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1. Provide financial education to line department personnel to ensure that they fully understand their actual costs, budgets, variations to budget and cost implications of their actions.

2. Provide financial analysis and other related supports to the operations to ensure the business fulfils its overall objectives and achieves maximum efficiency in costs and profitability.

3. Proactively seek out and pursue cost saving opportunities with the line departments.

4. Develop strong working relationships with line management and leaders to allow the early identification of areas for improvement, and the development and implementation of sustainable solutions.

5. Actively develop an approach to the continuous improvement of internal controls and management reporting systems across all activities.

6. Advice as to correct coding to minimize incorrect cost allocations.

7. Attend and actively partake in all production, toolbox, safety, and other relevant operations meetings.

8. Act as the first active contact person for all financial matters to the operations and other support teams, and serve as an active liaison between finance and the business.

9. Carry out thorough checks on all service contracts transactions (Volvo, CAT, and others) to prevent overbilling

10. Provide training to other finance staff on specific business unit activities.

11. Other functions as may be requested by the Senior Business Analyst, FP&A Manager, Finance & Supply Manager, and Business Owners. 
12. Assist line managers and HODs in the preparing quarterly cost forecasts and annual budget.

13. Actively participate in the month-end accounting procedures (with particular focus on the accruals process), ensuring that all processes are in align with Iluka Group policies, procedures, and deadlines.

14. Responsible for bespoke COGNOS reports that meet the specific needs of the business owners and ensure that business owners receive these reports in a timely manner.

15. Partake in fuel inventory counts in all areas within your scope and, conduct monthly fuel cost efficiency analysis to identify irregular patterns and report findings in a timely manner to line managers, heads of departments, and the FP&A Manager.

16. Prepare a weekly report, which provides insight on ongoing activities in the operations for the FP&A Manager and the Finance & Supply Manager. 

17. Prepare cost presentations and presents at departmental meetings, discuss trends, agree on corrective actions, and records the reasons for discrepancies.

18. Partake actively in the general finance month-end reporting process by ensuring that within 2-business day of the subsequent month, all costs (equipment, power, etc.) allocations are complete.

19. Present the reasons for all overruns above $1k by the end of the 2-business day after month-end to the FP&A Manager/ Senior Business Analyst for MPPR.

20. Performing commercial appraisals/evaluations such as; rent vs buy, mined vs contracting, and alternative options for business decision making, and ensure that MEP applications have the required financial analysis to support the request (NPV, IRR, etc.).