Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis

Who We Are:

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, and 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.

The Opportunity

We are currently seeking a Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis to join our Finance, Mines & Milling Operations Department in Sudbury. This is a permanent position.

In this role you will lead and develop a finance team that adds value to the operations through thorough analysis of costs, advice on cost control measures and providing the operations with support in implementing and monitoring costs on a continuous basis. You will also build effective, lasting and trusting relationships for yourself and your team with operations by being proactive in engagements with operations and providing advice and assisting the operations in reaching their goals.

Key Responsibilities

• Be the Finance Business Partner to the ON Operations through regular interactions, providing advice and insights in terms of cost control and other areas of interest
• Advise on ways to improve cost control measures and in implementing new measures to control costs
• Be involved in the opening and close-out meetings of the internal audit
• Prepare monthly forecast of operating costs in conjunction with the operations and the Budget and Reporting Manager
• Develop reports and analyses that assist with analysis of costs and provide information to the operations
• Gain an understanding of the capital budget for the operations, the projects that is included in the capital budget, the timing thereof and the actual results of the execution of the capital budget, including new projects, cancelled projects, changes in projects and change in timing of projects
• Drive financial evaluations/product cost reviews for North Atlantic to support investment decisions
• Work with the operations on the annual and multi-year budgets and forecasts, ensure buy-in from sites into the budgeting and forecast process to ensure their accountability and responsibility for setting and meeting their budget and forecast, implementing tools and processes to improve the budget and forecast process
• Implementation and development of KPIs that are relevant, accurate and useful for decision making, monitoring and cost control
• Be the point of contact for the IBP team and assisting with providing cost and other information to ensure planning is done using accurate and up to date information
• Ensure costs are analyzed in a high level of detail, within defined materiality parameters, and that the analyses are relevant, thorough and detailed to provide insight to Management into the cost structure, reasons for deviation from budget and forecast and identify areas of concern and improvement (costs include all costs included in the calculation of total costs, such as (including but not limited to) people, materials and services)
• Lead the ACD portfolio valuation process for North Atlantic (not just Ontario)
• Assist operations with any issues regarding costs, such as incorrect cost allocations, through understanding the causes for the issues and resolving those issues
• Prepare weekly forecast of operating costs in conjunction with the operations

About You

Education

• CPA Designation is an asset
• University degree in Commerce, Finance or related discipline

Experience

• Experience with SAP
• Advanced finance and accounting skills with 5 years’ experience at least (budget management, capitalization, asset, cost reduction, etc)
• Experience preparing capital and operating budgets
• 15 years of finance experience in the industrial sector

Skills

• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines
• Superior problem solving skills
• Ability to exercise discretion and diplomacy in matters of confidential and sensitive information
• Exceptional communication skills, both oral and written
• Demonstrated leadership and organizational skills

How can Vale grow your career?

The Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis position is a management position will allow the right candidate to shape our mining operations. Additionally, Vale Canada offers a series of benefits including:

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

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

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Apply by: July 13, 2023

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