Senior Analyst - Strategic Planning

Start Date: ASAP
Work Model: Hybrid
Location: Downtown Toronto (outside Union Station – TTC & GO accessible)
Dress Code: Business Casual
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Who We Are

Founded in 1993, Kinross is a Canadian-based senior gold mining company with operations and projects in the United States, Brazil, Mauritania, Chile and Canada. Our focus on delivering value is based on our four core values of Putting People First, Outstanding Corporate Citizenship, High Performance Culture, and Rigorous Financial Discipline.

Mining responsibly is a priority for Kinross, and we foster a culture that makes responsible mining and operational success inseparable. Our values-based approach ensures that sustainability and our environmental, social and governance commitments are a core part of our strategy and plans for future growth. In line with our values, we also aim to build meaningful partnerships with all of our stakeholders, including communities, shareholders, employees, governments and suppliers.

Kinross maintains listings on the Toronto Stock Exchange (symbol: K) and the New York Stock Exchange (symbol: KGC).

Job Summary

Generally speaking, this role supports Kinross in making operational and strategic decisions, through analysis, modelling and impactful communication. Responsible for developing and maintaining the consolidated economic model for the Strategic Business Planning Process. This requires coordination between financial and technical teams at our operating sites and our corporate office. This role requires strong analytical, organizational, communication and time management skills. The role provides insights and recommendations to inform key decision-making at senior levels.

Key Responsibilities

1. Provide economic modelling, analytical and project management support for various strategic planning programs, as well as projects and studies, from broader cross-site programs, to high-priority individual site support projects, by doing the following:

• Responsible for developing and maintaining the consolidated economic model of the Strategic Business Planning (SBP) processes, including the development of templates, consolidation of site economic models, smooth integration with the Finance Budget and Forecast Models.
• With minimal instruction and guidance, performs error-free and insightful analysis, financial or otherwise, that supports site, cross-site or Corporate projects.
• Works cross-functionally with operating site teams and the corporate financial and technical services team (geology, mine planning, metallurgy, environmental, etc.) to ensure sound business planning, decision making, and collaboration between disciplines.
• Applies understanding of key business drivers within our area to build economic analyses and recommend value-enhancing solutions, which will often support multi-million dollar decisions (if not 10s or 100s-of-millions of dollars). Pressure-tests others’ models, analysis and recommendations.
• Explains and presents complex information in a straightforward way, by developing and delivering communications materials for sites and senior executives, up to the COO and SLT level.
• Supports and often leads the analysis and preparation of communication materials for the Strategic Business Planning process in general, Strategic Business Cases, and AFEs, as needed.
• Assist with non-standard requests for support and identify solutions to such requests.
• Based on experience, contributes technical advice and insights to projects and studies.
• Makes decisions within procedures and guidelines in standard situations.
• You will need to be as self-directed as possible to achieve the above tasks, while working within guidance, guidelines and policies.

2. Other, general support as required:

• Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience.
• Manages the flow of information between the sites. Drives and facilitates discussions around best practices.
• Uses developing knowledge of Kinross operations to support sites, pressure-test business models etc.
• Analyzes and interprets data (e.g., operating metrics such as tons hauled, equipment efficiency, downtime due to maintenance, operating constraints, and suboptimal performance).
• Assists in identifying cost savings opportunities and building full potential cost models.
• Responds to a variety of internal and / or external requests, many of which will not be standard and will require advanced problem-solving approaches.
• Prepares straightforward communication materials, manuals, and other written materials related to evaluations, technical issues, programs, or systems
• Actively seeks mentorship and learning to improve product or technical knowledge and skill set.
• Performs analysis and coordination on due diligences for Mergers and Acquisitions. Potentially assist with merger integration.

Qualifications and Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, accounting or finance or a related field. Additional specialized education (CFA/CPA), masters level degree (specifically an MBA) or equivalent would be beneficial
• Four to seven years of experience in the mining industry, preferably with progressive experience in a project/operations environment (corporate or site-level)
• Two or more years of experience with exposure to financial and strategic modeling in an asset-intensive industry (preferably mining)
• Skills
• Expert level skills in Excel: ability to build financial models, and perform analysis to pinpoint opportunities for improvement.
• Proficiency with PowerPoint
• Working knowledge of a second language, preferably Spanish, but also Portuguese or French is a major asset, but not a requirement
• Understanding of mine operations and operating key performance indicators; ability to track results, identify trends and downstream business impacts.
• Operations and strategy analysis experience including developing and analyzing financial and full potential models
• Understanding of financial statements and mining concepts
• Demonstrated analytical and quantitative skill set: ability to complete a design of experiments, logistical regression, modeling, statistically literate etc.
• Proven team leadership skills and/or project management ability
• Ability to interact effectively with Senior Management
• Solid verbal and written communication skills
• Previous experience in the mining industry and/or a major consultancy is strongly preferred
• Ability to learn quickly
• Flexibility in a fast-paced environment; ability to handle significant variation in workload
• Experience supervising or mentoring financial or consulting employees
• Well organized, works well independently and in team settings
• Possesses good time-management skills, and is able to work effectively under pressure
• Ability to function within the following travel requirements: frequent travel to remote mine sites in Mauritania, Chile, Brazil, Nevada, Washington State, and Alaska. The expectation is that the role will require up to 2 weeks of travel out of every 4 weeks.

Compensation and Total Rewards

The base salary range for this role is $90,000 to $120,000 CAD plus a target Short-Term Incentive bonus of 20% and group benefit coverage. The hiring range reflects our targeted compensation framework for the role. The actual offer will be determined through a comprehensive evaluation of each candidate’s experience, capabilities, and potential impact, along with consideration of internal equity, team structure, and benchmark market data for similar positions. In addition to base salary, Kinross offers a comprehensive total rewards package designed to support employee well-being, performance, and long-term development.

Use of AI in Our Hiring Process

We use AI-enabled tools to help sort and review applications based on job-related criteria. All hiring decisions, including who moves forward in the process, are made by a human.

Existing Vacancy

This job posting is for an existing vacancy