Senior Site Finance Manager at Newmont Corporation

About The Job

• To oversee financial analysis, cost controls, financial modelling, and budgeting with an emphasis on processing, analyzing, 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 policies and procedures.
• To mentor and coach Senior Business Analysts.

Main Responsibility Areas:

• Financial Lead
• Planning and Forecasting
• Accounting and Reporting
• Talent Management and Team Leadership
• Investment Systems and Capital Accounting
• Liaison
• Taxation and Cost Management
• Compliance / Other

In This Role You Will

• Financial Lead:
  • Build financial models or other driver-based planning functionality for various departments including but not limited to support areas, Finance and Treasury schedules during annual budgeting and quarterly forecasting.
  • Deliver insights, analysis and solutions to contribute in meeting site targets.
  • Anticipate needs and find opportunities for Finance to support site leadership.
  • Engage regional and site leadership and other key stakeholders on priorities and challenges of the finance function and their support in addressing these.
  • Represent the Finance function at site and regional meetings and make relevant presentations.
• Planning and Forecasting:
  • Update and maintain forecast and strategic scenario schedules including but not limited to Finance and Treasury based on business changes.
  • Coordinate and review inputs by cost center managers for the preparation of yearly business plans and budgets for the site operation ensuring the integrity of submissions and compliance with regional assumptions and guidance.
  • Lead site interactions with and presentation to the Africa Regional Leadership in finalizing input for inclusion into the regional business plans and budgets.
  • Coordinate and review the preparation of quarterly and other forecasts for the site, leading interaction with regional leadership team in finalization of numbers and tracking performance against plans.
  • Liaise with regional planning team on user training need on systems and tools (for planning and forecasting) and on opportunities for process improvements.
  • Support in the preparation BoE and IEM for site sustaining and growth projects.
• Accounting and Reporting:
  • Review and analyze monthly financial reports to identify potential cost control issues.
  • Oversee management of costs by responsibility, activity, cost center, element and other performance indicators, and engage departmental heads in review of cost center summaries.
  • Lead in the review and sign off on Full Potential initiative values/benefits.
  • Guarantee the integrity of period accounting close outcomes – statistics, costs, income statement, balance sheet, cash flow – and that activities and deliverables meet agreed timelines.
  • Manage the compilation of monthly variance analysis, compare budget versus forecasts and previous plan, etc. and opportunity for improved performance.
  • Lead the preparation of other relevant reports and the performance calls with Regional Leadership and other key stakeholders.
  • Coordinate and prepare stakeholder reporting including corporate Data Acquisition Workbook, Minerals Commission (MINCOM) quarterly and annual reporting, Bank of Ghana monthly and quarterly reporting, etc. officers of Newmont Africa, to be used during stakeholder engagements.
• Talent Management and Team Leadership:
  • Support in building site finance leadership pipeline, identifying talent and capabilities required.
  • Carry out the day-to-day leadership and development of site finance team.
  • Prepare and execute development plans for subordinates.

Your Training, Skills & Experience Checklist

• Formal Qualification (including Professional Registrations):
  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance (Professional Accounting certification is a plus).
• Experience:
  • Minimum of 10 – 12 years’ experience in a mining or similar environment, with a minimum 6 – 8 years’ experience in a supervisory capacity.
• Technical Skills:
  • A demonstrated ability to analyze and provide innovative solutions to challenges in a mining environment.
  • A demonstrated ability to work effectively as part of a team, and also communicate with, engage and support senior management in finding solutions to various challenges in a mining environment.
  • A demonstrated team building ability and people development skills.
  • Demonstrated strategic leadership ability.
  • Accountancy.
  • Administrative.
  • Business analysis.
  • Business modelling.
  • Consultation.
  • Advanced computer skills.
  • Multitasking.
  • Technically inclined.
• Behavioural Attributes:
  • Assertive.
  • Collaborative.
  • Customer focused.
  • Decisive.
  • Helicopter perspective.
  • Leadership.
  • Pro-active.
  • Reliable and independent.
  • Results driven.
  • Safety conscious.

Working Conditions:

• Position in located at our Accra Regional Hub.
• The incumbent is exposed to an environment where there is need for extreme detailed or precise work.