Lead and deliver strategic finance transformation initiatives, ensuring projects are effectively scoped, governed, executed and embedded into business-as-usual processes.
Drive improvements to the Motheo month-end close process, identifying opportunities to reduce timelines, enhance efficiency and improve reporting quality.
Finalise, maintain and embed Group accounting policies, providing technical accounting guidance and ensuring consistent application aligned with Group.
Provide technical accounting support, including preparation and review of accounting position papers, policy assessments and implementation plans.
Strengthen second-line assurance over asset financial reporting through the development of review frameworks, monitoring activities and control improvements.
Support the optimisation and governance of finance systems, including Power BI, ERP, Pronto and Anaplan, partnering with Finance and IT teams to improve functionality, data integrity and reporting capability.
Prepare high-quality reports, presentations and briefing materials for senior management as required.
Build strong relationships across corporate and operational teams to identify opportunities, solve complex problems and deliver sustainable improvements across the Asset.
Responsible for coordinating the integration of ERP modules with financial processes and outcomes, ensuring end-to-end business transactions are accurately captured, controlled, and reflected in financial reporting.
Acts as the key liaison between Finance and the ERP project team ensuring finance requirements, process design, controls, master data structures and reporting outcomes align with operational and Group requirements.
Lead finance business readiness activities, including process documentation, training coordination, user acceptance testing, change adoption and post-implementation stabilisation.
Establish and govern finance master data and reporting frameworks, including chart of accounts, cost centres, reporting hierarchies and data quality standards to ensure integrity and consistency across systems.
About you:
Commerce, Accounting, Finance or Business undergraduate qualification. CA/CPA qualification preferred
Min 8+ years of experience in finance, accounting, reporting, governance, audit, technical accounting, or finance transformation roles, preferably within mining, resources or another complex multi-site environment.
Strong understanding of accounting policies, IFRS, financial statements, reporting controls and the practical application of policy requirements in a business environment.
Demonstrated experience leading finance improvement initiatives, including process redesign, stakeholder engagement, documentation, change adoption and benefits realisation.
Experience with month-end close improvement, reporting governance, reconciliations, controls, assurance routines or external audit deliverables.
Systems experience with ERP, Anaplan and Power BI (or equivalent)
Ability to work effectively across geographically dispersed teams and different cultures.
Ability to travel internationally to Botswana from time to time
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