Cost Analyst / Financial Planning Officer at a Leading Mining & Exploration Company

A Leading Mining and Exploration Company is recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Cost Analyst / Financial Planning Officer

Location: Ilesa, Osun
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary

• Performs all role around costing using the best acceptable metrics in accordance with SROL costing principles.
• Adequate knowledge of analysing the financial statement with details top management view decision positionin.
• Provide a top-notch support for the budget preparation and analysis.

Job Duties

• Provides basic information required for budgeting and accounting.
• Ability for collection of service data for further cost analysis.
• Must crunch numbers, write reports, and provide suggestions for money-saving strategies, documenting their findings in written plans
• Check Cost coding for all AP invoices with Management Accountant / Financial Accountant
• Analysing costs incurred, as well as resources utilized for operations
• Monitors and analyses changes in production design, raw materials, methods of production, or services provided to know their effect on cost.
• Performs deep data analysis to complete a wide variety of math solutions. Their cost analysis includes potential pricing model changes, new business models, and more
• Be the champion and driver of all reports on ERP
• Train users on new processes and Dynamics NAV functionality.
• Develop data conversion and testing strategies.
• Perform business requirements analysis and documentation
• Integration of Excel Models, as a Business and Financial Analyst, and not as an IT Database Specialist, with Corporate Data Warehouses and data from Transaction Processing and Business Intelligence Systems (ERP and BI Systems)
• Design, build and implement other financial & business models as may be directed by Senior Management
• Identify key financial and non-financial risks and recommend actions for mitigating those risk
• Using the model, determine and advice on the likelihood of a shortfall in internal rate of return (IRR) related to the project
• Cash Waterfall Sequencing (Revenue, Opex., Taxes, Transfer to designated reserve accounts, Cost Recovery, Financing Charges, Profit Distribution etc.)
• Forecasting of Financial Statements (P&L A/C, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow / Fund Flow Statements etc.) and support Budgetary Control process
• Optimisation of Capital Mix decisions (Debt, Equity, Working Capital, Fixed Capital etc.

Desired Qualifications / Preffered Competencies

• A good Degree (any discipline) preferable
• Membership of relevant professional bodies is required
• At least 5 years’ experience in Cost & Financial Planning
• Previous experience of Microsoft Nav implementation in mining will be an added advantage.
• Deep and advanced Excel modelling skills. Proficiency in VBA (added advantage
• Functional knowledge of the finance, distribution, and production granules; Other areas of functionality such as CRM, Projects, MRP and WMS is a plus
• Planning, Organization and Analytical skills
• Interpersonal, communication and presentation skills
• Proficient use of MS Office applications (Word, Excel, Power point etc).

Application Closing Date
19th November, 2021.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the email.