Senior Business Analyst at Newmont Mining Corporation

About This Role:

• To oversee the financial analysis, cost controls, financial modeling, and budgeting with an emphasis on processing, analysing and reporting financial transactions associated with business activity within designated operational or support area(s).
• To provide and establish day-to-day business advice as well as accounting procedures within guidelines and policies established by the Newmont Accounting Policy.

In This Role You Will:

Stakeholder Reporting and Business Advisory Service

• Provide management with the appropriate information for various “what if” scenarios.
• Interact with department heads in the review of their cost center reports and facilitate their understanding of costs charged to their cost center.
• Serve as a liaison between accounting, business planning and assigned operating group.
• Attend assigned departmental meetings.
• Execute continuous improvement initiatives or opportunities within the accounting areas.

Planning and Cost Control

• Coordinate, compile and analyse planned and forecasted cost performance and financial results from key stakeholders for global and external stakeholder reporting.
• Resolve disputed cost center charges prior to the close.
• Provide support in the control over the maintenance of costs by responsibility, activity, cost center, element and other performance indicators.
• Support the authorization for expenditure  (AFE) and provision for doubtful debts (PDD) preparation for capital expenditures.

Financial Analysis

• Review and analyse monthly financial reports to identify potential cost control issues.
• Compile the monthly variance analysis of the operations, looking at budget versus, forecasts and previous plan etc. for site and corporate reporting purposes.
• Implement metrics and monitor results for areas of responsibilities and employees to track progress towards company and departmental goals.

Financial Modeling

• Build financial models or other driver-based planning functionality for various departments, including, but not limited to support areas, finance and treasury schedules during the yearly budget and quarterly forecasts.

System Integration

• Maintain a working knowledge of software applications, accounting issues and processes to ensure information is efficiently and easily gathered with a high degree of accuracy with emphasis on continuous improvement.

Your Training, Skills & Experience Checklist:

Formal Qualification (including Professional Registrations):

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance.
• Chartered / Certified Accountant qualification is an advantage.

Additional Knowledge: 

• Knowledge of U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Procedures (GAAP).
• Knowledge of costing and budgeting concepts and techniques.
• Familiarity with Activity Base Costing (ABC – Model).

Experience: 

• Between 4 and 7 years of relevant accounting experience or 7 years of combination of education and experience in financial modeling, cost control and economic analysis, or similar. mining, construction, utilities or other heavy industry experience is preferred.
• Experience in SAP and Business Planning Consolidation (BPC) is preferred.
• Must have experience with a computer-based accounting system.
• Demonstrated people management experience and the ability to work with internal and external partners and experience with continuous improvement programs and integrated management systems.

Technical Skills:

• Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Advanced communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills.
• Advanced computer literacy skills – MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook).
• Strong leadership and management presentation skills.
• Time management skills.
• Advanced information monitoring and management skills.
• Financial administration, analysis and reporting skills.

Behavioural Attributes:

• Adaptive.
•  Professional.
• Integrity.
• Trust.
• Emotional intelligence.
• Confidentiality.
• Reliable.
• Approachable.
• Accuracy.
• Proactive.
• Assertive.
• Team player.

Working Conditions

• The position is located at the Ahafo South mine.