Job Description

Company DescriptionYou\'re talented and adaptable. That\'s why you\'ll fit in.As well as discovering, mining and processing many of the essential raw materials that enable, support and enhance modern life, our global business is involved in selling and marketing products - copper, platinum and other precious metals, iron ore, coal, nickel and diamonds. Through our Marketing Business, we are able to offer innovative solutions to meet our customers\' specific challenges. This includes physical products, logistics and technical support, as well as pricing and financing solutions.What you\'ll doThe Analyst - Finance Services drives delivery of the services that Finance provides to support the Marketing business. As part of the Finance Services team, the role works with stakeholders across the business to design, implement and optimise the Invoice to Pay (ITP) and Invoice to Cash (ITC) processes and systems that ensure people have access to accurate business and financial information.The role oversees the process for payments and receipts and, where applicable, works with Global Shared Services to outsource certain of these tasks. Other tasks include performing invoicing activities for new business and working closely with the Information Management department to employ technology to automate activities.This role also assists in developing a continuous improvement culture within Finance, putting in place ways to measure our performance and collaborating on efforts to improve it.Performance & DeliveryDrive efficient and effective Finance operations

• The Analyst manages the operations of the Finance function for ITP and ITC and these include activities such as managing payments to and from vendors and customers, reviewing and approving payments in accordance with the framework and raising invoices where required, making sure that transactions are appropriately recorded and any other activities that are covered under ITP and ITC. All this needs to be done within the framework of our financial controls and accounting policies.
• The role works closely with Risk, Group Shared Services and the wider Finance team to formulate, implement and operate robust controls and ensure documentation of key processes within Finance Operations in line
• with UKCR and JSE controls requirements.
• Designs, executes and optimises process to communicate transaction information to GSS, ensuring adherence to workflow controls and that manual intervention is eliminated.
• Monitor the ITC and ITP process for issues and to take a proactive approach to resolve these issues, effectively communicating status of payments to relevant stakeholders.

Deliver on-demand information

• The role supports data capture through ITC and ITP processes to support commercial decisions and new business initiatives.
• Executes transactional activity to record and manage information through relevant systems.
• Anticipates information required to maximise business value and designs process and executes transactions to capture expanded data streams that enable new analysis and insight.
• Operates and enhances forecasting models to improve Marketing\'s forward-looking capability and support strategy, including a shift from deterministic to probabilistic modelling.
• Provide support for any assurance or controls related samplings.

Technology transformation

• Working closely with IM, the role looks to implement technologies that improve control, increase information available for the business and automate transactional activity as much as possible, freeing up the team to add value elsewhere. It needs to think differently about the work Finance does and how it gets done, including the elimination of manual processes.
• As we implement new systems, the role needs to establish appropriate processes for defining user needs and managing UAT for the Finance department, ensuring that accounting logic and financial controls are appropriately captured.

Continuous improvement

• Create ways to measure and manage how well we perform as a team. This could range from creating system reports that show how many transactions we process or how quickly we operate, to running customer surveys that measure how good we are at delivering to their requirements. Amongst the team, this role creates a culture that actively looks to improve workflows and processes, minimizing control weaknesses while increasing speed and accuracy.
• Optimise links between SAP, Aspect/Veslink and other systems to ensure information is available as and when required.
• Design and improve processes around the systems to streamline efforts required to input and extract data.
• Drive standardisation and automation of processes via continual improvements.

Learning & development

• Proactively engage on learning and process improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

• Degree in Business, Finance with CA, CFA, CPA qualifications

Specific Knowledge requirements:

• Experience in commodity marketing / commercial analysis within a large organisation
• Good understanding of mining and/or extractive industries
• Understanding of commodity trading would be beneficial
• Competent across the range of tools and frameworks of strategic and financial analysis and project management

Additional InformationWho we areAnglo American is a global diversified mining business. Our portfolio of world-class mining operations provides the metals and minerals that make modern life possible. We use innovative practices and the latest technologies to discover new resources and mine, process, move and market our products to our customers around the world.As a responsible miner - of diamonds (through De Beers), copper, platinum and other precious metals, iron ore, coal and nickel - we are the custodians of what are precious natural resources. We work together with our key partners and stakeholders to unlock the sustainable value that those resources represent for our shareholders, the communities and countries in which we operate and for society at large. Anglo American is re-imagining mining to improve people\'s lives.What we offer

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Amazing opportunities for learning and growth - from technical training to leadership programs, we bring out the best in our people
• We\'re a large, successful multinational company and there are plenty of opportunities internally to move onwards and upwards too

Inclusion and DiversityAnglo American is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to promoting an inclusive and diverse workplace where we value and respect every colleague for who they are and provide equality of opportunity so that everyone can fulfil their potential.How to applyTo apply for this role, please complete our online application form. You will have the opportunity to upload your CV and other relevant documentation as part of this process.#LI-CR2

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