Location: West Africa
Key functions:
— Cost control and analysis;
— Monthly management reporting;
— CAPEX management;
— Business planning and forecasting;
— Cost reduction and business process optimization.
Key tasks to begin with:
— Monthly controlling closure in SAP
— Improvement of analytical cost planning and accounting (improvement of cost classification and transparency, posting quality, reduction of accounting mistakes, etc…);
— Increase frequency of cost analysis from monthly basis to weekly basis, including development of analytical tools in SAP and other systems;
— Organize work and tasks of medium/junior staff, develop staff skills and competencies;
— Finalize implementation of IBM analytics tools (for business planning and Capex management);
— Management reporting continuous development (optimization of tools and use of different systems (SAP, IBM, other), reduce time of management reporting closure, improve quality of analysis);
— Providing management with reliable information for efficient decision making;
— Cost optimization and efficiency increase proposals;
— Annual business plan (strategic and operational/yearly) preparation.
Required knowledge:
— Methods of financial/economic analysis of physicals and financials;
— Business planning and forecasting;
— Investment analysis;
— Accounting methods under IFRS and local GAAP;
— Business process understanding and project management.
Desirable knowledge:
— SAP or comparable ERP system;
— Technology of open pit/underground mining and gold processing.
— Education: higher education in the field of economics/finance, as an advantage — first education in the field of technical sciences, preferably mining and metallurgy.
— Work experience: at least 5 years in financial control in industrial companies, including leadership in team management, budgeting, reporting, and cost analysis.
Conditions:
— Competitive salary, benefits and annual bonus
— 6 weeks on\ 3 weeks off rotational basis (FIFO)
