Finance Projects Specialist - Brisbane, Australia - De Beers Group of Companies

De Beers Group of Companies

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Brisbane, Australia

2 weeks ago

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**Company Description

Anglo American Steelmaking Coal**Steelmaking coal is an essential ingredient in blastfurnace steel manufacture, producing steel used for critical building and infrastructure around the world. In Australia, we operate five steelmaking coal mines in Queensland's Bowen Basin, and have additional joint venture interests in steelmaking coal and manganese, as well as copper exploration projects underway in North West Queensland and Western Australia.

Job Description:

The Finance Projects Specialist role is responsible for delivering and supporting business improvement projects that change how Finance services the business to better act as a strategic commercial partner and raise the bar in terms of how we manage our governance risk and controls

This role will be rewarding, varied and will include:

Lead the end-to-end delivery of phases of work / discrete project activities / projects
Definition & scoping of problems/projects to be solved what's the work and how will we do it
Design solutions including validating / testing with users in workshops / interviews resulting in time / cost savings
Analyse & synthesise insights for presentations to Leaders &/or document these into detailed business requirements from workshops / interviews with customers / stakeholders
Assist with scoping vendor services for approval, onboarding & manage / supervise daytoday
Responsible for defining work activities, developing plans and allocating work to stakeholders that do not have a direct reporting line
Maintain up to date / accurate project budgets and forecasts
Develop and deliver change mgmt. plans, communications plans, conducting and training needs analysis
Provide support in programme / project governance & aide decisionmaking at Steering Committees
Preempt risks & issues, identify mitigations; monitor / escalate when required by maintaining risks & issues logs.

Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree in Business Management, Commerce, Accounting or a related field preferred
Project Management Certifications (PMBOK | PMI or other recognised) preferred
Advanced in using project management methodologies agile / hybrid / waterfall
Demonstrated experience across all phases of the project lifecycle and workstreams including process, change, strategy, governance and systems & data testing, training and rollout of processes / systems; ensure hypercare and post implementation support
Finance & Accounting process knowledge preferred
Ability to synthesise key findings convert into useable insights; 'sowhat's to leaders to aide decisionmaking
Advanced Business Analysis & Consulting skills to Interview customers / stakeholders to define problems; facilitating workshops / working sessions to validate / test finding documenting these into business requirements & presentations
Experienced in designing systems of work processes & org design with a lean approach
Competent / advanced knowledge in reporting and data solutions: Reporting & dashboard solutions (PowerBI etc); Data model, data migration, data integration;
Advanced experience with project schedule / work management tools (eg. Smartsheets, Dev Ops, Jirra)
Very high attention to detail, with an ability to process and analyse high volumes of data, essential

Additional Information

Fulltime permanent position
Centrally located in our modern Brisbane CBD Corporate Office, close to train bus and ferry connections.
Competitive salary + 12% superannuation
Annual incentive program
Work from home/flexible working arrangements available

What we Offer
When you join Anglo American, you can expect to enjoy a competitive salary and benefits package.

But more than this, you'll find yourself in an environment where the opportunities for learning and growth are second to none.

From technical training to leadership programmes, we bring out the best in our people. There are plenty of opportunities to move onwards and upwards too. We're a large, successful multinational company - and we're still growing all the time.

Who we are

We aim to lead the industry by pursuing ever safer and more responsible 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.

As the custodians of coal and other precious natural resources - diamonds (through De Beers), copper, platinum and other precious metals, iron ore and nickel - our extraordinary teams work safely and collaboratively, with the utmost consideration for local communities, our customers and the world at large.

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