Job Description

Job highlights

Full time
Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Financial Operations

Job ID

R200001219

Closing date

27/07/2025

Last Updated

11/07/2025We are looking for a motivated and focused candidate with a keen interest in the commodity environment where you will be responsible for: invoicing, collection and settlement and relevant projects as well as business process automation, internal control, efficiency, and improvement.

Key Stakeholders

Marketing Finance Team.
Marketing front office operations team for Zinc Copper Department.

The main tasks and responsibilities include:

Validate provisional/final sales and purchase invoices against supporting documentation in collaboration with the Front office operations team.
Validation of hedge settlements.
Capture and review Service Provider invoices.
Preparation of payable invoices for settlement.
Netting/offsetting invoices, where required in collaboration with the front office operations team.
Validate and approve payments.
Follow up on invoice/settlement counterparty queries
Support Treasury Operations in resolving unapplied cash queries.
Work in close collaboration with Financial Operations team members to implement financial operations best practice including processes and internal controls.
Play an active role in the enhancement of operations activities to improve efficiency and accuracy including automation.
Perform user-acceptance testing on system enhancements that are implemented.

Qualifications and requirements

Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance; or similar.
Chartered Accountant (SA) or a similar postgraduate Honours degree in Accounting or Financial Management is advantageous.
Post qualification studies or soft skills development is beneficial.
3 to 5 years' relevant experience in an accounting or internal control function, in a commodity trading environment is beneficial.

Our ideal candidate:

Sound understanding of internal controls for large organizations.
Working knowledge of commodity trading systems and invoicing to ERP integration.
Resourceful and well-structured, demonstrating a positive and engaging outlook.
Takes initiative in resolving issues in a structured methodical manner.
Ability to organize tasks to meet business requirements.
Meticulous attention to detail in a continuously changing environment.
Advanced knowledge of MS Office tools, especially Excel.
Advanced English language ability, both written and spoken, able to engage effectively with teams and various groups.

Who we are

Glencore is one of the world's largest global diversified natural resource companies and a major producer and marketer of more than 60 commodities that advance everyday life. Through a network of assets, customers and suppliers that spans the globe, we produce, process, recycle, source, market and distribute the commodities that support decarbonisation while meeting the energy needs of today.
With over 150,000 employees and contractors and a strong footprint in over 35 countries in both established and emerging regions for natural resources, our marketing and industrial activities are supported by a global network of more than 50 offices.
Glencore's customers are industrial consumers, such as those in the automotive, steel, power generation, battery manufacturing and oil sectors. We also provide financing, logistics and other services to producers and consumers of commodities.
Glencore is proud to be a member of the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights and the International Council on Mining and Metals. We are an active participant in the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative.
We will support the global effort to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement through our efforts to decarbonise our own operational footprint. We believe that we should take a holistic approach and have considered our commitment through the lens of our global industrial emissions. Against a restated 2019 baseline, we are targeting to reduce our Scope 1, 2 and 3 industrial emissions by 15% by the end of 2026, 25% by the end of 2030, 50% by the end of 2035 and we have an ambition to achieve net zero industrial emissions by the end of 2050, subject to a supportive policy environment. For more information see our 2024-2026 Climate Action Transition Plan and the About our emissions calculation and reporting section in our 2023 Annual Report, available on our website at glencore.com/publications.

Who we are

Glencore is one of the world's largest global diversified natural resource companies and a major producer and marketer of more than 60 commodities that advance everyday life. Through a network of assets, customers and suppliers that spans the globe, we produce, process, recycle, source, market and distribute the commodities that support decarbonisation while meeting the energy needs of today.
With over 150,000 employees and contractors and a strong footprint in over 35 countries in both established and emerging regions for natural resources, our marketing and industrial activities are supported by a global network of more than 50 offices.
Glencore's customers are industrial consumers, such as those in the automotive, steel, power generation, battery manufacturing and oil sectors. We also provide financing, logistics and other services to producers and consumers of commodities.
Glencore is proud to be a member of the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights and the International Council on Mining and Metals. We are an active participant in the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative.
We will support the global effort to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement through our efforts to decarbonise our own operational footprint. We believe that we should take a holistic approach and have considered our commitment through the lens of our global industrial emissions. Against a restated 2019 baseline, we are targeting to reduce our Scope 1, 2 and 3 industrial emissions by 15% by the end of 2026, 25% by the end of 2030, 50% by the end of 2035 and we have an ambition to achieve net zero industrial emissions by the end of 2050, subject to a supportive policy environment. For more information see our 2024-2026 Climate Action Transition Plan and the About our emissions calculation and reporting section in our 2023 Annual Report, available on our website at glencore.com/publications.
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