Finance Improvement Specialist
Full Time NEW

From humble beginnings in 2011, Evolution Mining is now a leading gold producer, operating six mines across Australia and Canada. Enacting our vision to be inspired people creating a premier global gold company, we are indeed a bold team with a bright future.

Our operational diversity offers our employees access to many experiences and career opportunities within the one company. So, whether you choose to work at one of our underground or open pit operations, explore for our future as part of our Discovery team, or join our Group Office, we know you’ll have a bright future with us.

About the role

The Finance Improvement Specialist will apply a critical lens to current systems and process, identifying opportunities for enhancement and improvement. You will play a central role supporting group and site expectations on usability, accuracy, and reliability of workflows underpinning monthly finance transactions and reporting.

This role will have visibility across all streams of business, with a responsibility for continuous improvement and process excellence.

Some key responsibilities include.

• Identify opportunities to improve finance processes, workflows, and controls enabled by systems.
• Identify ways of making cost savings and improving business financial performance
• Partner with finance stakeholders to understand business needs, pain points, and improvement opportunities.
• Document current and future-state processes, system changes, and business rules.
• Support and enhance Power BI dashboards and finance reporting solutions.
• Build strong working relationships with finance, IT, vendors, and external partners.
• Ensure system and process changes maintain appropriate financial controls, auditability, and compliance.
• Share knowledge, best practices, and lessons learned across the team.

About you

You have an eye for what’s working, what isn’t, and a logical and analytical approach to problem solving. You may have a background in systems accounting or are currently an Analyst embedded within a finance team with a remit for continuous improvement.

This role will impact both our site and operations teams, together with our group functions so a comfort level with stakeholders at all levels of business is essential. Strong financial process knowledge (close cycle, reconciliations, reporting, AP/AR, FP&A) is a must. Your “toolkit” also includes Lean Six Sigma methodology, open database connectivity (ODBC) and a proficiency with ERP systems such as Pronto, Oracle, SAP and NetSuite.

Some key qualities we’d like to see.

• Proactivity, initiative, and a prescriptive mindset
• A “super user” of data visualisation tools such as Power BI or equivalent
• Excellent financial process knowledge
• Ability to manage work across differing time zones, with a willingness to travel to mine sites as required.

At our Group Office

Working in our Group Office, you have a front row seat to our vision and are a part of the bold, inspired teams who are engineering its success. We’re an agile, entrepreneurial company and we value smart people and creative thinking.

When you work with us, you can progress and evolve from where you started. Our people work with teams located across Australia and Canada which makes for interesting work and countless ways to learn and grow. 

Your Benefits

At Evolution, we support, develop and reward everyone who chooses to be a part of our bright future. Your benefits include relocation support assistance, novated car leasing, life insurance and income protection, short term incentives, referral bonuses, recognition program, study assistance, discounted health insurance and wellness days.

You will be based in our Sydney office and offering our WFH policy.

We understand that flexible work means something different to everyone and encourage you to have a conversation about the flexible work options available.

At Evolution, as our name suggests, change and transformation is in our DNA. We want the Evolution experience to be your career highlight. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to creating a more inclusive and diverse workforce that represents the communities in which we operate.

We provide a recruitment process that is fair, equitable and accessible for all and candidates from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply. We are focused on keeping our people safe and healthy and creating sustainable value in an environmentally and socially responsible way. Join our bold team to start your next exciting chapter.

To find out more about us and our Group Office, click here.