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NGM - Capital Superintendent

Nevada Gold Mines · Salt Lake City, UT · 1 mo ago
On-siteManagementFull-time

About the role

The NGM Capital Superintendent is the site-facing capital finance and project controls leader for Nevada Gold Mines (NGM).

Responsibilities

  • Coordinate site and project capital inputs across NGM, including Carlin, Cortez, and other operating areas, and consolidate submissions for the annual capital budget and quarterly reforecasts.
  • Validate capital assumptions, schedules, contingencies, phasing, commitments, cash flow, and funding requirements with project owners, engineering, mine planning, and supply chain.
  • Stress-test NGM capital submissions for deliverability, internal consistency, and alignment with operating plans, mine plans, and the North America capital allocation policy framework before consolidation by Capital Controls.
  • Ensure NGM submissions and forecasts conform to standards, templates, and timelines set by the Senior Manager - Capital Controls, and feed cleanly into North America portfolio reporting.
  • Deliver monthly and quarterly capital reporting for NGM, including spend, commitments, accruals, phasing, forecast accuracy, and cash flow, with clear linkage to approved budgets and latest forecasts.
  • Provide variance analysis against budget and forecast, with concise narrative on drivers, timing, scope, schedule, contingency draw, and execution risk for the NGM CFO, site leadership, and Capital Controls.
  • Maintain a structured risk and opportunity register for the NGM capital portfolio, with quantified exposures, likelihoods, and mitigation actions, and ensure these flow into reporting and forecasts.
  • Track forecast accuracy across NGM sites and projects, identifying systemic forecasting weaknesses and embedding improvements in methodology and assumptions.
  • Translate NGM capital reporting into clear narratives, charts, and recommendations tailored to site, joint venture, and North America Capital Controls audiences.
  • Award authority-to-spend, change controls, and approval thresholds for NGM capital, ensuring decisions are documented, traceable, and within delegated authorities.
  • Maintain WBS, project master data, project coding, and capital structure standards across SAP / ERP, OneStream, and project planning tools, ensuring consistent hierarchy and reporting alignment.
  • Support internal control, audit, and assurance reviews on NGM capital expenditure, providing data, walkthroughs, and remediation actions as required.
  • Support ranking, sequencing, deferral, and acceleration decisions across the NGM capital portfolio, balancing value, risk, strategic fit, execution readiness, and funding constraints.
  • Evaluate and review NGM capital expenditure business cases, including alternatives considered, NPV, IRR, payback, free cash flow, and capital intensity where relevant.
  • Coordinate post-implementation reviews and post-completion reviews of NGM capital projects, comparing actual outcomes against approved business cases.
  • Document lessons learned, drivers of variance, and accountability for outcomes, ensuring findings feed into future NGM capital planning, assumption-setting, and prioritization.
  • Partner with the Senior Manager - Capital Controls and broader North America FP&A on portfolio governance, reporting cadence, capital allocation policy, and consolidation.
  • Represent NGM Capital Controls in site forums, project governance bodies, and joint venture reviews where required.
  • Champion the use of SAP / ERP, OneStream, Xeras / project planning tools, Power BI, Tableau, and advanced Excel to enhance the speed, depth, and quality of NGM capital reporting and analysis.
  • Own NGM capital data integrity across source systems and management reports, including reconciliations between SAP / ERP, OneStream, and project planning tools.
  • Support accruals, capitalization, and period-end close activities for NGM capital, partnering with site finance, accounting, and the broader FP&A team.
  • Identify and drive system, model, and data improvement initiatives that automate recurring capital outputs, improve data integrity, and reduce manual effort at NGM.
  • Lead, coach, and develop the NGM capital team, including NGM capital analysts and Carlin and Cortez capital accountants, building bench strength, succession, and a high-performing culture.
  • Ad Hoc Analysis & Projects Support ad hoc capital analysis, business cases, and option evaluation for the NGM CFO, site leadership, and the Senior Manager - Capital Controls, including capital allocation, portfolio rebalancing, and value-creation initiatives.

Qualifications & Experience

  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Commerce, Engineering, Project Management, Mining Engineering, or a related field required.
  • CPA, CMA, CIMA, MBA, or PMP preferred.
  • 7-10+ years of progressive experience across capital controls, project controls, finance, FP&A, mining finance, project accounting, project evaluation, or capital portfolio management.
  • 2-3+ years of leadership or supervisory experience preferred, ideally leading small site-based capital, project controls, or finance teams.
  • Mining, metals, heavy industrials, or capital-intensive, site-facing environment experience strongly preferred, with familiarity with sustaining and growth capital and multi-site operating models.
  • Demonstrated experience supporting capital planning, capital controls, project controls, business case evaluation, variance analysis, and governance in a complex operating environment.
  • Hands-on proficiency with ERP, planning, and BI platforms (SAP, OneStream, Power BI, Tableau preferred), project planning and capital evaluation tools (e.g. Xeras), and advanced Excel-based financial modeling.
  • Track record of delivering decision-grade capital reporting, business case reviews, and post-implementation evaluations to site leadership, CFO, and capital committee audiences.

Skills And Capabilities

  • Strong capital controls and project controls capability across sustaining and growth capital where applicable.
  • Strong site finance partnering instincts, with the ability to embed alongside operations, engineering, and project teams while maintaining independent finance judgment.
  • Solid business case analysis capability, including project economics, NPV, IRR, payback, sensitivity, and risk-adjusted evaluation.
  • Demonstrated ability to challenge assumptions and pressure-test estimates, schedules, contingencies, and business cases with confidence and respect.
  • Disciplined approach to capital allocation, prioritization, sequencing, trade-offs, and governance within a defined capital allocation policy framework.
  • Strong cost, schedule, and commitment tracking discipline, with a clear understanding of accruals, capitalization, and period
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