Specialist - Governance & Operational Risk (8 Month Fixed Term Contract)

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 and 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.

We are seeking a Governance & Operational Risk Specialist to drive the ongoing oversight of the Marketing Governance Framework, ensuring robust governance practices are embedded across all Marketing teams. This role is responsible for promoting compliance, strengthening risk management, and enhancing operational controls to create a well-governed Marketing function. Working closely with stakeholders across the business, you will identify, assess and mitigate operational and governance risks, helping to prevent losses, improve decision-making and support the delivery of marketing activities in a controlled, compliant and efficient manner.

Core Responsibilities (amongst others):   

• Maintain the Marketing related Governance Framework and support the Marketing business in Governance related matters including support for MRC (Marketing Risk Committee), ICA (In Country Approvals) and Routes to Market and other relevant Risk processes.
• Support the Team Lead – Governance & Operational Risk on any Governance framework initiatives and ensure that governance artefacts remain current and comply with internal requirement.
• Coordinate the Trader Onboarding process, ensuring traders are appropriately onboarded, trained, authorised, and granted system access in accordance with governance and compliance requirements prior to trade execution.
• Support the Operational Risk Key Risk Indicators process and review adequacy of remediation actions
• Conduct independent assessment of incidents, including root cause analysis and identification of lessons learned, and ensure that adequate actions have been taken to address root causes and prevent recurrence.
• Work with the Commodities Marketing Teams (CMT) and other Function teams to identify and monitor Key Risk/ Performance Indicators and produce the Marketing risk heatmap (or equivalent)
• Support in the completion of the Marketing Risk Assessment and update of Marketing Risk Register.
• Identify opportunities to automate operational risk reporting and enhance governance workflow to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
• Support the planning, preparation and execution of audit and assurance activities

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent qualifications in relevant fields such as Accounting, Finance, Business or a related discipline.
• Experience in Operational Risk, Governance. Risk advisory or Business Management.
• Highly independent and accountable
• Ideally experience in a trading environment and/ or Commercial/investment banking / financial services background
• Experience in developing or enhancing governance frameworks in trading environments with excellent understanding of front-to-back trading process and teams.
• Experience within a complex organisation across different countries and jurisdictions, cultures, interfacing with internal and external stakeholders.
• Microsoft skills and Power BI knowledge.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Fluent written and spoken English as a pre-requisite.
• Proven ability to prioritise and work effectively to meet deadlines

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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. There are plenty of opportunities to move onwards and upwards too. We’re a large, successful multinational company – and we’re still growing all the time.

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.

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