits, payment terms, and security requirements based on risk exposure.
• Ensure all required onboarding documentation is complete before credit facilities are established.

Credit Limit Management

• Assess requests for new credit facilities, credit limit increases, and credit limit reviews.
• Monitor customer exposures against approved credit limits and insurance cover.
• Conduct periodic credit reviews of existing customers in accordance with policy requirements.
• Identify accounts requiring credit limit adjustments or additional security.
• Escalate high-risk exposures and policy exceptions for approval through the appropriate DOA process.

Trade Credit Insurance Administration

• Submit applications to trade credit insurers for new customer cover and credit limit amendments.
• Monitor insurer-approved limits and ensure customer exposures remain within insured levels.
• Liaise with insurance providers regarding customer assessments, cover decisions, and policy requirements.
• Identify and escalate uninsured or partially insured risks.
• Ensure compliance with all trade credit insurance policy conditions.

Portfolio Monitoring and Risk Management

• Monitor assigned customer portfolios to identify emerging credit risks.
• Review customer payment performance, overdue balances, and exposure trends.
• Perform ongoing risk assessments and recommend mitigation strategies where required.
• Monitor customers for adverse credit events, legal proceedings, business distress, or significant changes in financial position.
• Support bad debt prevention initiatives and portfolio quality improvement activities.

Working Capital and Collections Support

• Partner with Collections Analysts and Commercial teams to manage overdue accounts and delinquent customers.
• Assist in resolving disputes impacting payment collection.
• Recommend account suspensions, cash-with-order requirements, payment plans, or legal action where necessary.
• Support working capital improvement initiatives through proactive credit risk management.
• Contribute to the achievement of DSO and cash collection targets.

Stakeholder Management

• Develop effective working relationships with Commercial, Sales, Customer Service, Finance, Legal, Treasury, and Internal Controls teams.
• Provide guidance on credit risk, payment terms, credit limits, and policy requirements.
• Participate in customer discussions where credit matters require escalation or clarification.
• Balance commercial needs with prudent risk management principles.

Reporting and Compliance

• Prepare and maintain accurate credit risk assessments and customer credit files.
• Produce portfolio, risk, and exposure reports for management.
• Ensure compliance with Astron Energy policies, internal controls, and audit requirements.
• Support internal and external audit reviews.
• Contribute to process improvement and continuous enhancement of credit management practices.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree, BCom, National Diploma, or equivalent qualification in:

• Finance
• Accounting
• Commerce
• Economics
• Risk Management

Preferred Qualifications

• Credit Management qualification.
• Institute of Credit Management South Africa (ICMSA) qualification.
• Professional qualification in credit, finance, or risk management.

Experience

• 3-5 years' experience in corporate credit, credit risk, accounts receivable, or financial analysis.
• Experience assessing customer credit applications and preparing credit recommendations.
• Experience analysing financial statements and determining creditworthiness.
• Experience managing customer credit facilities and ongoing portfolio reviews.

Advantageous:

Experience within the petroleum, energy, manufacturing, wholesale, or FMCG sectors.

• Experience working with trade credit insurance providers.
• Experience using SAP ERP systems.
• Experience supporting working capital and cash flow improvement initiatives.

Technical Competencies

• Financial Statement Analysis
• Credit Risk Assessment
• Financial Ratio Analysis
• Credit Scoring Methodologies
• Trade Credit Insurance Administration
• Accounts Receivable Management
• Working Capital Management
• Exposure Monitoring
• SAP ERP
• Advanced Microsoft Excel
• Reporting and Data Analytics

Behavioural Competencies

• Business and Commercial Acumen
• Analytical Thinking
• Risk Awareness
• Problem Solving
• Attention to Detail
• Customer Focus
• Collaboration
• Effective Communication
• Accountability
• Integrity
• Decision Making
• Continuous Improvement Mindset

End Date: October 7, 2026