Senior Mine Cost Analyst

Senior Mine Cost Analyst

Reporting to the Sr. Director of FP&A, the Senior Mine Cost Analyst drives cost visibility, planning accuracy, and financial discipline across the mine site. This role converts operational and financial data into timely analysis, clear variance explanations, and practical recommendations that help leaders control costs, improve forecasts, prioritize resources, and make stronger business decisions. The successful candidate will bring strong accounting and FP&A experience, mining or heavy industrial knowledge, advanced analytical capability, and a track record of improving reporting, controls, and financial performance.

The schedule for this remote position is five days on and two days off, with quarterly visits to Juneau at a minimum, or more frequently as dictated by business needs. Occasional extended work hours may be required during budget and forecast preparation periods to meet deadlines.

Responsibilities:

• Cost Reporting, Analysis & Month-End Close
• Complete month-end close activities accurately and on schedule, including journal entries, accruals, reclassifications, account analyses, flash reporting, MOR inputs, and variance commentary.
• Identify cost trends, budget risks, operational drivers, and improvement opportunities by analyzing labor, contractor, equipment, inventory, fuel, reagent, capital, and departmental spending.
• Improve cost accountability by partnering with department leaders to explain variances, validate assumptions, and recommend actions that strengthen cost control.

• Budgeting, Forecasting & Strategic Planning
• Improve budget and forecast reliability by partnering with operations, engineering, and department leaders to develop practical cost assumptions, schedules, and life-of-mine planning inputs.
• Strengthen decision quality by preparing financial models, scenario analyses, sensitivities, and dashboards that clarify trade-offs, cost impacts, and business risks.
• Ensure planning data is complete, accurate, and reconciled across corporate systems, including Oracle, XERAS, RPM, Vena, and related financial models.

• Compliance, Controls, and Audit Support
• Maintain audit-ready financial records, procedure documentation, and support that meet GAAP, corporate policy, internal control, SOX, and audit requirements.
• Strengthening financial governance by monitoring control effectiveness, identifying process gaps, and supporting corrective actions that reduce risk.
• Support clean, efficient internal and external audits by providing accurate documentation, timely responses, and well-supported analysis.

• Collaboration, Communication & Special Projects
• Increase financial visibility across the site by building effective partnerships with operations, engineering, procurement, maintenance, and corporate finance.
• Improve performance discussions by providing clear, timely, and actionable analysis during cost reviews, planning meetings, and leadership updates.
• Drive process improvement by automating reports, streamlining workflows, improving data quality, and strengthening analytical tools.
• Lead or support projects that improve reporting capability, system performance, cost modeling, planning efficiency, and financial decision support.
• Deliver high-quality work under tight deadlines while demonstrating ownership, accuracy, sound judgment, and a solution-focused approach.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications & Skills:

• Ability to work safe and promote safe behavior in others.
• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business, mine engineering, or a related field preferred; equivalent experience may be considered.
• Seven or more years of progressive accounting, cost analysis, budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, or FP&A experience.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel and data analysis skills; experience working with large datasets and developing clear reporting outputs.
• Strong analytical, organizational, verbal, and written communication skills, with the ability to explain financial results to non-financial stakeholders.
• Self-motivated, reliable, and proactive, with the ability to work remotely and travel to the mine site as needed.
• Positive attitude, strong work ethic, and a…