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Job Description
Controller
Location: Anchorage, AK, United States
Employment Type: Regular Full Time
Workplace Type: Anchorage Office; Monday-Friday
Recruiter: Nicola Frasch
About our Anchorage Office
Teck's Anchorage office is home to an administrative team supporting our Red Dog Operations, one of the world's largest zinc mines, which is operated under an innovative agreement between Teck and landowner NANA, a Regional Alaska Native corporation owned by the Iñupiat of northwest Alaska.
Role Overview
The Controller provides financial leadership and is instrumental in forming accounting strategies. The controller is accountable for all financial activities at Red Dog Operations and for the development and maintenance of systems, policies and procedures for financial control. As a member of the Senior Management Team, the Controller must be skilled at in-depth financial analysis and provide expert financial guidance and perspective to aid in the decision-making process. This includes assessing risk and analyzing efficiency. The incumbent reviews and interprets financial results, forecasts, tax law changes and economic studies with local and corporate management, coordinates with internal and external auditors, lawyers, government ministries and consultants to determine the financial impact on Red Dog Operations. This role also includes accountability for the Teck Alaska office operation in Anchorage.
Schedule is Monday-Friday located in the Anchorage Teck office.
Key Responsibilities
• Establish and promote a Safe and Healthy working environment; conform with Teck Corporate and Red Dog Operations Safety & Health and environmental Management programs
• Overall responsibility for internal and external financial reporting and ensures that accounting policies and procedures are consistent with corporate policies and in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. This includes ensuring Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) compliance within the group, including the assessment of and compliance to accounting procedures
• Ensure that the most appropriate accounting controls and systems are in place at Red Dog Operations and takes action when they are not in order to protect the assets of the Operations and enable effective cost, financial and management reporting. Responsibilities include coordinating with external tax accountants for income tax preparation and auditors executing internal audits
• Facilitate the annual budget process and ensures that an optimized budget for efficient operations is established and administered appropriately. Accurately collects and reports operating and capital project costs compared to budget and prepares timely forecasts for cost control purposes. This includes analyzing spending and identifying opportunities to reduce costs
• Ensure that an optimized business plan is in place by providing financial analysis, modelling, advice and guidance through the Life of Mine and 5-year planning process
• Improve the profitability of Red Dog operations through financial analysis activities to enable evaluation of alternative strategies. This includes analyzing cost data, preparing interpretive summaries and various "what if" case analyses, leading commercial analysis and negotiation for existing and new service and supply contracts
• Coordinate the flow of accurate, timely and meaningful accounting information for Red Dog Operations to site, business-unit management teams and Teck Resources Corporate office for use in consolidated reports of Teck Base Metals. This includes preparing monthly, quarterly and annual financial reports, and presentations
• Ensure maintaining excellent relationships and strong communications with NANA Regional Corporation, governments, banks and management both on and off the property. This includes providing accurate and timely reporting to these stakeholders
• Ensure that the general ledger is relevant by monitoring the appropriateness of accounts and the accuracy of input; oversee the reporting of financial results and their relationship to the plan and budget
• Give overall direction in the development and maintenance of integrated database computer systems across the organization
• Maintain an awareness of competitive, economic. political and other external factors and assesses their potential financial impact on Red Dog Operations by reviewing marketing reports, business papers, state and federal tax legislation and by directing special analyses when deemed necessary
• Improve performance and assures management and technical succession by acquiring, training, developing and motivating staff
• Act as liaison with other operations, metal sales, traffic, insurance, Teck American Incorporated Tax Department, metals division, corporate accounting and corporate treasury to successfully accomplish the specific accountabilities outlined above
• Accountable for daily operational requirements of the Teck Alaska Anchorage office
Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree from a recognized post-secondary institution in business administration, finance or related field is required
• Professional accounting designation; CPA, CA, CGA, CMA; in addition an MBA, CFA or other financial designation would be considered an asset
• Minimum 12 years of progressively senior level experience in finance, preferably with significant resource industry experience
• Respected professional with a proven track record as a strategic leader within the financial disciplines. Proven ability to work under pressure, meet tight deadlines and adapt to changing deliverables with minimal guidance
• Demonstrated commitment to ethical management behaviors and business and reporting practices
• Advanced analytical financial complex problem solving, decision making, strategic planning, change management and organizational skills with a focus on continuous improvement
• Proven experience with successfully leading and negotiating commercial service and supply contracts
• Strong interpersonal, writing, verbal communication and presentation skills
• Proactive, self-motivated, and strong attention to detail is required
Working Conditions:

• Access: Anchorage Office
• Schedule: Monday-Friday
• Culture: At Red Dog, we believe in fostering a safe and healthy environment for all our employees. We are proud to be a drug and alcohol-free workplace and will include a drug test as part of our hiring process.

