Assurance Specialist- De Beers Downstream

Anglo American; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading mining company as an Assurance Specialist focused on enhancing the integrity of operations. This role involves conducting comprehensive audits, engaging with stakeholders, and improving processes for a safer and sustainable operational environment.

Qualifications

• Relevant degree and/or professional qualifications are required.
• Ability to independently conduct audits and deliver reports.
• Strong analytical skills to interpret data and improve processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead internal audits across financial, operational, and compliance processes.
• Support audit planning, execution, and reporting.
• Present findings and recommendations to senior management.

Skills

Governance

Compliance

Data Analysis

Education

CIMA

ACA

ACCA

CIA

CISA

Tools

TeamMate

ERP (SAP, JDE)

Audit data analytics tools

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Assurance Specialist.

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.

Company Description

Join us as an Assurance Specialist.

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.

Job Description

As an Assurance Specialist, this role will play a critical role in ensuring the integrity, compliance, efficiency and sustainability of financial, operational and strategic processes. This pivotal role will lead, plan and execute comprehensive internal audits and advisory engagements across the organisation.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Support the development and execution of the annual internal audit plan aligned with the company's risk assessment, strategic objectives, and regulatory requirements.
• Autonomously deliver and take accountability end-to-end on the assigned audit engagements in line with the approved Internal Audit Plan and budget across diverse departments, covering financial, strategic, operational, compliance, IT, and ESG risks to assess risk mitigating strategies, identify key control weaknesses, potential fraud risks, and emerging industry trends.
  
• Audit planning activities (e.g. audit scoping, risk assessments and audit work programme);
• Audit execution activities using appropriate audit approaches, tools and techniques;
• Conduct thorough testing of internal controls, leveraging data analytics tools and methodologies for efficient audit execution;
• Audit documentation in appropriate templates and maintenance of audit evidence;
• Prepare clear, concise, and well-supported audit reports with effective, sustainable and actionable recommendations to improve internal controls and strengthen the overall control environment. Report audit issues based on root causes and ability to draw on themes across relevant audits.
  
• Confidently present and hold discussions with business stakeholders throughout the audit engagements, including:
  
• Obtain understanding of the business processes, controls and self-identified gaps / known risks;
• Hold discussion with business stakeholders about audit work such as obtaining factual accuracy of audit findings; and
• Present audit observations and issues with business stakeholders; and discuss remediation actions or solutions.
  
• Monitor the implementation of agreed-upon corrective actions and assess their effectiveness.
• Assist with the preparation and submission of respective papers for Senior Management and Executive-level meetings (e.g. Audit Committee, Risk and Assurance Meetings, etc.).
• Participate in the Quality Assurance and Improvement Programme (QAIP) in line with ABAS standards, methodology.
  
  

Qualifications

• A relevant degree and/or professional qualification e.g. CIMA, ACA, ACCA, CIA or CISA
• Ability to use a range of data and information sources to perform analysis and produce management reports.
• Ability to apply Governance and Compliance knowledge to organisational processes and procedures and to understand how governance, risk and compliance processes impact on the business.
• Ability to Monitor and improve operational processes.
• Ability to draw on data in order to make a diagnosis. Then decide between alternative methods to address individual case(s). Recommends improvements to processes/systems.
• Can establishes and nurture relationships with stakeholders, by use of effective listening and questioning to better understand the other person or group.
• Knowledge of following applications:
  
• TeamMate
• ERP (SAP, JDE)
• Audit data analytics tools
  
  

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.

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 – 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.

How To Apply

To apply for this role, please complete our online application form. You will have the opportunity to upload your CV and other relevant documentation as part of the process.

This advert will close to applications on 19/06/2025

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Associate

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Industries

  Mining

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