At a Glance
- Tasks: Deliver high-quality financial governance and insightful analysis for Projects & Development.
- Company: Join a leading company focused on impactful financial decision-making.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, professional development, and a dynamic work environment.
- Other info: Opportunity to enhance processes and drive financial excellence.
- Why this job: Be a key player in shaping investment decisions across 180+ projects.
- Qualifications: Degree plus CFA/CA/ACA or similar; strong attention to detail required.
The predicted salary is between 55000 - 65000 £ per year.
We are searching for a Finance Specialist to deliver high-quality financial governance and decision support to the Projects & Development (P&D) function by owning core reporting and close processes, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and integrity of financial data across systems such as SAP and Planview. In this role, you will provide clear, insightful analysis and commentary to enable informed decision-making, supporting the delivery of reliable, decision-ready financial outputs. The role plays a critical part in underpinning Group investment decisions and capital allocation discussions, contributing oversight and insight across a complex portfolio of 180+ projects managed within P&D.
Core Responsibilities
- Deliver end-to-end quarterly reporting outputs, ensuring submissions are complete, accurate, reconciled to source systems and submitted on time.
- Work with project teams and Business Finance to gather inputs, resolve gaps and ensure consistency across submissions.
- Analyse financial outputs, identify key drivers, and provide clear commentary aligned to underlying data.
- Identify risks, opportunities and data inconsistencies, and proactively raise these with clear recommendations.
- Support wider Group P&D deliverables, including Board materials and strategy packs, ensuring outputs are robust, aligned to source systems and clearly support decision-making.
- Coordinate the monthly close across P&D, ensuring activities including accruals are completed accurately and on time.
- Support forecasting and planning cycles, tracking actuals versus plan and explaining variances.
- Take day-to-day ownership of Planview as the Group capital reporting system, ensuring data quality, structure and outputs are fit for financial reporting and governance purposes.
- Ensure alignment between Planview, SAP and reporting outputs, resolving inconsistencies that affect reporting integrity.
- Act as a reliable finance contact for P&D teams, PMOs and Business Finance, providing clear guidance on processes and expectations.
Qualifications
- Degree + CFA/CA/ACA/similar and/or MBA and/or similar professional financial training program.
- Strong process management and ability to run end-to-end activities with accuracy and discipline.
- Experience improving processes, including standardisation and automation.
- Strong attention to detail and focus on data quality, integrity and controls.
- Solid understanding of financial planning, reporting and controllership cycles.
- Ability to analyse financial information and clearly explain key drivers to non-finance stakeholders.
- Proficient in financial systems (e.g. SAP) and planning/reporting tools; Planview experience advantageous.
- Skilled in reconciling data across systems to establish a single source of truth.
Specialist, Commercial Finance (P&D) - 12 month FTC employer: UK - Anglo American
As a Finance Specialist within our dynamic Projects & Development team, you will thrive in a collaborative work culture that prioritises integrity and excellence. We offer robust employee growth opportunities, including professional development programmes and mentorship, all while being part of a company that values your contributions to critical investment decisions. Located in a vibrant area, our workplace fosters innovation and teamwork, making it an exceptional environment for meaningful and rewarding employment.
