Controls Administrator

Company Description

Anglo American is a leading global mining company, and our products are the essential ingredients in almost every aspect of modern life. Our portfolio of world-class competitive mining operations and undeveloped resources provides the metals and minerals that enable a cleaner, greener, more sustainable world and that meet the fast-growing consumer-driven demands of the world’s developed and maturing economies.

Our mission is to help farmers around the world increase crop production by improving their efficiency, effectiveness, flexibility and sustainability. POLY4 is a multi-nutrient, low-chloride fertilizer derived from a naturally occurring polyhalite mineral. With no chemical processing and low carbon footprint during manufacturing, POLY4 is suitable for organic farming and offers season-long crop nutrition by supplying four essential nutrients – potassium, sulphur, magnesium and calcium – in one product.

This balanced nutrition backed up by years of global agronomic data will help increase yields, improve crop quality, and enhance structure and nutrient legacy of soils.

Job Description

Join us as a Controls Administrator

where you will help support strong financial processes across Crop Nutrients by making sure key controls are clearly documented and consistently followed. As our governance and reporting frameworks continue to develop, you’ll play an important role in helping ensure our financial information remains accurate and reliable.

Key accountabilities include:

Performance & Delivery

• ICFR are the processes that help ensure financial information is accurate and reliable. You will help support developing and maintaining the ICFR documentation, including control narratives, process flowcharts, walkthrough notes, and evidence packs.
• Working closely with business teams and control owners to ensure accurate, complete process and control documentation.
• Supporting with monitoring and tracking the consistent execution of key ICFR controls and helping the business understand and resolve any uncertainties around control requirements.
• Coordinating and tracking mandatory ICFR/financial reporting controls training and supporting with additional guidance or training where needed.
• Supporting the rollout and embedding of Group Finance processes, ICFR policies, standards, and guidance within Crop Nutrients.

Monitoring relevant local financial regulatory changes (with guidance) and supporting the business in identifying and incorporating updates into controls and processes.

Contributing to behavioral and cultural initiatives to strengthen control of ownership and improve compliance discipline across the business.

People & Teams

• Work effectively with peers, including control owners, and control operators, within the wider finance team to support the function to deliver on function objectives.
  
  

Compliance

• Work in accordance with Anglo American, Group Finance, and Crop Nutrients policies and standards.
• Adhere to any financial governance and statuary regulations.
  
  

Qualifications

Essential: Minimum 5 GCSEs including Maths (or equivalent)

Desirable: 3 A‑levels (or equivalent)

Considered: Relevant practical experience in lieu of formal qualifications. (e.g. finance, administration, controls, or audit support roles)

Technical Knowledge

• Basic understanding of accounting principles (e.g., debits/credits, financial statements).

Awareness of what internal controls are and why they matter in financial reporting (training provided).

Ability to understand and interpret process flows and identify key steps in a financial process.

Familiarity with MS Office (especially Excel, Word, PowerPoint) as core documentation and evidence‑handling tools.

Awareness that financial regulations and reporting standards influence business processes (no prior depth required).

Additional Information

Who we are: We aim to lead the industry by pursuing ever safer and more responsible 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. As the custodians of coal and other precious natural resources – diamonds (through De Beers), copper, platinum and other precious metals, iron ore and nickel – 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 programs, 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 industry. Not only that, we’re also continually investing in new technologies – from drones to data analytics – that are helping to make mining safer.

Inclusion and Diversity: Anglo American is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to promoting an inclusive and diverse workplace where we value and respect every colleague for who they are and provide equality of opportunity so that everyone can fulfil their potential.

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