Manager – Development (Market Risk)

Anglo American

As well as discovering, mining and processing many of the essential raw materials that enable, support and enhance modern life, our global business is involved in selling and marketing products – copper, platinum and other precious metals, iron ore, coal, nickel and diamonds. Through our Marketing Business, we are able to offer innovative solutions to meet our customers’ specific challenges. This includes physical products, logistics and technical support, as well as pricing and financing solutions.

The purpose of the Marketing BU is to sustainably maximise cash flows from the marketing of Anglo American products and services.

Job Description

The purpose of Marketing Information Management (IM) is to enable the delivery of business processes, compliance, controls and decision support through the deployment, support and maintenance of Marketing wide front, middle and back office technology applications and infrastructure.

The Manager – Development (Market Risk) a key member of the Marketing IM CORE development team, working across several initiatives to set strategic direction and deliver high quality application and integration components in support of Marketing’s digital strategy. As a development leader with Market Risk experience, the role holder will be expected to develop and maintain components for our Market Risk departments using our CORE application framework built using Azure native components.

KEY TASKS

Performance & Delivery

• Responsible for the development and implementation of system components that focus on the Market Risk, utilising IM’s inhouse CORE framework approach, and in accordance with agreed coding standards, release procedures, architecture and quality standards.
• Enhance and develop the Marketing IM Risk Strategy.
• Accountable for the detailed level architecture within the CORE framework.
• Develop and implement system components and tools inside CORE system.
• Ensure the knowledge underpinning any new enhancement is documented, managed and maintained.
• Work with the support team to identify, plan and execute service improvements to those systems that are developed.
• Assist support team with any technical queries.
• Understand the business processes and flows to enable the development of solutions.
• Work with project and support teams to manage service introduction and deployment.
• Managing team members tasks, workflow and mentoring to build a high performing development team.

People & Teams

• Responsible for leading a team of developers to develop the Market Risk system to meet the needs of business users. This will include line management of permanent team members, and performance management for contractors and consultants.
• Provide technical support and guidance to develop the team and their capability
• Support the team to operate in accordance with Anglo American and Marketing IM operational processes, standards, frameworks and quality controls as required.
• Support the professional development of permanent team members to enable individual growth and progression and to continuously improve internal developer capabilities.

Qualifications

Role-specific knowledge:

• Essential: Commodities trading experience.
• Essential: Market & Credit Risk experience in a commodities or financial services firm

Development and Technology:

• Essential: 5+ years leading a team undertaking Commodities Market Risk development, ideally Metals, but other Commodities also possibility
• Essential: C#
• Strongly preferred: Azure Native Components (Azure SQL, App Services, Databricks)
• Preferred: Angular experience

Relational database experience (SQL) and experience working In Agile development teams would be an advantage.

Additional Information

Who We Are

Anglo American is a global diversified mining business. Our portfolio of world-class mining operations provides the metals and minerals that make modern life possible. We use innovative practices and the latest technologies to discover new resources and mine, process, move and market our products to our customers around the world.

As a responsible miner – of diamonds (through De Beers), copper, platinum and other precious metals, iron ore, coal and nickel – we are the custodians of what are precious natural resources. We work together with our key partners and stakeholders to unlock the sustainable value that those resources represent for our shareholders, the communities and countries in which we operate and for society at large. Anglo American is re-imagining mining to improve people’s lives.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Amazing opportunities for learning and growth – from technical training to leadership programs, we bring out the best in our people
• We’re a large, successful multinational company and there are plenty of opportunities internally to move onwards and upwards too

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 this process.