What are the responsibilities and job description for the Manager, Projects Finance position at Centerra Gold Inc.?
- Become a valuable addition to Centerra's team
- Boost your career by joining an established organization
- Receive a competitive annual salary, plus excellent benefits
Headquartered in Toronto, Centerra Gold (TSX: CG) is one of the leading North American gold and copper producers engaged in the operation, exploration, development, and acquisition of quality mining assets in Asia, North America, and other markets worldwide.
Centerra’s vision is to build a team-based culture of excellence that responsibly delivers sustainable value and growth. We are committed to the safety, integrity, ethics, and fairness of our operations, promoting the highest standards of ethical business conduct of our employees, officers, and directors.
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About The Opportunity
We have an opportunity for a full-time Manager, Projects Finance to join our team. This position is open to candidates across the US, with travel to site required, and the expectation of moving toward a rotational schedule in the future (i.e. 2 weeks on, 2 weeks off, or 3 weeks on, 1 week off), depending on business operational need and candidate location.
Reporting to the Vice President, Finance, the Manager, Projects Finance will be leading accounting, financial reporting, and short- and long-term financial planning functions for the Company’s significant projects during restart or construction phases and will have a crucial role in the managing the end-to-end accounting, forecasting, budgeting, and long-term planning processes for these projects. The incumbent will be responsible to drive and deliver the annual budget, quarterly forecasts and long-term value models for these specific assets, and provide financial analysis to the corporate management team, as needed. This position will have to manage one report.
Your Responsibilities Will Include, But Are Not Limited To
Accounting and Financial Reporting
- Responsible for the project accounting function and providing necessary coaching and support to the staff.
- Review and approve monthly accruals, journal entries and G/L account reconciliations.
- Oversee and coordinate the monthly close process, including upload of project period results for consolidation purposes and ultimately responsible for the review of accuracy and completeness of project entity results that feed the project status reports coordinated by the Projects team.
- Oversee the proper design and operation of SOX-404 controls at the project level with the assistance from the corporate finance team and in coordination with the Projects team.
- Design and update a monthly report of operations in advance of the operations start-up.
- Work with the Company’s project teams, including planning function, construction team, operating team, engineering team and other departments as necessary, providing assistance and guidance on the preparation of their quarterly forecasts, annual budgets, and long-term (life-of-mine) plans, as necessary.
- Maintain existing communication channels with site FP&A teams, serve as the primary point of contact for any questions on forecasting or budgeting.
- Develop and follow a detailed plan and timeline for the execution of the quarterly forecast update and iterative consolidated budget exercise and help enforce accountability and timelines across the project teams.
- Coordinate compilation and presentation of projects’ forecast update or budget exercise as part of the Company’s defined budget and planning cycle.
- Drive documentation of existing and new processes and procedures, and develop recommendations for FP&A process improvement and adoption of best practices.
- Travel to projects on a regular basis to incorporate new information and plans into planning models used for forecasting and/or budgeting.
- Collaborate with project’s planning cost controller function to provide necessary historical and forward looking financial data that feeds regular project status reports.
- Lead the analysis of financial results for a given period or periods to provide analysis and recommendations to the project team, specifically, on the status of completion of certain purchase orders.
- Support the project team in running scenario analysis to evaluate different mine plan iterations, capex trade-offs, project optimizations and other aspects of the projects’ value as necessary.
- Enhance the current state of business analysis in terms of quality of data, automation of reporting, visualization and interpretation of data and translation of data into useful information to be used for decision making by the projects team.
Our ideal candidate will also possess the following skillset and experience:
- Undergraduate university degree in an appropriate area of expertise, with preference for mining engineering, business, or equivalent technical degree.
- Must be a CPA.
- At least 7-10 years of related work experience or equivalent in the mining industry, including but not limited to:
- Experience working with operating mine sites or construction projects, including teams within both highly technical, operational, and financial functions.
- Experience working with site level operations, project and finance teams;
- Detailed financial analysis, forecasting, budgeting and modeling experience is highly preferred.
- Strong problem-solving skills with ability to understand big picture but also get into the details.
- Superior project management skills, with ability to multi-task, organize project plan and coordinate with highly skilled corporate, regional and mine site staff using influence skills rather than formal reporting authority.
- Takes ownership of work with demonstrated ability to take on a project and run with it, paired with an ability to maintain high level of performance in an environment with competing timelines and changing priorities.
- Strong ability to develop constructive relationships in order to work with other departments, including technical departments like technical services or major projects, to ensure smooth and timely collection of information required.
- Strong analytical capabilities (Excel) and attention to detail and some experience in building and managing large data models.
- Strong communication skills in presentation development, oral communication and other documentation.
- Good coaching skills with ability to mentor and provide feedback to other more junior team members.
- Expert in PowerPoint and other visualization tools like PowerBi or Think-Cell would be considered a strong asset.
- Experience with SAP and Oracle/Hyperion or other leading planning solutions is an asset.
- Be able to work and travel in the United States.
As a valued member of Centerra's team, you can look forward to a competitive annual salary based on experience, skills, and qualifications. You'll also gain access to some incredible benefits, including:
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- Life Insurance, STD, LTD
- Company-sponsored 401k with Company match
- Healthcare Spending Account
- Annual Incentive Bonus and Long-term Incentive Plan
- Employee Share Purchase Plan with Company match
- Professional development within the organization
- Join a company committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion
If you have the skills necessary to bring success to the role, then we invite you to apply today!
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