Business Development Principal (Commercial Projects)
Posted 1 day 19 hours ago by Anglo American plc
We're re-imagining mining to improve people's lives. That includes the lives of everyone who works for Anglo American. We strive to be a great company where employees are happy, inspired to do their best work. A place where every colleague can grow, develop and realise their potential. To live up to our Always with Purpose employee value proposition, we're putting the development and growth of colleagues first by ensuring everyone at Anglo American has the career experience they deserve.
Job Description :
This is the chance to join us as aBusiness Development Principal (Commercial Projects)
Context
The strategy of Anglo American is to secure, develop and operate a portfolio of high quality and long-life resource assets to deliver leading shareholder returns. This can be achieved through innovative practices and technologies, in the hands of our world-class people, working towards a common purpose of re-imagining mining to improve people's lives.
A core element of the Sustainability strategy is to bring long-term and sustainable development opportunities to the regions around our operations through collaborative regional development (CRD), involving a wide range of stakeholders, including communities, governments, NGOs, investors and customers, covering both existing businesses and future development and M&A projects in new regions.
The Business Development Team will identify, advise and execute on the best opportunities for Anglo American to increase shareholder value through Merger & Acquisition (inorganic growth) related activities. As a subset of the Business Development Team, the Commercial Projects team will assist the business to execute complex commercial projects with the objective of maximising shareholder value for Anglo American.
Key Responsibilities include:
- Lead day-to-day management and execution of commercial projects. This includes process planning, managing diverse internal and external teams, creating a performance-based culture
- Lead and/or manage the complexities of commercial projects (including structuring, business case & valuation, legal/regulatory, stakeholder engagement, negotiations, etc)
- Able to work in a complex organisation - developing relationships with the Business Units and other Group Functions, including ability to manage projects in multiple jurisdictions
- Keep senior management appropriately briefed - ensure timely decision making and issue resolution
- Lead interaction with external consultants - banks, accountants, other specialist consultants
- Building/reviewing financial models and forming conclusions and recommendations on the basis of those models
- Advise on completion of documentation & regulatory processes
- Develop deal structuring (internal and with counterparts)
- Support contractual negotiations
- Advise the project sponsor of the internal and external governance procedures and requirements that need to be met, prepare the relevant notes and presentations to support these processes and make sure that all appropriate advisers have been consulted for their views (e.g. Legal, Tax, Company Secretarial, Investor Relations, Technical, Risk Management, Treasury, Accounting)
•Degree + CFA/CA/ACA/similar and/or MBA and/or similar professional financial training program.
Technical Knowledge:
• Proven experience in transaction advisory.
• Experience of capital intensive industries with multi-country operations.
• Analytically rigorous with experience and interest in financial analysis, assessment and modelling (including business valuation).
• Experience in facing and successfully solving complex problems and applying a creative mindset.
• Experience in delivering strong commercial judgement and decision making and an ability to view individual opportunities in the context of the Group's broader strategic objectives.
• Experience in preparing high quality reports and delivering notes and presentations to senior executives
• Experience in Mining, extractive, capital intensive industries.
• Financial modelling, analysis and assessment.
• M&A/transaction expertise.
Technical Ability:
• Critical thinking by applying a broad range of data analytical techniques to draw conclusions
• Financial analysis, financial modelling and market analysis
• Able to provide specialist commercial expertise/experience
• Compile investment proposals and challenge assumptions
• Apply project management techniques to manage large and complex projects
• Analyse multiple sources of data and identifies risks and issues on deals
Additional information :
Who We Are
We aim to lead the industry by pursuing ever safer ways of working, demonstrating integrity and showing care and respect for people and the planet. That means we are constantly seeking new opportunities to mine and process our products sustainably, using less water, less energy and more precise extraction technologies.Our extraordinary teams work safely and collaboratively, with the utmost consideration for local communities, our customers and the world at large.
What We Offer
When you join Anglo American, you can expect to enjoy a competitive salary and benefits package. But more than this, you'll find yourself in an environment where the opportunities for learning and growth are second to none. From technical training to leadership programmes, we bring out the best in our people.
How We Are Committed To Your Safety
Nothing is more important to us than ensuring you return home safely after a day's work. To make that happen, we have the most rigorous safety standards in the industry. Not only that, we're also continually investing in new technologies that are helping to make mining safer.
Inclusion and Diversity
We are committed to promoting an inclusive and diverse workplace where we value and respect every colleague for who they are. We provide equality of opportunity to enable everyone to fulfil their potential.