COMPANY DESCRIPTION-THIS IS THE CHANCE TO JOIN US AS A FINANCIAL ACCOUNTANT

Anglo American is a leading global mining company, and our products are the essential ingredients in almost every aspect of modern life. Our portfolio of world-class competitive mining operations and undeveloped resources provides the metals and minerals that enable a cleaner, greener, more sustainable world and that meet the fast-growing consumer-driven demands of the world’s developed and maturing economies.
Job Description
-The Financial Reporting team strives to be Anglo American Marketing’s centre of excellence for efficient and effective Record to Report processes while driving optimization on processes & implementing robust controls to capture accurate business and financial information in accordance and within the framework of accounting policies across all commodities in Marketing entities.
Reporting to the Team Lead, the Financial Accountant works with stakeholders across the Metal businesses to design, implement and optimise the processes and systems to ensure that people have access to accurate business and financial information as and when they need it. As such, this role needs to work closely with the Information Management department to employ technology to automate activities and evaluates its effectiveness.
The Financial Accountant also supports the Team Lead in delivering the full spectrum of financial closing and reporting activities under the Record to Report (RTR) workstream in accordance with Group Policies and relevant Accounting Standards and ensuring controls are operating effectively. This may involve working closely with Finance Services Team to identify any daily operational activities in the trading system that may impact month-end closing activities in the accounting and consolidation systems, assess the reporting impact and intervening where necessary.

SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENTS:

• Strong knowledge of Finance Operations ITP/ITC/RTR process flow and internal controls
• Strong understanding of how IT solutions can enable business processes, and able to communicate business requirements clearly to IT
• Prior SME experience in managing improvement projects independently
• Working knowledge of Accounting, Consolidation and CTRM systems such as SAP S4/Hana, Blackline, Ariba, HFM and Aspect preferred.
• Experience within Metals commodities industry, with marketing, trading and logistics and trading knowledge is an advantage but not essential
• Ability to identify how the business generates value.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION-WHO WE ARE

We aim to lead the industry by pursuing ever safer ways of working, demonstrating integrity and showing care and respect for people and the planet. That means we are constantly seeking new opportunities to mine and process our products sustainably, using less water, less energy and more precise extraction technologies. Our distinguished teams work safely and collaboratively, with the utmost consideration for local communities, our customers and the world at large.