Finance Manager

Role Details:

This position reports to the Senior Manager Financial Operations Australia and delivers a service as strategic commercial advisor to the General Manager.

As an employee at Gold Fields, we expect all levels of employees to act in a manner that seeks to align and enhance the values, safety culture, and performance of Gold Fields with the purpose of creating enduring value beyond mining. 

This role is offered on a 3 x 4 days on, 3 days off, 8 days on 6 days off roster and is Fly in Fly out from Perth.

Benefits include:

• Private Health Insurance Allowance

• Short term annual bonus

• Long term incentive scheme

• Increased annual leave entitlements

• Long service leave pro rata after 5 years of continuous service

• Educational assistance

About the role:

• Maintain a detailed understanding of site operating costs, to be able to provide analysis on the various cost trends and behaviour of the local and broader economic environment and its impact on operating cash flows and expenditure;

• Manage an efficient and cost-effective supply function, including two warehouses and working closely with supply staff to ensure inventory optimisation of relevant stock and critical spare items are available at all times;

• Contract management of the village and mine site services and charter flight operations servicing site;

• Management of the sites Information Technology function on site and ensure daily support is met as well as project roll-out and support;

• Oversee site month-end reporting and detailed cost and business analytics;

• Ensure the site capital strategy is executed in line with budget. Ensuring detailed AFE’s are supported with NPV’s and working closely with the Perth procurement and contracts team to ensure delivery of the projects;

• Lead the site as the commercial leader in the annual strategic as well as business planning processes and oversee all corporate finance directives and initiatives regarding cost control, supply and IT.

About you:

• Hold a Tertiary qualification in Accounting or similar

• Have extensive finance and commercial experience within resources industry

• Demonstrated detailed understanding of underground mining process and methods and processing plants. Understanding of open pit processes will be advantageous

• Demonstrated ability to lead, develop and manage teams

• Experience providing commercial and financial guidance amongst senior leadership

• Demonstrated ability to create business plans and deliver timely execution

• Demonstrated ability to build and manage relationships

• Strong understanding of contract law and demonstrated negotiation experience to achieve the desired business outcomes in contracts

• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Excel

Applications can be submitted via: ttps://careers.goldfields.com/Australia

Gold Fields is committed to achieving an inclusive workforce. We recognise that the diverse talent of our people will ultimately determine our growth, performance and success. We strongly encourage applications from female, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, as well as candidates with culturally diverse backgrounds.