Weir Minerals
Location Santiago Chile /Monterry México / Lima Perú
Onsite
Purpose of Role:
The Head of Finance Operations – Americas (North and South America) will lead the operational costing function in the Americas region, with overall responsibility for cost accounting, reporting operational performance, developing and ensuring compliance with costing policies, and using analytics and continuous improvement to drive efficiency in the region’s operations.
Reporting to the Senior Director Finance Operations for the Minerals Division, the individual will support our main manufacturing sites across North and South America, and will interface with Operations, Finance and Business leaders across the region.
Why choose Weir:
Be part of a global organization dedicated to building a better future: At Weir, the growing world depends on us. It depends on us constantly reinventing, quickly adapting and continually finding better, faster, more sustainable ways to access the resources it needs to thrive. And it depends on each of us doing the best work of our lives. It’s a big challenge – but it is exciting.
An opportunity to g row your own way: Everything moves fast in the dynamic world of Weir. This creates opportunities for us to take on new challenges, explore new areas, learn, progress and excel. Best of all, there is no set path that our people must take. Instead, everyone is given the support and freedom to tailor-make their own career and do the best work of their lives.
Feel empowered to be yourself and belong : Weir is a welcoming, inclusive place, where each individual’s contribution is recognized and all employees are encouraged to innovate, collaborate and be themselves. We continually focus on people and their wellbeing. We believe in fairness and choose to be honest, transparent and authentic in everything we do.
Key Responsibilities:
Operational Costing, Policy and Reporting

• Maintain and enforce the divisional cost accounting principles and policies, including training where necessary to ensure operational teams fully understand the principles and policies.
• Review, report and analyse operational performance of the Americas business; with regular interaction with operations leaders to drive performance
• Lead the cost roll process across the Americas region, validating increases / decreases where required.
• Support development of standard operational KPI reports.
• Develop early warning, gap analysis and countermeasure recommendations for various operations financial KPIs.
  

Strategic Operational Initiatives and Planning

• Lead finance operations input into the annual budget and quarterly forecasting cycle – including assumptions on costs, recoveries and variances.
• Lead and drive inventory financial analytics and work with Integrated Supply Chain leaders to improve processes across the region.
• Provide proactive, reliable, and credible financial advice on a broad range of operational issues to key business partners.
• Develop and implement capital expenditure business cases to support investment decisions and priorities.
• Assist operations teams in global sourcing decisions – advising on / understanding production costs across sites.
• Ad-hoc operational finance projects as they arise.
  

Team Leadership & Transformation

• Lead operational costing transformation across the Americas region, driving standardised and optimised processes and procedures.
• Develop an optimised and high performing operational costing function to support the needs of the business
• Support the development of the team; foster a culture which encourages people development and which supports future talent needs of the business
• Oversee, mentor, and guide the operational costing team in Americas, ensuring clear goals, roles, and responsibilities
  

Safety First:

• Demonstrate 100% commitment to our zero harm behaviors in support of our drive towards developing a world class safety culture.
  

Job Knowledge/Education and Qualifications:

• Professional qualification (Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance).
• Minimum post qualification experience of 5 years within Management/Cost Accounting Function within the Manufacturing Industry. Standard Costing experience would be strongly preferred.
• Advanced English Proficiency.
• Ability to read, analyse, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations in English and Spanish.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Strategic mindset, strong commercial acumen, and proven experience in people leadership and driving operational change.
• Ability to provide constructive commentary to management at various levels of a business. Exposure to SAP ERP system would be strongly preferred.
• Occasional travel across the region will be required.
  

Founded in 1871, Weir is a world leading engineering business with a purpose to make mining operations smarter, more efficient and sustainable. Thanks to Weir’s technology, our customers can produce essential metals and minerals using less energy, water and waste at lower cost. With the increasing need for metals and minerals for climate change solutions, Weir colleagues are playing their part in powering a low carbon future. We are a global family of 11,000 uniquely talented people in over 60 counties, inspiring each other to do the best work of our lives.
For additional information about what it is like to work at Weir, please visit our Career Page and LinkedIn Life Page.
Weir is committed to an inclusive and diverse workplace. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability, age, or any other legally protected status.
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