Senior Business Analyst

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Welcome to Vale in Canada. As a leader in the mining industry, our responsibility is to positively impact our people, communities and the environment. We value our workforce and offer continuous training and career development opportunities for our people.

Vale is a global leader in the production of iron ore and one of the largest producers of nickel. Active in Canada for over 100 years, Vale employs nearly 6,000 people across our corporate office in Toronto and sites in Manitoba, Ontario, Newfoundland and Labrador. Applying the latest technologies to sustainably produce nickel, copper, cobalt, platinum group metals, gold and silver is at the heart of what we do.

With our global headquarters in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and approximately 125,000 employees in over 30 countries, Vale is constantly growing and changing. We invite you to be part of our evolution.

Our open-pit mine and concentrator in Voisey’s Bay - Vale’s only fly-in/fly-out operation in Canada - produces nickel-cobalt-copper concentrate and copper concentrate. An underground expansion will see a transition to a leading edge underground mine extending the life of the mine until 2034. Our state-of the-art facility in Long Harbour is the first nickel processing plant in the world to use hydrometallurgy technology to produce Plating RoundsTM from hard rock (sulphide) concentrate, with low carbon footprint compared to traditional smelter technology. Our offices in St. John’s and Goose Bay provide support to the Newfoundland and Labrador Operations.

The Opportunity

We are currently seeking aSenior Business Analystto support our Vale Newfoundland & Labrador Leadership Team. This is a permanent position based at the St. John’s, NL Office. This position will require travel to both the Long Harbour and Voisey’s Bay Operations as needed.

The Senior Business Analyst will be a business partner to the operating sites by being a key member of the leadership teams. They will gain and maintain a thorough understanding of the cost structure, operation of the sites, and provide relevant financial information and analysis that will enable the site management team to exercise cost control initiatives. This role will increase the financial acument within the Vale Newfoundland and Labrador Operations.

In This Position, You Will Carry Out The Following Duties

This role will also ensure financial reporting requirements are met including, but not limited to, monthly results, weekly, monthly, yearly forecasts, annual budget and five year plans.

• Understand the components and drivers of operating costs.
• Analyze the contract expenditure impacting costs.
• Understand and analyze capital expenditure and the impact that production challenges and plans have on it.
• Provide support to the management teams in terms of cost analysis, financial results, and financial sign-off on operational changes impacting costs and/or revenue.
• Costs analysis includes reporting on absolute cost for the period (month, quarter, year, YTD etc.), cost in terms of cost category and unit costs.
• Financial results analysis includes reporting on actual vs. budget, actual vs. plan and plan vs. budget numbers over various timeframes.
• Track costs against the agreed-upon KPIs and analyze the reasons for any deviations and develop and implement action plans to address the deviations; track action plans to ensure effectiveness.
• Assist operations with the preparation of forecasts (weekly/monthly/yearly), annual budget and five-year plan for all costs (operating and capital costs) within the guidelines and deadlines provided by the North Atlantic (N.A.) Team.
• Be active in the management of the site in terms of providing feedback and input on matters that affects costs, provide different insights and perspectives where possible and challenge the team on the requirements for spending.
• Analyze costs for potential opportunities to reduce or eliminate; discuss these with the N.A. Team and site management; log agreed-on initiatives in the relevant tracking tool; regular review and follow up on initiatives to ensure implementation and realization of benefits.
• Be a member in the capital risk ranking process at the plant level to ensure all site capital proposals meet cost-benefit and business value justifications, provide analysis and advice to plant management for all capital submissions.
• Review and provide input to plant specific business cases such as: engineering requests, upgrades, mobile equipment scenarios, total cost of ownership business cases.
• Provide guidance and make decisions on capital vs. operating spend at the plant, capital lease criteria with direction and oversight from N.A. Financial Reporting group.
• Prepare and analyze quarterly reconciliations of key balances.
• Review plant process orders and key inventory balances for month end close process.
• Provide information to auditors to ensure integrity and compliance of financial statements.
• Educate the operations teams on the financial impact that their decisions have and work with them to minimize any negative cost impacts.
  

About You

• Education:
• An Undergraduate Degree accounting, business/commerce, or engineering.
• Experience:
• 8-10 years of proven experience in a similar role.
• Experience in a mineral resource, processing, or manufacturing environment would be considered an asset.
• Knowledge and understanding of accounting principles.
• Able to work collaboratively within a team environment across multiple locations.
• Self-motivation and ability to complete work with minimal direction.
• Outstanding digital literacy in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, and Power Point) is required.
• Exceptional organizational skills.
• Knowledge of SAP is considered an asset.
  

What We Offer

• Competitive salary.
• Attractive pension and benefits (company paid core coverage, flex health and dental coverage, flex accounts, disability plans and optional insurances).
• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation, sick, top up for maternity/parental).
• Employee Family Assistance Program.
• Work culture dedicated to safety, diversity & inclusion, and career growth.
• Opportunities to grow your career in a large global company, and mining industry leader.
• Online training and career development opportunities.
  

Difference Makes All the Difference!

At Vale, we are committed to ensuring an inclusive work environment where people feel comfortable to be themselves. Vale encourages everyone to express their ideas and opinions and Vale values the plurality of individual profiles. We want our people to feel that all voices are heard, all cultures respected and that a variety of perspectives are not only welcome – they are essential to our success. We treat each other fairly and with dignity regardless of race, gender, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, age, sexual orientation or any other personal consideration that makes us different.

Vale is an equal opportunity employer seeking to increase diversity across our operations and improve equal opportunity at Vale and in the mining industry.

Interested applicants are encouraged to submit their application online at https://vale.eightfold.ai/careers .

Deadline to Apply: Sunday, June 26 th , 2022