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Requisition ID: 53733 | Job Category: Finance | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Location: Anchorage | Workplace Type: On-site
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Location: Anchorage, AK, United States
Employment Type: Regular Full Time
Workplace Type: Anchorage Office; Monday-Friday
Recruiter: Nicola Frasch
About our Anchorage Office
Teck's Anchorage office is home to an administrative team supporting our Red Dog Operations, one of the world's largest zinc mines, which is operated under an innovative agreement between Teck and landowner NANA, a Regional Alaska Native corporation owned by the Iñupiat of northwest Alaska.
Role Overview
The Controller provides financial leadership and is instrumental in forming accounting strategies. The controller is accountable for all financial activities at Red Dog Operations and for the development and maintenance of systems, policies and procedures for financial control. As a member of the Senior Management Team, the Controller must be skilled at in-depth financial analysis and provide expert financial guidance and perspective to aid in the decision-making process. This includes assessing risk and analyzing efficiency. The incumbent reviews and interprets financial results, forecasts, tax law changes and economic studies with local and corporate management, coordinates with internal and external auditors, lawyers, government ministries and consultants to determine the financial impact on Red Dog Operations. This role also includes accountability for the Teck Alaska office operation in Anchorage.
Schedule is Monday-Friday located in the Anchorage Teck office.
Key Responsibilities
• Establish and promote a Safe and Healthy working environment; conform with Teck Corporate and Red Dog Operations Safety & Health and environmental Management programs
• Overall responsibility for internal and external financial reporting and ensures that accounting policies and procedures are consistent with corporate policies and in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. This includes ensuring Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) compliance within the group, including the assessment of and compliance to accounting procedures
• Ensure that the most appropriate accounting controls and systems are in place at Red Dog Operations and takes action when they are not in order to protect the assets of the Operations and enable effective cost, financial and management reporting. Responsibilities include coordinating with external tax accountants for income tax preparation and auditors executing internal audits
• Facilitate the annual budget process and ensures that an optimized budget for efficient operations is established and administered appropriately. Accurately collects and reports operating and capital project costs compared to budget and prepares timely forecasts for cost control purposes. This includes analyzing spending and identifying opportunities to reduce costs
• Ensure that an optimized business plan is in place by providing financial analysis, modelling, advice and guidance through the Life of Mine and 5-year planning process
• Improve the profitability of Red Dog operations through financial analysis activities to enable evaluation of alternative strategies. This includes analyzing cost data, preparing interpretive summaries and various "what if" case analyses, leading commercial analysis and negotiation for existing and new service and supply contracts
• Coordinate the flow of accurate, timely and meaningful accounting information for Red Dog Operations to site, business-unit management teams and Teck Resources Corporate office for use in consolidated reports of Teck Base Metals. This includes preparing monthly, quarterly and annual financial reports, and presentations
• Ensure maintaining excellent relationships and strong communications with NANA Regional Corporation, governments, banks and management both on and off the property. This includes providing accurate and timely reporting to these stakeholders
• Ensure that the general ledger is relevant by monitoring the appropriateness of accounts and the accuracy of input; oversee the reporting of financial results and their relationship to the plan and budget
• Give overall direction in the development and maintenance of integrated database computer systems across the organization
• Maintain an awareness of competitive, economic. political and other external factors and assesses their potential financial impact on Red Dog Operations by reviewing marketing reports, business papers, state and federal tax legislation and by directing special analyses when deemed necessary
• Improve performance and assures management and technical succession by acquiring, training, developing and motivating staff
• Act as liaison with other operations, metal sales, traffic, insurance, Teck American Incorporated Tax Department, metals division, corporate accounting and corporate treasury to successfully accomplish the specific accountabilities outlined above
• Accountable for daily operational requirements of the Teck Alaska Anchorage office
Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree from a recognized post-secondary institution in business administration, finance or related field is required
• Professional accounting designation; CPA, CA, CGA, CMA; in addition an MBA, CFA or other financial designation would be considered an asset
• Minimum 12 years of progressively senior level experience in finance, preferably with significant resource industry experience
• Respected professional with a proven track record as a strategic leader within the financial disciplines. Proven ability to work under pressure, meet tight deadlines and adapt to changing deliverables with minimal guidance
• Demonstrated commitment to ethical management behaviors and business and reporting practices
• Advanced analytical financial complex problem solving, decision making, strategic planning, change management and organizational skills with a focus on continuous improvement
• Proven experience with successfully leading and negotiating commercial service and supply contracts
• Strong interpersonal, writing, verbal communication and presentation skills
• Proactive, self-motivated, and strong attention to detail is required
Working Conditions:

• Access: Anchorage Office
• Schedule: Monday-Friday
• Culture: At Red Dog, we believe in fostering a safe and...